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1.2.3 Leading bowlers 1970–71. 2 International tours 1970–71 to 1980. ... West Indies could still produce great batsmen too and few have been better than Viv ...
West Indian Test cricketers Batting Bowling Fielding; Cap Name First Test Last Test Mat Inn NO Runs HS Avg Balls Mdn Runs Wkt Best Avg Ct St; 1: Snuffy Browne: 1928
Jeffrey Robert Thomson (born 16 August 1950) is a former Australian cricketer.Known as "Thommo", he is one of the fastest bowlers in the history of cricket; he bowled a delivery with a speed of 160.6 km/h against the West Indies in Perth in 1975, which was the fastest recorded delivery at the time, and the fourth-fastest recorded delivery of all time. [1]
Fire in Babylon is a 2010 British documentary film about the record-breaking West Indies cricket team of the 1970s and 1980s. Featuring stock footage and interviews with several former players and officials, including Colin Croft, Deryck Murray, Joel Garner, Gordon Greenidge, Desmond Haynes, Michael Holding, Clive Lloyd, Viv Richards and Andy Roberts, the film was written and directed by ...
In 1976, fast bowler Michael Holding took 14/149 in the OvalTest against England, setting a record which still stands for best bowling figures in a Test by a West Indies bowler. [ 25 ] [ 26 ] The 1980s saw the team set a then-record streak of 11 consecutive Test victories in 1984 and inflict two 5–0 " blackwashes " on England.
Shamar Joseph braved a toe injury and grabbed 7-68 as the young fast bowler inspired the West Indies to its first win in Australia in 27 years in a gripping conclusion to the day-night test at the ...
West Indies veteran fast bowler Kemar Roach is predicting big things for the new guy on the team, 24-year-old fellow paceman Shamar Joseph. Ahead of the second test -- a day-night match -- that ...
Sir Curtly Elconn Lynwall Ambrose KCN (born 21 September 1963) is an Antiguan former cricketer who played 98 Test matches for the West Indies.Widely acknowledged as one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time, he took 405 Test wickets at an average of 20.99 and topped the ICC Player Rankings for much of his career to be rated the best bowler in the world.