Top 5 West Indian Test bowlers (Part 3)
Joel Garner’s ten years of test cricket, allowed him to play 58 matches. He took a massive 259 wickets, at an outstanding average of 20.97. With a best of 6 for 56, the veteran Big bird has a 7 five wickets haul to his name. He is recorded to bowl a total
of 13169 balls, in which he maintained an amazing economy rate of 2.47. Not to forget, his bowling strike rate of 50.8.
Big bird has an outstanding test record; his credentials speak for themselves as the veteran maintained an average of 20.97 throughout his ten years of test bowling. This West Indian bowling legend is surely worthy of the fourth position among the top 5
West Indian test bowlers of all time.
Michael Holding
Michael Holding is known for his pace bowling, and also referred as the “whispering death”, as he was by far the quickest of all bowlers from his team. His bowling was lightening fast, with his sheer pace and accuracy, it became impossible to negate his
outstanding control over his pace.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tasmania-c854. This world class bowler was also able to polish
his batting skills as he scored 6 half-centuries, and struck a massive of 36 sixes.
His 12 years of test cricket allowed the veteran to play 60 matches. In which he took a massive of 249 wickets, at an amazing average of 23.6. Considering the amount test cricket he has played, the veteran fast bowler has 13 five wickets haul and 2 ten wickets
in a match, to his name. He also has a best of 8 for 92. Holding maintained a healthy strike rate of 50.9, with an economy rate of 2.79.
At present, the veteran is still part of the cricketing fraternity as he is a famously heard cricket commentator. Holding sheer pace and accuracy was the key to his success in both forms of the game. He did exceptional well in terms of wickets, considering
the amount of cricket he played. Michael Holding surely is worthy of a well deserved position in the top 5 West Indian test bowlers from all times.
The West Indian cricket went down the road after the 1990’s, as the team was not short of talent but short of good management and the country’s situation itself. But the West Indian top 5 bowlers will always be remembered by the millions of viewers of the
Windies cricket worldwide. However, one might feel that the national team of the West Indies is gone down to the dogs, but it is always talent which brought the team back on track before and one can only hope for them to revive their cricket as soon as possible.
It is a well documented fact that the West Indian team structure is very similar to the Pakistani cricket structure. Both nations are filled with talent but due to lack in infrastructure they fail to make any solid impact in the cricketing arena. Whatever
achievements accomplished by them is based on pure talent and luck.
Nevertheless, there is no doubt that the Windies are full of talent, they just need to put aside internal politics away from cricket to make the most of what they have in hand. Arguably, one might still defend the fact that the West Indian national team
is one of the most talented countries in the cricketing arena but they miss the spark to bring it together.
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