Michael Holding
It was a 1981 series between England and West Indies and the formidable Geoff Boycott, the king of Yorkshire cricket was being put into rather compromising positions. A tall fast bowler from the music loving Jamaica, standing at 6’4†was creating music of a different kind. The first five deliveries of the over were enough [...]
Courtney Walsh
This Jamaican workhorse is popular in the cricketing world for his quiet and determined manner. His achievements speak for his ability, being the highest wicket-taker among fast bowlers with 519 test wickets. He set an example for everyone with his sportsmanship and gentlemanly behaviour throughout his illustrious career. Courtney was born in Kingston, Jamaica on [...]
Andy Roberts
The passive expression and the focused eyes of a savage hunter. No display of emotion whether he got a wicket or was stuck for a boundary. The heavy artillery bowling attack which was a part of the revived and aggressive West Indian team began with him: Anderson Montgomery Everton ‘Andy’ Roberts was born on 29 [...]
Malcolm Marshall
The first thing that you noticed about him when he would come in to bowl was the fact that he was short. In fact at 5’10â€, he looked a mere toddler when standing with the rest of his formidable above 6’5†bowling comrades. But the next thing you noticed was the fear he managed to [...]
Jeff Dujon
He was a revelation at a time when fielding was at the lower ebb of the priority list and a wicket keeper’s job was considered genuinely thankless. Peter Jeffrey Leroy Dujon was the wicket keeper of the West Indian team in its glory years. He was the crucial link in the terrific combination and the [...]
Gordon Greenidge
The more dynamic half of the greatest opening duo in test cricket history, when it came to batting but morose otherwise, Gordon Greenidge was the flamboyant firework of West Indies. He was capable of destroying any bowling attack on his day. He was as comfortable driving balls through covers as he was smashing pulls and [...]
Sir Clive Lloyd
Clive Hubert Lloyd, the most successful West Indian captain of all times, was born on 31 August 1944 in Georgetown. He captained the West Indies fro 1974 to 1985. he guided them to two world cup victories in 1975 and 1979. He scored a century in the first World Cup final at Lord’s to guide [...]
Sir Clyde Walcott
Much before the West Indians emerged as a world cricketing force; when the island nation was still a novice in the world of international cricket, much before Lloyd and Richards and Haynes attained superstardom, the West Indian batting scene was dominated by three neighbors from Barbados, three school mates who scripted the destiny of their [...]
Brian Lara
Brian Charles Lara, the Prince, has been a phenomenon in himself that took the cricketing world by storm in the last decade. Born on May 2, 1969, this natural stroke maker was the second youngest in a family of 11 children growing up in Cantaro, a small village a few kilometers north of Port of [...]
Sir Vivian Richards
It was the second test match of the India West Indies series in 1974 in New Delhi. In a typical Indian dust bed of a wicket, the Indian spinners were licking their fingers at the prospect of taking on the mighty West Indians. But a tall Antiguan, a new kid on the block, had different [...]
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