"Joel Garner Joel Garner (born 16 December 1952), also known as ""Big Joel"" or ""Big Bird"", is a former West Indian cricketer, and a member of the highly regarded late 1970s and early 1980s West Indies cricket teams. Garner is the highest ranked ODI bowler and #36 in Tests as per the ICC best ever bowling ratings. He was a fast bowler capable of ripping through the heart of opposing batting line-ups. In conjunction with fellow fast bowlers Michael Holding, Andy Roberts, Colin Croft, and later Malcolm Marshall, Curtley Ambrose and Courtney Walsh, the West Indies reached unprecedented heights in"
"Mohammad Nissar Shaikh Mohammad Nissar (; 1 August 1910 – 11 March 1963) was a cricketer, who played as a fast bowler for the pre-independence Indian cricket team and domestic teams in India and Pakistan. He was born in Hoshiarpur, Punjab, and is considered the fastest pre-independence Indian pace bowler. He was arguably one of the fastest bowlers in the world during his time. Indian batsman C.K. Nayudu claimed in writings that during his first spell, Nissar was faster than Englishman Harold Larwood, who terrorized Australia in 1932 in the infamous Bodyline series. Nissar along with Amar Singh formed an"
"Happy Warrior"" was written by Ken Chaplin a year after Smith's death. He had the nicknames ""Mighty Mouse"" and ""Wayside Preacher"" because he liked reading the lesson in church. The road passing Boys Town Club in Trench Town, Smith's birthplace, is named Collie Smith Drive in his memory. Collie Smith O'Neil Gordon ""Collie"" Smith (5 May 1933 in Kingston, Jamaica – 9 September 1959 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England) was a West Indian cricketer. A hard-hitting batsman and off spin bowler, Smith was rated highly in West Indies. He idolised Jim Laker, for which reason he was nicknamed ""Jim"" for a"
"if they get on top they are magnificent cricketers. But if they're down, they grovel, and I intend, with the help of Closey [Brian Close] and a few others, to make them grovel."" The comments outraged the West Indians, and to the team the use of the term ""grovel"" in particular ""smacked of racism and apartheid"". The West Indies fast bowling attack consisted of Roberts, Holding, Wayne Daniel, and Vanburn Holder. The first three used the bouncer liberally (Wisden notes that Holding in particular bowled ""exceptionally fast""), and England's John Edrich and Brian Close suffered in particular (Close was 45"
"while testing out the authenticity of Michael Holding's nickname 'Whispering Death' by closing his eyes at the non-striker's end. As ""Percy Pavilion"" he wrote songs and poems about cricket between 1982 and 1998, releasing records, a c.d., and a cassette. He now teaches Latin, Geography, History, Sociology, Ethics, and Economics at the Luxembourg II European School. He has written a book about cricket, Economics, Cambridge, and Keynes. Adrian Wykes Adrian Paul Acheson 'Percy' Wykes (born 7 February 1958) is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Cambridgeshire and Luxembourg. He was born"
"Ping Bodie Frank Stephen (Ping) Bodie (October 8, 1887 – December 17, 1961), born Francesco Stephano Pizzolo, was a center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago White Sox (1911–1914), Philadelphia Athletics (1917) and New York Yankees (1919–1921). Bodie batted and threw right-handed. He was born in San Francisco. One of the most feared sluggers in the 1910s, Bodie was nicknamed ""Ping"" for the sound made when his fifty-two-ounce bat crashed into the ""dead"" ball of his era. Another nickname given to him was ""The Wonderful Bop."" He took the surname Bodie from the California town he"
"Steve Bucknor Stephen Anthony ""Steve"" Bucknor, OJ (born 31 May 1946 in Montego Bay, Jamaica) is a former international cricket umpire. Bucknor umpired in a record 128 Test matches between 1989 and 2009, and also umpired in 181 One Day Internationals during this period, including five consecutive Cricket World Cup finals from 1992 to 2007. He was widely known for his long deliberations before making decisions, for which he earned the nickname ""Slow Death"". Before becoming an umpire, he was a football player and referee, a high school mathematics teacher and a sports coach. In October 2007, he was awarded"
"Ramakant Desai Ramakant Bhikaji Desai (20 June 1939 in Bombay – 28 April 1998 in Mumbai) represented India in Test cricket as a fast bowler from 1959 to 1968. Ramakant Desai was an Indian fast bowler, who stood 5 feet 4 inches tall, earning him the nickname ""Tiny"". He made his Test debut against West Indies in 1958–59 took 4/169 in 49 overs. He troubled the batsmen with bouncers, which was unusual for an Indian bowler at the time. He toured England in 1959, West Indies in 1961–62 and Australia and New Zealand in 1967–68. Against Pakistan in 1960–61, he"
"Malcolm Marshall Malcolm Denzil Marshall (18 April 1958 – 4 November 1999) was a West Indian cricketer. Primarily a fast bowler, Marshall is regarded as one of the finest and fastest pacemen ever to have played Test cricket. His Test bowling average of 20.94 is the best of anyone who has taken 200 or more wickets. He achieved his bowling success despite being, by the standards of other fast bowlers, a short man – he stood at , while most of the great quicks have been well above and many great West Indian fast bowlers, such as Joel Garner, Curtly"
"a door and pinning her to the ground. Herbert Goodman Herbert Goodman (born August 31, 1977) is an American professional mixed martial artist and former NFL running back for the Green Bay Packers. In mixed martial arts, Goodman competed for Bellator, M-1 Global and King of the Cage. He received his nickname, ""Whisper"" due to his soft-spoken personality. Goodman was born and raised in Miami, Florida, attending Homestead High School where he competed in track and field, becoming a two-time letter winner in the sport and also placed third in the state long jump during his senior year. Goodman began"
"to West Indian pitches than intimidatory bowling. Chester Watson Chester Donald Watson (born 1 July 1938) is a former Jamaican cricketer. Watson played seven Tests for the West Indies in the late 1950s and early 1960s. A fast bowler, Watson opened the bowling with Wes Hall and the two were accused by the English of intimidatory bowling during the England tour of the West Indies in 1959-60. English batsman Ken Barrington was hit on the elbow by a Watson bouncer during the series and others had near misses but West Indies champion allrounder Garry Sobers later claimed this was more"
"India. The West Indies generally play fast bowlers more so than spin bowlers. The West Indian team at any one time will generally consist of four fast bowlers (as opposed to a mixture of fast and spin bowlers). They have on occasion played spin bowlers however, they tend to be batting All-Rounders. Examples include Gus Logie, Carl Hooper, etc. One famous example of their ""four-pronged"" pace attack (as it has been dubbed) was during the 1980s when the attack generally included : Other pacemen surrounding that quartet included *Patrick Patterson (fast), *Colin Croft (fast) & *Sylvester Clarke (fast). Their current"
"Herbert Goodman Herbert Goodman (born August 31, 1977) is an American professional mixed martial artist and former NFL running back for the Green Bay Packers. In mixed martial arts, Goodman competed for Bellator, M-1 Global and King of the Cage. He received his nickname, ""Whisper"" due to his soft-spoken personality. Goodman was born and raised in Miami, Florida, attending Homestead High School where he competed in track and field, becoming a two-time letter winner in the sport and also placed third in the state long jump during his senior year. Goodman began playing football during his senior year of high"
"Float Woods Joseph 'Float' Woods (born about 1872 in Barbados, death details unknown) was a coloured West Indian cricketer best known as a member of the 1900 West Indian tourists to England. He is reckoned to be the first of the coloured West Indian fast bowlers that became a hallmark of West Indian cricket from the 1960s. Apologising for the lack of a photograph, ""Cricket"" in 1900 says ""that Woods is a fine specimen of the darkest of the coloured natives of the West Indies, that is to say, he is very dark indeed. He has a good figure, which"
"bowling of Venkat, V. V. Kumar, and Shivalkar. Eknath Solkar Eknath Dhondu 'Ekky' Solkar (18 March 1948 – 26 June 2005) was an Indian all-round cricketer who played 27 Tests and seven One Day Internationals for his country. He was born in Bombay, and died of heart attack in the same city at the age of 57. Solkar was a capable bat with a Test century to his name, and he could bowl fast as well as slow, which earned him the distinction ""Poor man's Sobers"". Solkar was renowned for his excellent close fielding, of which he once remarked, ""I"
"one of the few people to dismiss him so cheaply. Howard Watt Howard Hugh Watt (1 March 1911, Rosebank, Cape Town, Cape Province – 17 August 2005, Howick, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) was the last surviving pre-war Springbok and part of the South African rugby team nicknamed ""The Invincibles"". Nicknamed ""Sparkle"", he was both a cricketer and rugby player. He toured New Zealand with the Springboks in 1937 and although he participated in some tour games he did not play a Test. He bowled Sir Donald Bradman twice in one match in Chicago in 1932 as a fast bowler. When Howard"
"Manny Martindale Emmanuel Alfred ""Manny"" Martindale (25 November 1909 – 17 March 1972) was a West Indian cricketer who played in ten Test matches from 1933 to 1939. He was a right-arm fast bowler with a long run up; although not tall for a bowler of his type he bowled at a fast pace. With Learie Constantine, Martindale was one of the earliest in the long succession of Test-playing West Indian fast bowlers. During the time he played, the West Indies bowling attack depended largely on his success. Critics believe that his record and performances stand comparison with bowlers of"
"Hopper Read Holcombe Douglas “Hopper” Read (born 28 January 1910, Woodford Green, Essex, died 5 January 2000, Truro, Cornwall) was an English cricketer who played in one Test in 1935. Read, who received his nickname from the eccentric leap in his long run-up was regarded as the fastest bowler in the world for the brief period he was able to play first-class cricket, and though he could be extremely erratic in length he was still an extremely dangerous bowler on a lively pitch. Although a capable fast bowler, Read’s brief career was sufficient to show him among the very worst"
"Collie Smith O'Neil Gordon ""Collie"" Smith (5 May 1933 in Kingston, Jamaica – 9 September 1959 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England) was a West Indian cricketer. A hard-hitting batsman and off spin bowler, Smith was rated highly in West Indies. He idolised Jim Laker, for which reason he was nicknamed ""Jim"" for a time. In his third first-class match, he hit 169 for Jamaica against the touring Australians in 1954–55, and was immediately included in the side for the First Test. He started his Test career scoring 104 on debut against Australia. But after a ""pair"" in the next match, he"
"Colin Croft Colin Everton Hunte Croft (born 15 March 1953) is a former West Indian cricketer. Croft was (along with Andy Roberts, Michael Holding and Joel Garner) part of the potent West Indian quartet of fast bowlers from the late 70s and early 80s. With his height (6'5""), he bowled bouncers and was very aggressive. He was renowned for bowling wide of the crease over the wicket and angling the ball in to right-handers. His approach to the wicket was unconventional and footage of Croft bowling around the wicket show him on a run-up more typical of a ""left""-arm bowler."
"Razor Smith William Charles ""Razor"" Smith (4 October 1877 – 15 July 1946) was a Surrey slow bowler. Nicknamed ""Razor"" because of his extreme thinness, Smith was prone to serious injury and could rarely get through a full season's cricket, but when sound, could command the sharpest off-break among bowlers of his day. He was also able to bowl a somewhat faster ball with a very high flight that turned a little from leg and, with any help from the pitch, would get up almost straight. This combination meant that when wickets were treacherous Smith generally proved deadly, but in"
"of the Year in 1964. 3. http://m.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/player/51907.html Charlie Griffith Sir Charles Christopher ""Charlie"" Griffith (born 14 December 1938) is a West Indian former cricketer who played in 28 Tests from 1960 to 1969. He formed a lethal fast bowling partnership with Wes Hall during the 1960s. In the 1961/62 season, a delivery from Griffith cracked Indian batsman Nari Contractor's skull, prematurely ending Contractor's international career. When Griffith started playing club cricket in Barbados at a young age, it was as a right-arm spinner. During one game he decided to bowl right arm fast and finished with figures of 7 for"
"Hines Johnson Hophnie Hobah Hines Johnson (13 July 1910, Kingston, Jamaica – 24 June 1987, Miami, Florida, USA) was a West Indian cricketer. His first-class cricket career began with his debut for Jamaica in 1935 and lasted until 1951, interrupted by the Second World War. Making his international debut at the age of 37, his Test career lasted just three matches. All three were against England, and the last was in 1950. During his first Test Match, Johnson took five wickets in the first innings and five in the second. He was the first fast bowler to take ten wickets"
"Howard Watt Howard Hugh Watt (1 March 1911, Rosebank, Cape Town, Cape Province – 17 August 2005, Howick, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) was the last surviving pre-war Springbok and part of the South African rugby team nicknamed ""The Invincibles"". Nicknamed ""Sparkle"", he was both a cricketer and rugby player. He toured New Zealand with the Springboks in 1937 and although he participated in some tour games he did not play a Test. He bowled Sir Donald Bradman twice in one match in Chicago in 1932 as a fast bowler. When Howard Watt met him again in 1937, Bradman remembered him as"
"Frank Allan Francis Erskine ""Frank"" Allan (2 December 1849 – 9 February 1917) was an Australian cricketer who represented Victoria in first-class intercolonial matches and made one Test appearance for Australia. A tall, wiry left-arm medium pacer known by the sobriquet ""The Bowler of a Century"", Allan possessed great spin and a peculiar swerve which he claimed to have developed through his use of boomerangs and waddies growing up amongst Aborigines in the Victorian bush. He was also given the nickname ""Kangaroo"" on account that he would jump like the animal to celebrate taking a wicket. Allan began a lifelong"
"Pilot's licence in the USA, with endorsements for the UK, and worked as a Commercial Pilot in the Caribbean. He also regularly appears as a studio guest on Sky Sports when West Indies are playing. Colin Croft Colin Everton Hunte Croft (born 15 March 1953) is a former West Indian cricketer. Croft was (along with Andy Roberts, Michael Holding and Joel Garner) part of the potent West Indian quartet of fast bowlers from the late 70s and early 80s. With his height (6'5""), he bowled bouncers and was very aggressive. He was renowned for bowling wide of the crease over"
"Frank Field (cricketer, born 1874) Frank Ernest Field or Ernest Frank Field (23 September 1874 in Weethley, Warwickshire, England – 25 August 1934 in Droitwich, Worcestershire, England) was a Warwickshire fast bowler who is best remembered for sharing with Frank Foster the bowling honours in Warwickshire's flukish County Championship triumph in the abnormally dry summer of 1911 - the only time any county outside the ""Big Six"" (Yorkshire, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire, Middlesex, Kent and Surrey) won between 1890 and 1935. However, aside from this triumph, Field had a long career before Foster even played for Warwickshire. Indeed, if Foster's career was"
"Everton Weekes Sir Everton DeCourcy Weekes, KCMG, GCM, OBE (born 26 February 1925) is a leading former West Indian cricketer. Along with Frank Worrell and Clyde Walcott, he formed what was known as ""The Three Ws"" of West Indian cricket. Born in a wooden shack on Pickwick Gap in Westbury, Saint Michael, Barbados, near Kensington Oval, Weekes was named by his father after English football team Everton (when Weekes told English cricketer Jim Laker this, Laker reportedly replied ""It was a good thing your father wasn't a West Bromwich Albion fan."") Weekes is unaware of the source of DeCourcy, his"
"Charlie Griffith Sir Charles Christopher ""Charlie"" Griffith (born 14 December 1938) is a West Indian former cricketer who played in 28 Tests from 1960 to 1969. He formed a lethal fast bowling partnership with Wes Hall during the 1960s. In the 1961/62 season, a delivery from Griffith cracked Indian batsman Nari Contractor's skull, prematurely ending Contractor's international career. When Griffith started playing club cricket in Barbados at a young age, it was as a right-arm spinner. During one game he decided to bowl right arm fast and finished with figures of 7 for 1. He remained a fast bowler and"
"West Indian fielding during the period he played: the slip fielders regularly dropped catches from the fast bowlers. Lawrence also notes that Martindale played just ten Tests owing to West Indies' limited programme at the time, but ""if his figures are analysed pro-rata, it quickly becomes apparent that Martindale compares with the finest fast bowlers of today."" Manny Martindale Emmanuel Alfred ""Manny"" Martindale (25 November 1909 – 17 March 1972) was a West Indian cricketer who played in ten Test matches from 1933 to 1939. He was a right-arm fast bowler with a long run up; although not tall for"
"wrote that Allan was ""the first of the long line of great Australian bowlers"", and ""the first to develop those special qualities that made Australian bowling ... the talk of the cricket world"". Books Frank Allan Francis Erskine ""Frank"" Allan (2 December 1849 – 9 February 1917) was an Australian cricketer who represented Victoria in first-class intercolonial matches and made one Test appearance for Australia. A tall, wiry left-arm medium pacer known by the sobriquet ""The Bowler of a Century"", Allan possessed great spin and a peculiar swerve which he claimed to have developed through his use of boomerangs and"
"a piece of protective foam rubber around his chest. This was the first known instance of a chest protector used in Test cricket. Following the innings, the crowd collected $1000 for him. Nicknamed ""The Leaning Tower of Depeiaza"" because of the way he leaned forward in his defensive shots, Depeiaza worked as a customs clerk. He moved to England and played league and Minor Counties cricket in the 1960s and 1970s. He died in 1995 at Manchester, England. Clairmonte Depeiaza Cyril Clairmonte Depeiaza (10 October 1928 — 10 November 1995) was a West Indian cricketer. Depeiaza was born in Mount"
"Jerry West Jerry Alan West (born May 28, 1938) is an American retired basketball player who played professionally for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). His nicknames included Mr. Clutch, for his ability to make a big play in a clutch situation, such as his famous buzzer-beating 60-foot shot that tied Game 3 of the 1970 NBA Finals against the New York Knicks; The Logo, in reference to his silhouette being incorporated into the NBA logo; Mr. Outside, in reference to his perimeter play with the Los Angeles Lakers; and Zeke from Cabin Creek, for the"