Joel Garner

This article is about the West Indian cricketer. For the Australian rules football player, see Joel Garner (footballer).

Joel Garner
Personal information
Born (1952-12-16) 16 December 1952 (age 71)
Christ Church, Barbados
NicknameBig Bird
Height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm fast
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 160)18 February 1977 v Pakistan
Last Test15 March 1987 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 21)16 March 1977 v Pakistan
Last ODI28 March 1987 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1975–1987Barbados
1977–1986Somerset
1982/83South Australia
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 58 98 214 256
Runs scored 672 239 2,964 1,023
Batting average 12.44 9.19 16.74 11.75
100s/50s 0/1 0/0 1/8 0/1
Top score 60 37 104 59*
Balls bowled 13,169 5,330 39,829 13,359
Wickets 259 146 881 397
Bowling average 20.97 18.84 18.53 16.61
5 wickets in innings 7 3 48 10
10 wickets in match 0 0 7 0
Best bowling 6/56 5/31 8/31 6/29
Catches/stumpings 42/– 30/– 129/– 71/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  West Indies
ICC Cricket World Cup
Winner 1979 England
Runner-up 1983 England and Wales
Source: Cricinfo, 13 September 2009

Joel Garner (born 16 December 1952) 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 One Day International bowler according to the ICC best-ever bowling ratings,[1] and is 37th in Tests.[2] Garner was a member of the West Indies teams that won their second world title in the 1979 Cricket World Cup as well as finishing as runners-up at the 1983 Cricket World Cup.

In conjunction with fellow fast bowlers Michael Holding, Andy Roberts, Colin Croft, and later Malcolm Marshall, Curtly Ambrose, and Courtney Walsh, the West Indies reached unprecedented heights in the Test and one-day cricket arenas, not losing a Test series in 15 years.

In 2010, Garner was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference ICCODI was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ ICC Highest-Ever Test Ratings, Reliance ICC rankings, accessed 21-Jan-2020
  3. ^ Staff (6 October 2010). "Walsh, Garner inducted into Hall of Fame". Guardian Media. Retrieved 19 July 2019.