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| Full name | Malcolm Denzil Marshall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 April 1958 Bridgetown, Barbados | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 4 November 1999 (aged 41) Bridgetown, Barbados | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowling all rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 172) | 15 December 1978 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 8 August 1991 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 33) | 28 May 1980 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 8 March 1992 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1977–1991 | Barbados | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1979–1993 | Hampshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1996 | Natal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Malcolm Denzil Marshall (18 April 1958 – 4 November 1999) was a Barbadian cricketer. Primarily a fast bowler, Marshall is widely regarded as one of the greatest and one of the most accomplished fast bowlers of the modern era in Test cricket.[1][2][3][4] He is often acknowledged as the greatest West Indian fast bowler of all time, and certainly one of the most complete fast bowlers the cricketing world ever saw.[5][6] His Test bowling average of 20.94 is the best of anyone who has taken 200 or more wickets.[7] He achieved his bowling success despite being, by the standards of other fast bowlers of his time, a short man – he stood at 180 cm (5 ft 11 in),[1] while most of the great quicks have been well above 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) and many great West Indian fast bowlers, such as Joel Garner, Curtly Ambrose, and Courtney Walsh, were 197 cm (6 ft 6 in) or above. He generated fearsome pace from his bowling action, with a dangerous bouncer. He also statistically went on to become the most successful Test match bowler of the 1980s with 235 wickets with an average of 18.47 within a time period of just five years.[8][9] Marshall was a part of the West Indies team that won the 1979 Cricket World Cup as well as the team which reached the 1983 Cricket World Cup Final, but lost to India by 43 runs.
Marshall was also a very dangerous lower middle-order batsman with ten Test fifties and seven first-class centuries. He ended his career as the all-time highest wicket taker for West Indies in Test cricket with 376 wickets, a record which he held up until November 1998 before Courtney Walsh surpassed his milestone.
In 2009, Marshall was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.[10] To mark 150 years of the Cricketers' Almanack, Wisden named him in an all-time Test World XI.[11]
- ^ a b Malcolm Marshall, player profile Mike Selvey et al, Cricinfo.
- ^ Wasim Akram interview Archived 25 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine Mohsin Abbas, Toronto Star, 19 April 2007.
- ^ Gibson can show Flintoff and co the joys of the keep-it-simple life Mike Selvey, The Guardian, 4 October 2007.
- ^ Bangladesh v South Africa – as it happened Rob Smyth, The Guardian, 19 March 2011.
- ^ Wilde, Mike Atherton, Simon. "Lethal and skiddy Malcolm Marshall or hostile gladiator Dennis Lillee: who is the greatest fast bowler?". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Malcolm Marshall: The Predator". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ Records / Test matches / Bowling records / Best career bowling average Cricinfo.
- ^ Scroll Staff. "Pause, rewind, play: The legend of Malcolm Marshall, the greatest West Indies fast bowler". Scroll.in. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ PTI (26 June 2019). "Remembering Malcolm: a bowling wizard, a 'giver'". Sportstar. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ Cricinfo (2 January 2009). "ICC and FICA launch Cricket Hall of Fame". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ "WG Grace and Shane Warne in Wisden all-time World Test XI". BBC. 23 October 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2019.