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His cousin Irvine Shillingford also played Test cricket for the West Indies. [1] Grayson Shillingford attended Dominica Grammar School in Roseau. [2] He was a right-arm fast bowler who played for Windward Islands from 1967–68 to 1978–79. He toured England with the West Indies team in 1969 and 1973. His best first-class figures were 6 for 49 ...
West Indies could still produce great batsmen too and few have been better than Viv Richards. The combination of outstanding pace bowling and top-class batting enabled West Indies to dominate world cricket for more than 15 years until the 1990s.
West Indian Test cricketers Batting Bowling Fielding; Cap Name First Test Last Test Mat Inn NO Runs HS Avg Balls Mdn Runs Wkt Best Avg Ct St; 1: Snuffy Browne: 1928
Albert Leroy Padmore (born 17 December 1944) is a former West Indies cricketer, playing two Tests in 1976 and representing the West Indies in World Series Cricket.. He was primarily an off-spin bowler, who was unfortunate in that his career coincided with the emergence of Andy Roberts, Michael Holding and others to give West Indies one of the finest fast bowling attacks in history.
Uton George Dowe (born 29 March 1949) is a former Jamaican cricketer.He played four Test matches for the West Indies as a fast bowler from 1971 to 1973.. He played for Jamaica from the 1969–70 season to the 1976–77 season.
By the late 1970s, the West Indies led by Clive Lloyd had a side recognised as unofficial world champions, a reputation they retained throughout the 1980s. [24] During these glory years, the West Indies were noted for their four-man fast bowling attack, backed up by some of the best batsmen in the world.
Jeffrey Robert Thomson (born 16 August 1950) is a former Australian cricketer.Known as "Thommo", he is one of the fastest bowlers in the history of cricket; he bowled a delivery with a speed of 160.6 km/h against the West Indies in Perth in 1975, which was the fastest recorded delivery at the time, and the fourth-fastest recorded delivery of all time. [1]
The new West Indies style debuted that same winter in 1975 when the West Indies hosted India. The West Indies won the series 2–1. The West Indies won the series 2–1. However, the victory was a result of India choosing to withdraw their final batsmen in response to what they described as barbaric, reckless, and dangerous West Indies' bowling.