Legendary fast bowlers produced by Windies

#7 Ian Bishop

Ian Bishop

If not for the serious back problems that plagued him throughout his career and forced him into retirement, Ian Bishop would have been ranked much higher even in an illustrious list like this one.

Bishop made his Test debut in 1989 against India, wreaking havoc in only his second Test picking up 6 wickets for 87 runs. Known for his teasing outswinger to the right-hand batsmen, the tall Trinidadian also possessed plenty of raw pace and generated an awkward bounce even from dead pitches. His best figures of 6 for 40 in Tests came at the Western Australia Cricket Association (WACA) Ground against Australia. In ODIs, Bishop claimed 5 wickets in an innings twice. Interestingly, on both occasions the opposition was Pakistan and remarkably, both those matches were played in Australia.

In a career spanning a decade, injuries resulted in Bishop playing just 43 Tests claiming 161 wickets at an impressive strike rate of 52 balls per wicket and an even better average of 24. Looking at these statistics, one can only wonder what this talented gentleman would have achieved had it not been for those niggling injuries.

Like several other former cricketers, he now tours the globe as a commentator.