Malcolm Marshall

Malcolm Marshall, who lived from 18 April 1958 to 4 November 1999, was a Barbadian international cricketer who played for the West Indies from 1978 to 1992 in Tests and One Day Internationals. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time and is often acknowledged as the greatest West Indian fast bowler. His Test bowling average of 20.94 is the best of any cricketer to have taken 300 or more wickets. He achieved this despite being notably shorter than other contemporary fast bowlers, generating pace and threat from his bowling action and use of the bouncer, and he became the most successful Test bowler of the 1980s with 235 wickets at an average of 18.47 in five years. He was part of the West Indies team that won the 1979 Cricket World Cup and the team that reached the 1983 final.