Colin Croft: The meanest of the West Indian fast bowling terrors

The ruthless, mean Colin Croft was born on March 15, 1953. Abhishek Mukherjee looks back at a great fast bowler whose career came to an unfortunate, premature end.

There was Andy Roberts, shrewd, aggressive and vicious. There was Michael Holding, lithe, lethal and express. There was Joel Garner, accurate, miserly and destructive. And above everyone, there was Malcolm Marshall, the complete package, and arguably the greatest fast bowler of all time. But the meanest of the pack? That had to be Colin Croft.

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