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Top 10 West Indies Bowlers of All Time

 
Slipfeeler 2025-06-13 13:18:28 

1. Malcolm Marshall
2. Curtly Ambrose
3. Michael Holding
4. Joel Garner
5. Andy Roberts
6. Courtney Walsh
7. Lance Gibbs
8. Wes Hall
9. Sonny Ramadhin
10. Jerome Taylor

 
Jumpstart 2025-06-13 14:14:27 

In reply to Slipfeeler

I'd put a tie between taylor and bishop. one had his career ended by west indian stupidity and one had his career ended by crippling injuries. both were unplayable on their day and their numbers are similar

 
SnoopDog 2025-06-13 14:18:43 

In reply to Jumpstart

Patterson and Roach ahead of Tayrol any day of the week.

 
Castled 2025-06-13 14:48:29 

In reply to SnoopDog

Sylvester Clarke before Taylor and Ramadhin. Ramadhin was not legal he said so.

 
Slipfeeler 2025-06-13 15:04:41 

What about Colin Croft and Keith Boyce?

 
hubert 2025-06-13 15:24:13 

In reply to Slipfeeler

Subjective of course, but I always had Valentine over Ramadhin but with so many great and wonderful
fast men, can either be considered in top Ten ?

 
Brerzerk 2025-06-13 17:00:47 

In reply to Jumpstart

Taylor should not be there, Roach and Valentine are ahead of him. But there can never ever be a top 10 WI bowlers' list
without the name Garfield St. A. Sobers, if only for his seam bowling! He has more wickets than Wes Hall and when he
retired the only West Indian who had more test wkts than him was Lance Gibbs who two yrs later became the world record
holder for test wickets snared.

 
PalsofMine 2025-06-13 22:33:22 

i also do not see Taylor in the top 10 before Roach. Bishop's career was perhaps too short to make it. I would definitely reconsider Nos. 9 and 10 on that list.

 
Brerzerk 2025-06-13 22:51:25 

In reply to Slipfeeler

Vanburn Holder ahead of Boyce, Croft and Bish ahead of both

 
Slipfeeler 2025-06-13 23:45:47 

Oh yes Vanburn Holder, I forgot him

 
Chrissy 2025-06-14 00:01:47 

Di first Berbician to play test cricket
Di great Afro-Indian John Trim.

 
Baje 2025-06-14 00:27:30 

Sort the list by strike rates. Then factor in average. Then look at intangibles

 
Narper 2025-06-14 00:30:54 

Jermaine Lawson
Charlie Griffith
Shane Shillingford
Sunil Narine

 
Kay 2025-06-14 01:10:16 

In reply to Narper

Ramadhin belongs in your list ....

 
Castled 2025-06-14 01:31:44 

In reply to Kay

lol lol

 
TheTrail 2025-06-14 03:14:42 

In reply to Slipfeeler


What criteria did you and Alien 21 use to arrive at this conclusion?
Here are some others:

Garfield Sobers (the bowler )
Al Valentine
Merv Dillon ------Malcolm said he is one of the best but he is too wutlesslol
Patrick Patterson
Collin Croft
Keith Boyce
Vanbern Holder
Dillon over Taylor ---------- Taylor is Slipfeeler's pick.
Valentine over Ramadhin


Some old-timers told me to write this.lol