@imusic Bo Holder was better, even Gavaskar and Boycott said Holder bowled a yard faster in tests vs county/FC. Bernard with more focus could've been better than Holder.
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Bish wasn’t easy
Tue, Nov 18, '25 at 4:25 PM
debut: Dec 31, '03
13,284 runs
@PalsofMine
Aren’t you forgetting Gabriel.
Tue, Nov 18, '25 at 4:47 PM
@StumpCam
Mister “over cover” himself
12 highest wicket taker for WI in test matches (166 wickets in 59 matches)
Nothing to sneeze at
Tue, Nov 18, '25 at 5:14 PM
@Dukes
You have confused me here; I was of the opinion that he was better than Ambrose before the injury.
Tue, Nov 18, '25 at 5:18 PM
@imusic
Holder was not quick, my teammate hooked him with easy as a schoolboy.
Tue, Nov 18, '25 at 5:31 PM
Always shudder at Bim's all-time test 5prong! Macko, Bird, Rev. Wes, Roachie/Sylly, Baron. In The wings, Fiddy,Stephenson,Mosely, Sylly/Roachie Big Griff! Yard not too bad. Gilly, Mikey Cuddy, Patto, Lester. Antigua on their own.
Andy, Curtly, Winnie, Kenny...impressive!
Tue, Nov 18, '25 at 5:55 PM
@Brerzerk
What about my hommie Rudy Cohen, I heard he came to Bim with the JA school boys and ran most of the Bim schoolboys with the exception of Keith Boyce and Tony King...
Tue, Nov 18, '25 at 6:15 PM
@tc1
Faster but not better than Lester King who was a genuine seamer. He was very tall too. Hubert could tell you more.
Tue, Nov 18, '25 at 10:55 PM
@natty_forever
List of T+T fast bowlers I saw when I was young.
Gopisingh
Eric Audain
Dean St Hillaire
Tony Gray
Alec Burns
Wed, Nov 19, '25 at 9:11 AM
@tc1
You have confused me here; I was of the opinion that he was better than Ambrose before the injury.
I was talking about the England tour in 1988.At that time Bishop had not played any test cricket and had never taken 5 wickets in an innings in first class cricket, while Ambrose had a standout season in the West Indies earlier that year and had played test cricket against Pakistan.