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The Greatest Fast Bowler Ever

Wed, Feb 4, '26 at 1:00 AM

MALCOLM DENZIL MARSHALL

Doh care what anybody says

Wed, Feb 4, '26 at 6:10 AM

@imusic

without doubt the G.O.A.T!!!πŸ‘πŸΏ

Wed, Feb 4, '26 at 7:45 AM

@imusic

You know what you don’t see nowadays, fast bowlers bowling from that angle run up! Maybe Windies needs a bowling coach who has that technical knowledge!ο»ΏπŸ€—ο»Ώ

Wed, Feb 4, '26 at 8:02 AM

@StumpCam

Champ not everything could or should be coached ... Malcom's run up was his own!

Wed, Feb 4, '26 at 8:05 AM

@imusic

without a doubt......imagine being in the era of gower, gavaskar, border, jimmy amarnath, gooch, crowe and viv in regional cricket and still averaging under 20..........is not like starc and bumrah and cummins dominating bad technique players........by the way, gavaskar said Jimmy Amarnath was the best player of fast bowling from the subcontinent a the time

Wed, Feb 4, '26 at 9:12 AM

@imusic

And to think, as a bonus, the man FC batting average was 24.83 w/7, 100's and 54, 50's..... that's like some of our specialist batsmen today..... wow

Wed, Feb 4, '26 at 10:06 AM

@StumpCam

What was the benefit derived from that angled approach? I can't recall seeing many fast bowlers do it, even in those days

Wed, Feb 4, '26 at 10:13 AM

I have to disagree with the assessment here.

SAMMY was and will continue to be the GREATEST!


Bowler, Batsman, Capt. and Coach.


In short Sammy is like Kim from North Korea.

Wed, Feb 4, '26 at 10:17 AM

@WI_cricfan

Fixed it for you....... ο»ΏπŸ˜‚ο»Ώ


I have to disagree with the assessment here.
SAMMY was and will continue to be the GREATEST!

Bawler, Batman, Claptain. and Crouch.

In short Sammy is like Kim from North Korea.
Wed, Feb 4, '26 at 10:24 AM

@spider

From a layman’s perspective, it facilitates delivering the ball wicket to wicket!

Wed, Feb 4, '26 at 10:27 AM

its sad that he died saying he wished the younger players had paid more attention to what he was trying to teach them as a coach of the wi



Wed, Feb 4, '26 at 11:27 AM

@imusic

Malcolm was no doubt a great fast bowler, but my favorite is Holding 'AKA Whispering Death.'