The Greatest Quick of All Time? Marshall Blows England Away in Classic! | Eng v WI 1984 | Lord's

[@adambrown5704]

I was so scared of Malcolm Marshall. Accuracy and swing at devastating pace. Seemed to have none of the bombastic ego of other great cricketers, making him all the greater. A master of his craft and a complete gentleman. I honour you, great West Indian. You, the Don and Shane Warne are the first three on my “all time” team sheet. Rest well, you beautiful man. You will never be forgotten in this little corner of Hampshire. And, finally, thank you for showing a lost little boy what it means to be a real man. Rest in peace.

[@sushantabiswal1644]

Hello sir, devastating pace is the perfect word.My all time hero MrMalcolm Marshal sir.

[@jawadnaebkhil2272]

Why were you scared?

[@yoyoyoyoyoyoyoyoyoyo8670]

*Wonderful words to the legend!

[@sunilpokhrel8904]

Who was more quicker Thompson,Liley or Marshall according to you?

[@abhimanyumalhotra2185]

​@@sunilpokhrel8904no one can match the Windies bowler speed that time

[@prasenjitdas6676]

There is no aggression, no cuss words just sheer talent and sportsmanship. Everyone in awe !!!

[@user-jn7bq8wh1e]

Really? The India tour in 75' to WI was an absolute shame.... misplaced anger the WI bowlers did to the Indian players...after their 5-0 defeat to Australia in the previous tour On top of seriously injuring 5 batsmen by deliberately bowling unjustified body line length.. Clive Lloyd said and i quote "Indians are incapable of playing pace and are hence whining and that they had no regrets for it"

[@TheAdventurer1988]

​@@user-jn7bq8wh1ein 1976 Malcolm Marshall was not in the WI team.

[@user-jn7bq8wh1e]

@@TheAdventurer1988 ?! Thanks for the info?

[@jahno7154]

@@user-jn7bq8wh1e If you can't handle the pace get out and be a man don't complain like the Aussies did all those years ago

[@petergreen5337]

Exactly

[@MaxKropiunik]

The WI team of that era was something that is hard to explain to youngsters today. I am glad I saw these greats in their heyday. The hallmark of a truly great team, the country, pitch, weather, crowd made no difference. Whether the pitch was a dust bowl or green top made no difference to the WI in those days. In my 40 plus years of watching cricket, I have seen no one make the ball rise consistently from a good length like Marshall and Garner, absolutely unplayable. Like the first one in this video to Chris Broad. I remember the Aussie batsmen really struggling later that year with these climbing deliveries.

[@mohammadshahibran6867]

💯 percent right.

[@youtuber-vi8wy]

Lara, greenidge , viv Richards, sur Garfield's sobers curtly Ambrose courtney Walsh, d haynes malcolm marshall, Andy Roberts Clive lloyd

[@NishitShukla]

Yet India defeated them twice in the 83 world cup.

[@youtuber-vi8wy]

@Ayush Uniyal I too play that's why I know d Haynes g greenidge 😜😜😜

[@yehbuddy1005]

Why do you think he was able to make the ball rise when he was only 5 foot 10 ?

[@pratheepkumar1216]

Roberts, Garner, Holding, Marshal...what a team!!!

[@richposports7030]

😮😮😢😊😢😂❤❤ 💯

[@dkgambituk]

They were the elite bowling line up. Imagine seeing off Marshall and then Joel Garner comes on…modern day cricketers don’t know the meaning of stress!

[@shooud123]

Greenidge, Lara, Headley, Viv, Weekes, Sobers, Walcott, Marshall, Roberts, Holding, Ambrose, Garner, Worrell. My best 13 test team squad.

[@Fashionista-ny7ce]

​@@shooud123Irrelevant to this post.

[@michaelparadisis4076]

Best

[@ajam60]

One of the greats of all time, gone too soon. Rest in peace!

[@nirmalpanchal9480]

Joel garner *

[@hardcoresecularists3630]

Wat happened ro him 🙏

[@aritrikghosh]

@@hardcoresecularists3630 bro he was having colonial cancer

[@hardcoresecularists3630]

@@aritrikghosh 😔😭🙏

[@madhupjadhav1379]

Too much Animal Protein probably. Gives you the strength at your younger age, but will also take you back soon!

[@santhoshg2388]

All time greats, Andy Roberts, Malcom Marshall, Michael Holding and Joel Garner. The West Indies those days. What a team It was!!

[@jeffgallagher9941]

They could bat a bit too!

[@Mike20216]

And a few years later Ambrose and Walsh, not to mention their batting strength greatest cricket side of all time

[@sumakt6257]

What a great team were the west Indians ..was a delight to watch cricket then.....each team one better than the other....India stunning the stalwarts winning the world cup ...80's bring nostalgic memories

[@rameshchander4442]

चारों मेरे फैवरेट नम्बर एक गेंदबाज।

[@pushpaksen5607]

@@jeffgallagher9941 Only Marshall could bat

[@aglobetrottingwriter9266]

I watched him play for Hampshire for many years. Certainly one of the best bowlers ever. There is a recent interview with Robin Smith on KZbin somewhere, where he says that when he made his test debut for England against WI, he was facing Marshall. As he went out to bat, Marshall told him he would give him a few easy half volleys to help settle his nerves, which he did. Marshall apparently also did the same to Hampshire team mate Paul Terry when he played for England. Not just a great bowler, but a true and proper gentleman.

[@rv_316]

Not only that, I saw a clip once, where in Dickie Bird once told him to stop bowling short pitched delivery to tailenders, and he acknowledged that and stopped doing so. Really one of a kind he was, a real gentleman. That era is gone, less money more energy and joy, and pure entertainment.

[@susantpanda5]

Been fortunate enough to see him bowling at his peak. Raw pace with swing. Most batsmen even couldn't site the ball.

[@vd2592]

And great सुनील gavaskar scored heavily against such devastating bowling.

[@JunaidKhan-gq8nw]

@@vd2592 yes you're absolutely right, legendary bowler Imran Khan many time describe about this, the onliest batsman in Indian cricket team who face the windies fast bawling attack very bravely and smartly.

[@vanshikakapoor3821]

It's most because of pitches. Pitches in old era used to be deadliest and there were hardly any batsman who could smash them so the bowler could divert from line and length

[@cryptonews5943]

​@@vd2592i think kopil dav was faster that marshall isnt it?/ 😂😂😂

[@adamwyatt-lowe2833]

gavaskar left cricket in 83 marshall started test cricket in 79 so not much overlap, plus he averaged12.50 versus marshall in 14 matches @@vd2592

[@rohitpratap4174]

GOAT. Dujon says he's the best he's ever kept to. That's good enough for me.

[@ymd0706]

And The Fastest Of Patrick Patterson

[@petefrench4198]

Clive Lloyd said that MM was the best bowler he had seen. I agree!! Such a sad death at such a young age!

[@colingeddes2172]

@@petefrench4198 well if the great clive Lloyd said it, then thats good enough for me. He was captain of the west indies, during an era where no team cud live with them.

[@andyprem]

best by a milimeter the others weren't dummies either

[@flash-uj6ly]

Pragyan Ojha is billion times better bowler than Malcolm Marshall. It's impossible to bowl like Pragyan Ojha but it's easy to bowl like Malcolm Marshall.

[@mohammedjamil2277]

For my money Malcolm Marshall was the greatest fast bowler of all time. He had speed control accuracy and variety. He was remarkably consistent with his line and length never giving the batsman time to settle or get on top. A batsmans true nightmare 💯

[@chiragsankhala5974]

Greater than dale steyn?

[@mohammedjamil2277]

​@Chirag Sankhala yes smarter cunning not just about speed he could work the batsman out within a few deliveries. He had such control rhythm speed and ability to move the ball both ways and skid the ball through from even a short run up the smartest bowler as well.

[@danguee1]

​@@chiragsankhala5974 Yes. He had it all. Much better career average than Dale (20.9 vs 23.0). He could bowl anywhere. Average in Asia = 23. Average in Australia = 23. [Edit: for reference - not to detract from Dale, who was the standout bowler of his generation - Dale had a career average of 23 overall, an average of 25.4 in Asia (ignoring Bangladesh which flatters figures, I'm afraid) and an average of 28 in Australia. All somewhere between fantastic and excellent. But don't match those Marshall averages by quite a margin...]

[@radharamanchourey5222]

Absolutely right, greatest of all time

[@akchasteify]

@@chiragsankhala5974Dale Steyn would not have been selected within the first 18 of that WI team!

[@ryandavis7762]

I was lucky to be born and raised in the WI and was able to see Marshall in action fir both WI and Barbados. He is the greatest I’ve ever seen. Incredible pace. Can swing it both ways and hit more batsmen with his bouncer than any of the other WI quicks. His bouncer would skid on. I’m a Holding fan by the way.

[@dwaipayanchakraborty3330]

You said you were born and raised in West Indies environment.. you had seen Marshall bowling.. I am an Indian.. every person has childhood hero.. my childhood hero was Malcolm Marshall.. In the year 1983 when I was only 13 yrs. West Indies came to India to play test and one day series and first time I saw Marshall and his bowling in TV.. He immediately turned my hero.. I was very much fond of cricket and I played local cricket and imitated Marshall to bowl like him.. One question.. at what pace did Marshall bowl ?.. at that time there was no speed measuring system but from a number of videos that I have seen, I guess that in his heyday, Marshall bowled at the speed more than anyone I have seen till date even more than 160 km/hr - highest ever recorded and bowled by Shoaib Akhter of Pakistan.. am I right ?

[@ryandavis7762]

@@dwaipayanchakraborty3330 You are correct. He would some how get the ball to skid through off the pitch when he bowled it short. That causes the Batsmen all sorts of problems. He went to England to play club cricket and continued to develop. Using the seam and swinging the ball both ways. His cricket IQ was through the roof. Which gave him the ability to find a batsman’s weakness and of course, he would have to tools to get him out. Remember, he had to share the wickets with Holding, Garner, Walsh, Patterson and Ambrose. Wickets were also falling on the other end, thus making it harder to get 6 for, 7 for, etc.

[@padsv]

Malcom Denzil Marshall - Called as Supercat's no 1 hit man in one of the article came in a Sports Magazine at that time.

[@ryandavis7762]

@@dwaipayanchakraborty3330 correct. Shoaib is still the quickest recorded at that time. Patrick Patterson was the quickest WI player of them all, said WK Jeff Dijon. He would know 😂. Marshall in his hey day has to be up there with the quickest. Add control, movement and cricket IQ….he was unplayable

[@roshankumar-pp9nj]

@@dwaipayanchakraborty3330 Marshall was 175 plus. Australians will hate it because they want their Thompson and lillee all the time up. Without bowling speed measurement machines then Marshall was lot quicker than Thompson too who was 160km any day.

[@NYCUSA]

RIP Marshall! He was a formidable bowler.

[@rakeysharya7387]

I can feel his raw pace.... Quite astonishing to see the bounce he used to generate considering his height.... One of the greatest pacer to grace the game...

[@jahno7154]

When you're as quick as Marshall your gonna make the ball bounce He was 5ft 10 not 3ft 10 ???

[@soumalyachatterjee6974]

@@jahno7154 no he is 5ft 11inch

[@jahno7154]

@@soumalyachatterjee6974 yep 5ft 11 although I knew someone who played with him said he looked 5ft 9

[@soumalyachatterjee6974]

@@jahno7154 no he is 5ft 11inch

[@shahdrah]

Marshall is just pure poetry in menacing, speed and motion!!! Slinging THUNDERBOLTS ⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡RIP

[@muntajibkhan4986]

In those days batsmen were not comfortable against fast bowling. Australians especially stood up against the West Indians and then that was the end of their dominance.

[@vijayiyer8518]

​@@muntajibkhan4986 that's only part of the story. What was crucial was the introduction of the limit of one bouncer per over

[@iodboi]

@@vijayiyer8518 Also, the availability of RELIABLE defensive equipment, lighter & stronger pads and abdomen guards; heavier bats, smaller boundaries and of course, the 1 bouncer per over emasculation of bowlers

[@alinaqvi9455]

Great fast bowler Malcolm Marshal. Beautiful action , lethal pace with great bowling skill and knowledge. A complete bowler. Sad that he left us so young. His legacy will live forever. Rest in peace great man rest in peace. Love and respect from Pakistan.

[@sbludba]

I played against Malcolm in under 17 cricket In the Caribbean. He was fast and dangerous Even at that age.

[@dwaipayanchakraborty3330]

@@sbludba you played Malcolm Marshall under 17 !.. then you are great.. then perhaps you may answer my queries.. before putting my queries to you, I want to mention that I am an Indian and Malcolm Marshall was my Childhood hero.. you said Marshall was dangerous even at that age.. I have heard this many times that he was intimidating bowler and his bouncer used to skid on.. how he made bouncer skid on even from good length.. and at what pace did he bowl ? from a number of videos I have seen it appears that he did bowl at the speed even more than 160 km/hr which is highest ever recorded and bowled by Shoaib Akhter of Pakistan.. am I right ? Since you played him, you may answer my above queries..

[@sbludba]

@@dwaipayanchakraborty3330 I am Indian Trinidadian. Marshall was fast, skiddy and swang the ball Both ways. Very difficult to bat against when there were no Helmets, chest pad , thigh pad , elbow guard in those days. In 1976 there was no technology to Calculate speed. I am not great, as many who played In the Caribbean School league cricket never made it further than 1st class cricket in the Caribbean. Lots went on to become Doctors lawyers and business men and other professionals. But what I can say about the great. Malcolm was that he was a humble Guy, never spoke much but executed his game in a fearsome manner. As an opening Batman, you hardly had time to see the ball. Most of the Time you could only hear the zwing from the ball and seam as it passed you. He broke stumps when he hit. One time the bails reached the boundary after He clean bowled one of our tailenders. No one wanted to face him. Deadly Accurate and fearsome. I moved on after college to become a businessman. I followed Malcolm cricketing career until his retirement. Seeing most of the games Played in the Caribbean by our then awesome team first led by Clive and then Vivian And Ritchie. Malcolm died young. May God give him heaven.

[@dwaipayanchakraborty3330]

@@sbludba As what you have told, batsman could not see the ball properly.. I have also heard this before, but this is not said about any bowler till now.. even if you see present video analytically, you will observe as the ball releases from hand of Marshall within a flicker of the eye it reaches the batsman.. then can I conclude, Marshall was fastest among all fast bowlers till now ?.. Another thing, it is said that Marshall gave skidy bouncer.. how on the earth he managed to skid the ball.. this is not said about any other bowler.. I born in 1970.. First time I have seen Marshall on TV in 1983 when in the winter, West Indies came to India to play test and one day series.. every time Marshall started his beautiful run up, a shiver came running down my spine.. it was not a human being running out there, rather a wounded tiger as if running to catch hold of its prey and destroy the same in no time.. yes he was fearsome.. I looked at him on TV with awe and reverence, feeling totally helpless because there was no answer to his fearsome deliveries.. Malcolm Marshall put a tremendous impression on my Childhood mind and he immediately turned my Childhood hero.. even my love for cricket is due to Marshall.. in my fantasy, I tried to bowl like Marshall and imitated his run up in school cricket but it was impossible for me to generate fearsome pace like Marshall.. I, being an Indian, have not genetically strong body because due to genetic factor West Indians have very strong body.. although present day West Indian bowlers can not generate that fearsome pace.. they toil even to bowl at 150 km/hr.. I am a ordinary service holder.. my age is now 50 yrs.. even nowadays in leisure time I open youtube to see Marshall running.. Once in my lifetime, I had a plan to fly to Barbados to meet my childhood idol, but alas, God has carried him to heaven... I LOVE Marshall.. since you played Marshall I also love you.. since I would not meet my childhood hero ever, at least I would meet or talk with someone who met him and it is YOU..

[@sbludba]

@@dwaipayanchakraborty3330 Thanks bro, I think Malcolm got it to skid, because he was not tall. As I remember 5’ 8” and had a low action, but strongly built. The food eaten in the Caribbean by these guys In those days was basically fresh vegetables and “blue food”. ie Anything that comes from under the ground or Root vegetables. Nowadays the players only eat processed and fast food. For speed, my view was that Patrick Patterson On a good day was the fastest of the pack. My favorite Indian player was Rahul Dravid. These days Bumrah. Bro keep safe as the virus shakes India.

[@hkukok]

Great artist with a unique approach to the wicket followed by a beautiful action. This clip makes me reminisce for my youth, simpler times and Windies legends elevating cricket to an unmatched standard.

[@Shaji4882]

Correct observation , bro

[@pradeepselvaratnam9459]

Thank you for the video,✌️ Malcolm Marshall is a legend A world class during his era.👍 sadly Cancer took you away from us. Rip Malcom Marshall.🙏

[@nicholasjones5223]

If Richie Benaud comments how fast he was that will do for me. The ball was swinging at pace too plus the bounce. Marshall had it all

[@JohnSmith-fz2zo]

Heart and Soul he put into his bowling,few could match him. RIP MASTER OF THIS ART.

[@vantagev8331]

He had batsman figured; pace, skill and intelligence. Marshall had it all. One of the all time greats.

[@slasaus1]

Even his run up is the greatest of all time;)

[@maqboolahmad6192]

My favorite 💗 bowlor

[@A-DGAMER-hw7si]

@@slasaus1 mera run up bi aisa hi hai

[@m.salimkhatri3692]

What a Marvellous team it was..I love this West Indies team..What was a great era of Cricket 🌹

[@lenoxbradshaw7175]

What a bowler, simply one of the best of all time.

[@niranjannaik8787]

This W. Indies team was the all time greatest team. Steve Waugh and Bradman's invincibles notwithstanding. This team would have blown any team away. Under any conditions.

[@sauron2000000]

Nope

[@ChessAndNotCheckers]

@@sauron2000000 Wdym by "nope"?

[@vaughnkhan4210]

UNBEATEN IN SERIES--FROM 1980 TO 1995....NEVER BE BROKEN..

[@Ashish-nd3xj]

As great as this WI team is, no one blows away Steve Waugh's Aussie. They had 2 genius in Warne and McGrath. GOAT Gilchrist and extremely formidable batting line up.

[@Godplayzdice]

@@Ashish-nd3xj and the batsmen? They'll be injured or bundled out under 100. Warne will be dominated by Richards, Lloyd and Greenidge. McGrath would be just treated like a medium pace trundler.

[@tjr-007tt]

Just love seeing his run up and the ball seems to skid in so quickly. Marshall is easily amongst the GOAT.

[@hamza3065]

The quality is really crisp. And man Malcolm Marshall is class.

[@suryar9704]

Marshall made David Gower (One of the finest batsman) look like a high-school player.

[@userKK2023]

Did he get Gower out here?

[@suryar9704]

@@userKK2023 yes from 1:25 onwards

[@RoNसिंह]

Tamiz se bol gober bhaiyya k liye...

[@boombang1948]

Gower wasn't good tho so your sentence should be amended immediately

[@Luvvamanwayne]

@@boombang1948 You do know that Gower has 18 test centuries against Pakistan,India, WI, Australia & NZ, and score over 8000 test runs, he was no 🐑 sheep. He just happened to be around when the WI had the best test team EVER.

[@soumyabratachakraborty5239]

You can understand the sheer pace by just looking 🙏

[@richardrampersad1654]

WELL SAID BRO

[@anthonyjackson1853]

Yep 💯 You can see just how quick it takes the ball to reach the batsman

[@itsmeitoldyouthat1448]

Not only fast. But pace with movement. Simply unplayable.

[@chinmayaparida8624]

He got both swing and fast really it's tough to play

[@khalidali-pm8cd]

Whenever I watch these bowlers bowling. I feel that they are the best batter who are facing these lethal bowlers without helmet. They are the best batter ever.

[@songsmith31a]

Top class bowling AND fielding - crowd pleasers on any day! I've been lucky to have seen fine fast bowlers in action over seven decades and they are always great additions to the game and its continual battle of wits between bowler and batsman. Great memories.

[@julesdowner5585]

as a Hampshire fan and a cricket fan, i just loved him!

[@julianhodgson1202]

Me too Jules:))

[@karmannghiaman1041]

@@julianhodgson1202 and another. I've said on another thread somewhere that I wished we'd named the stand at the Rose Bowl after MM rather than Shane Warne as I identified him as far more of part of Hampshire CC than I do Shane Warne, great as he undoubtedly was.

[@julianhodgson1961]

@@karmannghiaman1041 Absolutely agree:)) I started following Hampshire in the early 70s(my father grew up in Andover) when we possibly had the greatest opening batting partnership in the history of cricket Barry Richards and Gordon Greenidge and then Andy Roberts joined in 1973. I was so sad when he left Hampshire in 1978 but then Malcolm Marshall came along in 1979 and played for Hampshire for 14 whole glorious years! In my opinion he is undoubtedly the greatest player to have ever played for Hampshire which is really saying something😀 and clearly a stand should have been named after him - having a road named after him (Marshall Drive) just doesn’t quite cut it.

[@karmannghiaman1041]

@@julianhodgson1961 I'm nearly the same, a few seasons behind you. I just don't compare their contributions to Hampshire and it can only be either it was named because he played at the ground and Malcolm didn't or he was Rod's mate. I don't want this to sound like I'm denigrating Shane Warne in any way but in terms of contributing to our history, there's no comparison.

[@nomadbanda9562]

For me he was the greatest bowler I have seen. Memories ❤️💔

[@ziakhan-qw9zi]

Malcolm Marshall the greatest fast bowler of the world, the cricket lover still missing you, may GOD Bless his soul rest and peace (amin) From Karachi "PAKISTAN"

[@dulalpanji9608]

Malcolm, you were greatest of greats👍 we will never forget you. RIP🙏🙏Marshall

[@fld9201]

As with lots of others who've posted comments, Marshall was also my favourite quickie ever. As others have said, he was blindingly fast but also very accurate: the ball was always on or around off stump and I can't ever recall him bowling anything loose. I also loved his run up: he pretty much ran at full pace and maintained his speed right up to delivering the ball. Fantastic bowler.

[@ipak2010]

The Golden Era of cricket

[@anantharaomekala8775]

Ya .golden era of cricket. Marshall. Wonderful fast bowler.

[@paremayank]

Neil foster leaving a ball going over the middle...Wow!!! Haven't seen a better leave

[@Nyasalands_Finest]

Dude was shitting bricks

[@jrudresh1]

Unlike other windies bowlers he was very skiddy and the ball would reach the batsman faster so bowlers who would have played holding garner and croft were caught totally unawares when they faced mashall. Plus he could swing the ball prodigiously ! A real tough bowler to play❤️

[@Account_CB]

Marshall the magnificent! Shows how fast he was when you see how far back the wicket keeper & slips were placed. He wasn't just quick but he got the ball to swing so well & was so so accurate.

[@schoolsalert2100]

What a fantastic bowler, a great man! RIP

[@maxkazzora4234]

I was young enough to witness on tv this great Clive Lloyd team of that era. What a dream team for any era. 👏👏👏👍👍

[@pratheepkumar1216]

In 83-85, while Lloyd batting, his little one, was in gallery. ...

[@dr.sundararajantvp1025]

IPL looks like child play by seeing this man bowling😂

[@sheldoncooper3373]

Bring him to ipl, on indian flat pitches then judge. When judging two different era batsman we consider all the factors possible like pitch, boundary, bat thickness... Then why not the same for bowlers? Just because it will give present era bowlers edge over past?

[@theelectriccat171]

@@sheldoncooper3373 Have you seen how many wickets he has in India this man is the greatest fast bowler ever and let him rest in peace

[@sheldoncooper3373]

@@theelectriccat171 he specifically mentioned ipl. On indian pitches in a test match, there were/are many fast bowlers who bowled really well. But when it comes to ipl even bowlers like bumrah, malinga with their yorkar hitting ability go for 24 runs a over sometimes. Thats all I am saying. Yeah.. I was doing that...just could not control myself when someone overhyped him by trying to compare two different era.

[@sheldoncooper3373]

@@theelectriccat171 since you asked... 36 wickets, with average of 25 in tests 10 wickets with average of 32 in odis ( 8 matches) In test he did well, but nothing extraordinary. In odis , given the praise he receives, he kind of failed...but cant say, he played 8 matches only.

[@theelectriccat171]

@@sheldoncooper3373 I get he said Ipl but if you ask any former cricketer they would say that Marshall would have found a way in t20 matches

[@saptakdutta9613]

1:08 That delivery went past the batter literally in a blink of an eye! The fastest I've ever seen...

[@Brez6645]

I thought the same think. It went under Fowler's bat before he could even move. By time the bat comes down the ball is already in the keeper's gloves. Really quick.

[@femih.428]

My team and my all time favorite bowler. Unbelievably skillful and someone who stood out in arguably the greatest fast bowling line up of all time. Malcolm Denzil Marshall. So grateful to have seen him play in the flesh. Gone way too soon. RIP.

[@sab4055]

Malcolm you beauty rest in peace brother my generation grew up seeing bowling greats like Marshall, Garbar, Roberts, Holding, Lillee, Thompson, Mcdormat, Bob Willis, John snow and the list goes on.

[@soumen94]

Who is Garbar if you please tell! Plzzzzzzz!

[@tsbalasubramoniam8886]

West Indies Worrel, Weeks, & Walcot were just like Rock, subsequently followed by Greenidge & Griffith ably supported by Sir Vivian Richards, Clive Lloyd , Larry Gomes. Holding, Garner, Malcom Marshal, all of them with Sir Garfield Soberse in the lead. Those time everyone want to see WI players with great adoration and respect. They instilled fear and used to send Lance Gibbs, Gomes to take wickets. It's all pleasant nostalgia for all to remember and appreciate.

[@samleoman6874]

Thunderous Display of quality pace bowling.Something Rare now a days

[@leemeyer7629]

The GOAT. I saw the great man dozens of times when he played for Natal in the 90s. Even at a slightly advanced age, his pace and aggression were outstanding. I remember vividly how he made those orange benson and hedges stumps cartwheel. Around the same time he was involved in a cricketing clinic for youngsters in my hometown (Durban). My grandfather was a die-hard cricket fan (it was him that took me to all the matches) and he decided to pay for me to attend this clinic. I was batting when another youngster bowled a nasty bouncer that took my cap clean off my head, without actually contacting my head, luckily. Still, it was none other than Malcolm Marshall that sprinted up to me to make sure I was okay. RIP to two great men, Malcolm and my grandfather

[@riteshnets]

He is the best ever.Such high pace ,accuracy and movement

[@davidalf5159]

That 84 squad of Greenidge, Haynes, Gomes, Richards, Clive Lloyd, Dujon, Harper, Holding, Garner, Marshall, Walsh thrashed England 5-0, probably the best squad ever assembled, deadly bowling, batting that could dominate, cat like fielding, no weak areas, LEGIONARY and pleasure to watch and listen.

[@sambitmohanty8803]

The best fast bowler in the history of cricket. Pace and swing ,he has both.

[@petefrench4198]

Yep. that was Clive Lloyd's opinion; and he played with all of them.

[@carnalea2424]

The WI team of their great period of dominance from about 1975 to early-90s would crush every team from today: deadly pace attack and fantastic batsmen/batters like Richards, Greenidge, Haynes, Fredericks. I remember seeing Marshall and Roberts playing for Hampshire and when they were about to bowl a silence would come over the crowd. Everyone knew they were witnessing something special. I guess that applied to all the WI great fast bowlers. The same with Shane Warne because he was also a magical bowler.

[@ashishkumar-br7nw]

Greatest fast bowler of all time , bowling avg 20

[@loneranterism]

Fearsome quartet... Marshal, Holding, Garner and Andy Roberts!! Wonder how Dujon's hands felt after keeping for them for an entire innings!!😬

[@ajanthamalani9174]

Fact;Colin Croft is the bowler in this quartet instead of Malcom Marshell

[@rabikantganji4888]

Cricket was then a gentleman's game ... westindies was great ambassador of the game Marshall was one of them ...my fav batsman for all time sir IVA Richards treat to watch

[@mohamedrafi7899]

What a speed & swing.. Malcom Marshall sir.. U are simply super..

[@dineshkumarsnair7964]

Malcolm Denzil Marshall... is our external hero.. The life he created out of dust bowl Indian pitches were awesome. No batsman could really conquere him... And to know that he passed away due to " tumor of the pancreas' was devastating.. My only wish is to see his grave one day..My prayers are always witg your family..

[@shankarcg786]

Malcom Marshall was a mighty giant amongst bowlers ☄️ there was fire 🔥 in his bowling

[@davewilson9738]

I was a kid living in London in the 70's, I cut my teeth in cricket watching this man bowl; he kindled my love of cricket. he was smaller than the other Windies quicks, shorter and more solid, short run up and bloody fast. He was my hero bowler and I still think the greatest I ever got to watch play.

[@jkjkjkjkjk537]

Probably the finest exponent of using the bowling crease to create awkward angles for the batsmen. He could cut down his run up by half and still consistently bowl at the same pace. What a bowler!!! Any list of fast bowling greats is incomplete without this great man's name on it.

[@aryansinghrana1990]

And out swinging ball for that angle 👍

[@graemealexander8804]

@@aryansinghrana1990 Inswinger and outswinger were taught to Marshall by the greatest Dennis Lillee. Malcolm approached the master & asked him to teach him.

[@kunalsingh3121]

@@graemealexander8804 Lillee never stepped outside Eng,Aus and Nz. When did got whacked to all parts of the ground. Great bowler but not superior to Marshall or even Akram and Hadlee.

[@petergreen5337]

❤ Even after many years I'm still stunned by Malcolm Marshall

[@imarnali3851]

The legend Sir Marshall 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🌹🌹

[@londonguy3559]

Breaks the myth that you had to be 6 feet plus to be a top fast bowler. What a run up and action. Simply poetry in motion. Wasim Akram also had a great run up and action. Imagine the poor batsmen facing them at different ends in their prime!

[@Unknown-bv7lv]

One of the greatest ever. Saw him Bowl in 81 .

[@samnaveen1993sah]

All we see these days is not cricket. Just absolute trash. Those were the golden days of cricket indeed and Malcolm Marshall is the best bowler I’ve ever seen

[@sushantabiswal1644]

The legendary bowler,he was equipped with fierce pace,that was his talent.I am big admirer of Mr MalcomMarshall.I have seen almost all top order batsman struggling facing him.Unfortunately he died vry early,I still miss him.He was vry vry special for me.Hats of Sir

[@najeebkhan2684]

A well coordinated bowling machine. Like a jet plane on the runway for the take off.l once saw him bowling in 1986 at Karachi and as I was waiting for the master batsman Javed Miandad who incidentally was the highest scorer in the first innings to come and bat.Probably it was the second ball he faced and suddenly I saw the wickets flying all over 😊 ..... I left for home 🏡. Marshal took 3-31 in the second innings. Fortunately it was the last wicket partnership between Imran Khan and Tauseef Ahmed that saved the day for Pakistan 🇵🇰 Imran Khan who had also taken 6-46 in the second innings was declared man of the match that day. Can’t believe it’s been 35 years since 🤔

[@shockedone6472]

I was there as well najeeb bai u live in karachi jnab i know u

[@richardrampersad1654]

WELL SAID BROTHER

[@ajo3085]

It would have been hard to definitively say MM was the greatest quick of his generation let alone when you are comparing across eras, but wow he was good. Especially when you consider that he wasn't tall by fast bowler's standards, his ability to generate pace, bounce and movement was as good as anyone I've seen and I've been watching the game closely since the 70s. Of the guys I've watched, if I had to chose an XI and I was lucky enough to have MM, Holding, Lillee, McGrath, Akram, Ambrose and Hadlee in my squad, it would be a VERY long selection meeting.

[@shyampatel999]

3:19 the legendary leave.😂

[@sauron2000000]

True

[@ajaiasokan4183]

He is afraid to face him

[@TIGERZY2K]

Malcolm Marshall, Joel Garner,Roy Gilchrist and Michael Holding- the quartet of 4 fast bowlers in the West Indies cricket team during 70s and 80s era who were known as horsemen of death due to their dangerous line and length they bowled.

[@mattmccann8805]

Saw him for the first time at Headingley in 1984. Without a doubt the most fearsome bowler I've seen in the flesh. Saw Brett Lee in 2000, who was a smidge quicker, but he didn't instill the fear or inevitability that Marshall did.

[@spudseres241]

Brings back childhood memories. Malcom Marshall was a class of his own. That action , speed , accuracy , variation ..wow what can I say ?

[@auntiecarol]

MM was my idol as a youngster. There's nothing much more to say than that. Legend.

[@ianreynolds9733]

My favourite bowler of all time. Sheer pace, movement and swing all at around 90+ mph! Approx about 5’10” so he was very skiddy too. A thoroughly nice bloke as well.....unless you were on the receiving end of one his bouncers (I.e. Mike Gatting). Taken far too young.

[@p3000g1]

Man, I miss the West Indies team of old.. What pure aggresion.. they played bold cricket.. fearless and intimidating.. and they did this without sledging or any other unethical tactics.. The Brazil of cricket.. definitely G.O.A.T

[@pramodshankar7141]

Well have to say Marshall was one of the greatest bowlers of all time

[@SARYM911]

That goes without saying..But many would put him right at no.1 among other all-time greats

[@pramodshankar7141]

@@SARYM911 yes true

[@markandeyaaswathappa8581]

A great gentle man cricketer.Alas! He died early at the age of 41 years. He was genius, can't be compared with any others.

[@sagarvkrmadtya6282]

Really wish Sir Malcom Marshall to feature in IPL.. He would even injure batsmen in net practice leave alone official matches... Best Fast Bowler of all time

[@kenneth5969c]

Malcom Marshall was a very ferocious bowler as I have watched him from my childhood. I have never seen any batsman who could tame him except Sunil Gavaskar who created records against westindies to certain extent. Sad we miss one of the Greatest bowler Malcom Marshall and he will be remembered always. RIP 🙏

[@edmondthomas282]

All the skills of swing and seam with a vicious skiddy bouncer at extreme pace. Best fast bowler I have seen. Some of these players probably still have nightmares about facing him.

[@jugalagarwal5024]

Malcom Sir and Holding ji, all time great. Very fearsome to watch them.

[@vaibhav5451]

Holding ko ji ...Buraa maan jayega holding

[@ekanttandiya5522]

Thanks to Lord's cricket to post such a beautiful memory.

[@maheshkumarsingh6552]

सर्वकालिक महानतम गेंदबाज़, मुझे खुशी है कि मैने इस महान खिलाड़ी को खेलते देखा है 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@TrollMeister_]

What is incredible to me is the way his body flexes at the point of delivery. You can see it in the replays. Almost superhuman.

[@Tcb0835]

I remember when my mate Graham Thorpe started playing for Surrey 1st XI and came back from a game against Hampshire in shock after facing Marshall for the first time. I was a pretty rapid club quick but I felt like a rank medium pacer after what Thorpey told me that day 😄

[@vijayiyer8518]

I've seen Thorpe score a gutsy fighting hundred, without a single boundary, in the Caribbean. Was he always such a fighter at the crease ?

[@PaulCarew-j9j]

During my time of watching cricket (1975-now), this man was the best bowler ever. I saw him for both club and Country and he never bowled badly. He was modest and never was a show-off.

[@studyonline4763]

The Windies pace attack, starting the mid-70's and until the mid 80's, was all-express-pace, with each bowler capable of running through the opposition on his own. No fast-medium, medium-fast. There has been no equal to that attack--before, during, or after...

[@richposports7030]

10-4. Copy. Agreed. Spot on. Formidable accurate statement

[@BrianFoster-e6u]

One of the all time greats with one of the best strike records in the game. Marvellous cricketer as the late, great Richie Benaud would say!

[@malikmuhammadqasimqasim4785]

Marshall was very fast, and effortless

[@graemealexander8804]

145kmh.

[@colingeddes2172]

Im honoured to have seen the late great malcolm marshall play for my home county hampshire and the misfortune to have seen him obliterate english batsmen. Wether hes the greatest fast bowler of all time will always be up for debate. But the great viv richards and clive Lloyd have said he was the best, so that,ll do for me. R i p macho. Legend.

[@anthonyjackson1853]

@@graemealexander8804 he was quicker than that. The pace of a delivery was judged differently (more authentic in my opinion) back then - Jeff Thompson complained about it once in an interview. David Gower once said that at his peak in the 80s Marshall was regularly bowling at 95mph (152kph) but sometimes he hit 98mph (157kph)... Marshall weren't no joke! Skiddy bouncer, moved the ball both ways at raw pace... A proper nightmare to face, back when helmets were only just coming in. I rate these batsmen

[@anthonyjackson1853]

@ANIRUDH SURESH I believe Shoaib Akhtar has it at 161kph (officially), but again there might be some debate about that from the old heads due to the difference in judging the speed. There were *a lot* of speedsters in test cricket back then. If you consider all the great WI bowlers of that era, Geoff Dujon when asked, said that the fastest he kept wicket to was Patrick Patterson - which is food for thought. I recon some people have bowled as quick or quicker than Akhtar...

[@anthonyjackson1853]

@ANIRUDH SURESH kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqKXn5aejq17Z9E Here is where jeff Thompson talks about the difference

[@tg9769]

One of the greatest if not the greatest fast bowler of them all.. this guy was the one who hooked a whole generation into dreaming of becoming a fast bowler.

[@ayushshankhwar1697]

There shouldn't be any doubt or discussion in it that he was the greatest sport has ever seen.

[@vivekmahindra9243]

Last wicket was just miraculous. That's what is called "TOP OF OFF" in real sense.

[@RegStretch]

My childhood bowling hero.. Rest In Peace Malcolm.. The King ❤

[@raviiyer3761]

The difference between those guys and the west indies 2000 onwards is "hunger to win" , self respect and discipline...they look like they have come for a stroll in the park..maybe things will change with Pollard ..he seems like a natural leader..

[@atuldubey9556]

What a great bowler, agression with accuracy with fearsome pace. Rearest quality, just great, treat to watch him bowling.

[@mohanrao5013]

most fearsome bowler ever. speed and brain extraordinary

[@mueedulislam3118]

I can watch this thousand times

[@kanthector]

My dad still swears that he is the greatest of 'em all despite watching Wasim, Ambrose, Donald, McGrath etc..

[@mithunus6953]

Jayavagal Srinath

[@ComicsStoryBangla]

@@mithunus6953 lol!

[@lexol3347]

@@mithunus6953 Who was Javagal again?

[@kanthector]

@@mithunus6953 incase u didn't intend sarcasm, JS was 3-4 leagues below those names mentioned

[@mithunus6953]

Javagal Srinath was the best spearhead India have produced if you guys are not aware check his old videos read article about him

[@rupeshpandya3834]

Tha way his bowling noone can stand against him.his very dangerous bowler.Great bowler MALCOLM MARSHALL..❤❤❤❤

[@chinmaygujare3569]

Batsman after getting out : Yes I am safe😊

[@raghav_somani]

Well i am lucky to be born in 21st century where bowlers like marshall,ambrose,garner,walsh,holding are still remembered and i can see highlights like these

[@AbdulAhad_313]

Man what a bowler !