Popular cricket players of West Indian cricket team: Roger Andrew Harper
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Roger Andrew Harper is an ex-cricketer of the West Indian cricket team who later took up the responsibility of a coach. Harper had quite an extensive International career which lasted 13 years. He played Test and ODI cricket for his team and was identified as a remarkable fielder of his time.
His career highlights consist of his premier test average of 28.06 that is above that of Gibbs and thus gives him the leverage of hitting the chief average amongst all West Indies team spinners with a feat of a minimum of 25 Test wickets, and the 1996 Cricket World Cup when he was in full control of the match with a 4/47. A right-handed batsman and bowling off-breaks with his right arm, Harper was known as an all rounder as well.
Throughout his playing career, Harper recorded a total of 535 runs in 25 Tests and won 46 wickets; he also played 200 first-class matches and upon retirement, he took up the position of a coach for the West Indies cricket team from 2000-2003. In 2006, he was offered and subsequently appointed to take over the Kenyan National Team: a position he stepped down from in September 2007.
Roger Andrew Harper is one of very popular Cricketer from West Indian Cricket Team.
Famous cricket player of West Indian cricket team: Peter Jeffrey Dujon
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Peter Jeffrey Dujon , a retired player of the West Indian cricket team, is a renowned wicketkeeper of the team during the 1980s when he dominated the field with his overwhelming presence behind the vase. Not just this, we was a superb and challenging batsman of the lower-order.
It was in 1974 that Peter Jeffrey Dujon made his first-class debut from where he went on to 200 first-class matches for West Indies cricket team and Jamaica. His superb career lasted over a good 19 years during which he scored around 10,000 runs averaging near 40 runs per innings. This was considered to be an outstanding graph scale when taken into comparison with other renowned wicket-keepers of the time. Not just this, he also bagged 447 catches along with 22 stumpings. Dujon was in fact one of the five cricketers in 1989 having been honored with the prestigious Wisden Cricketers of the Year.
Upon his retirement in 1992, he has been employed as an assistant coach for the West Indies national team of his company contributing to the development of all emerging cricketers of his native Jamaica. He was a spectacular sight to watch on the field and his determined playing aura made his presence on the base even more influential.
Greatest cricket player of West Indian cricket team: Malcolm Marshall
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Malcolm Marshall was one of the finest fast bowlers that the West Indies cricket team had in his history of Test cricket. No wonder his average of Test bowling is 20.94 which is assuredly the best for anyone having taken at least 200 or more wickets. Not just this, Marshall was recognized as a batsman of the lower-order who was not easy to dismiss, this being proved with his 10 Test fifties and first-class seven centuries.
Marshall passed away in 1999 due to cancer but is still remembered as the greatest fast bowler of the time. He first made his International debut by winning 37 wickets in all the first-class innings, an accomplishment that won him his share in the following World Cup team. The first light of prominence fell on Marshall in 1980 when he performed a strikingly competitive match in the third Test at Old Trafford. A superb season of 1982 called upon Marshall in his best form and he proved it by winning 134 wickets under 16 each and also gave his career best hit of 8-71 playing against Worcestershire.
In 1984, Marshall had emerged as the most optimum bowlers existing in the world and held his best performances for England. Through the 2nd innings, he finished with 7-53 even though he had a broken thumb that time, he single handedly batted through the game to contribute to his team’s winning profoundly. His Best Test performance in Test innings was seen in 1988 at Old Trafford with 7-22 while he sealed the series with a total of 35 wickets at 12.65.
This gem passed away at the age of 41 due to cancer while the entire world of cricket grieved over his tragic early demise.
Popular players of West Indian cricket team: Desmond Leo Haynes
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Desmond Haynes is known as a former yet renowned cricketer and coach of the West Indian cricket team. It was in 1991 when he was bequeathed with the honor of Wisden Cricketer of the Year. At present, he is appointed as the Director of the Board of West Indies cricket team.
During the 1980s, Haynes was vastly identified for his threatening partnership with popular West Indian cricket player Greenidge in Test cricket wherein they together hit 16 century stands of which four exceeded a score of 200. In fact, together they made a total of 6,482 runs, the highest score for any batting partnership particularly in the history of Test cricket. Haynes always had a strong bent of interest towards batting, this being quite evident from the 7,487 runs he acquired in 116 Test matches averaging on 42.29. This was Haynes highest Test innings against England hitting 184 from 395 balls in 1984. He played for the 1979 World Cup in which West Indies emerged as the final victorious team. After this, he appeared in the following tournaments of 1983, 1987 and 1992. In a total of 25 matches he played for World Cup, Haynes recorded a score of 854 runs at 37.13 including one century and three 50s.
Post-retirement in 1997, Haynes was appointed as the Chairman of Selectors of the Barbados Cricket Association, Secretary of the West Indies Player Association, President of Carlton Cricket Club and is now the Director of West Indies Cricket Board.
Famous cricket players of West Indian cricket team: Cuthbert Gordon Greenidge
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Greenidge, a former West Indian cricketer, was an opening batsman who started his Test career in 1974 by first playing against Indian cricket team. He then played international till 1991. Greenidge was widely recognized for his fertile partnership with Desmond Haynes, together as a pair they made 6,482 runs which was the highest for any batting partnership to score in the history of Test cricket.
In a total of 108 Test matches, Greenidge made a superb running score of 7,558 including 19 centuries. Being a part of the finals for World Cup in 1975 and 1983, he played 128 ODIs and scored 5,134 runs including 11 centuries. Better known as the Blackwash series of West Indies winnings of 5-0 in 1984, Greenidge made double-double centuries. The following June the same year, he played the 2nd Test match at Lords during which he made a score of 214 runs which continued with 223 runs in the 4th Test. In his entire career, Greenidge made 37,000 runs alongside 92 centuries. He also served as a coach in 1997 for Bangladesh: a team that won the 1997 ICC Trophy under his leadership.
He is today on the selection committee of West Indies for Test matches. He has had the honor of coaching during the World Cup of 1999 after which the team was upgraded to a Test playing level owing to its incredible performance.