33 Facts About Malcolm Marshall

Malcolm Denzil Marshall was a Barbadian cricketer.

Primarily a fast bowler, Marshall is widely regarded as one of the greatest and one of the most accomplished fast bowlers of the modern era in Test cricket.

Malcolm Marshall is often acknowledged as the greatest West Indian fast bowler of all time, and certainly one of the most complete fast bowlers the cricketing world ever saw.

Malcolm Marshall generated fearsome pace from his bowling action, with a dangerous bouncer.

Malcolm Marshall statistically went on to become the most successful test match bowler of the 1980s with 235 scalps with an average of 18.47 within a time period of just five years.

Malcolm Marshall was a part of the West Indies team that reached the 1983 Cricket World Cup Final, but lost to India by 43 runs.

Malcolm Marshall was a very dangerous lower middle-order batsman with ten Test fifties and seven first-class centuries.

Malcolm Marshall ended his career as the all-time highest wicket taker for West Indies in test cricket with 376 wickets, a record which he held up until November 1998 before Courtney Walsh surpassed his milestone.

In 2009, Malcolm Marshall was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.

Malcolm Marshall's father, Denzil DeCoster Edghill, a cricketer who played for Kingspark cricket club in St Philip and the son of Claudine Edghill and Guirdwood Ifill, was a policeman; he died in a traffic accident when Marshall was one year old.

Malcolm Marshall grew up in the parish of Saint Michael, Barbados and was educated at St Giles Boys' School from 1963 to 1969 and then at Parkinson Comprehensive from 1969 to 1973.

Malcolm Marshall was partly taught cricket by his grandfather, who helped to bring him up after his father's death.

Malcolm Marshall played cricket for the Banks Brewery team from 1976.

Malcolm Marshall's first representative match was a 40-over affair for West Indies Young Cricketers against their English equivalents at Pointe-a-Pierre, Trinidad and Tobago in August 1976.

Malcolm Marshall made nought and his eight overs disappeared for 53 runs.

Malcolm Marshall idolised legendary West Indies allrounder Sir Garfield Sobers at his young age and he started admiring Sobers after watching the magnificent test century by Sobers against New Zealand in 1972.

Malcolm Marshall heard of his selection on the radio while working in the storeroom at Banks Brewery and later claimed he did not know where India was.

Malcolm Marshall made his test debut in the second test against India at Bangalore on 15 December 1978.

Malcolm Marshall immediately developed a career-long antipathy to Dilip Vengsarkar due to his aggressive appealing.

Malcolm Marshall was in West Indies' World Cup squad, but did not play a match in the tournament.

Malcolm Marshall was reportedly approached by the Moorabbin officials during the first test match between Australia and West Indies at Melbourne in December 2021 after learning that Malcolm Marshall was interested in playing domestic cricket in Australia.

Malcolm Marshall relinquished his county duties during the 1984 tour of England.

Malcolm Marshall played a key role, taking the second-most wickets in the series with 24, behind only Joel Garner who took 29, and establishing his reputation as one of the finest bowlers in the world.

Malcolm Marshall came out to bat at number 11 in West Indies' first innings despite his injury, allowing his team to gain a further psychological advantage as Larry Gomes completed an unbeaten century.

Malcolm Marshall himself contributed to the team with the bat scoring a boundary with an inside-out forehand down the line.

Malcolm Marshall was dismissed soon after Larry Gomes had completed the century.

Malcolm Marshall was coming towards the end of his international career, moreover, and though he took 11 wickets in the match against India at Port of Spain the following winter, he played his last Test at The Oval in 1991.

Malcolm Marshall played for Hampshire again in 1993, taking 28 wickets at a shade over 30 runs apiece, but that was to be the end of his time in county cricket.

Malcolm Marshall bade farewell to Hampshire fans in a benefit match at the County Ground, Southampton in September 1993, representing a West Indies XI against the county.

In 1996, Malcolm Marshall became coach both of Hampshire and the West Indies, although the latter's steadily declining standards during this period brought a considerable amount of criticism his way.

In 1999, during the World Cup it was revealed that Malcolm Marshall had colon cancer.

Malcolm Marshall immediately left his coaching job to begin treatment, but this was ultimately unsuccessful.

Malcolm Marshall's coffin was carried at the service by five West Indian captains.