Ian Bishop made his
Test debut for the West Indies against India in Georgetown in 1989, he
was genuinely quick and from a long straight run and
orthodox side-on action he generated pace and side-ways movement. From
early in his career Bishop was seen by the cricket pundits in the West
Indies as an heir to the islands fast bowling dynasty. However his
bowling careeer was interupted by serious back injury when in 1991 he
was diagnosed with stress fractures of the vertebrae.
Two seperate, serious back
injuries may have ended lesser men's career's much earlier. But
Bishop underwent intensive rehabilitation, and recovered each
time to establish himself as a world class bowler despite
a modified action, which made him
more front-on. Despite a lack of control sometimes caused by
his remodelled action, he still generated pace and never lost the
ability to swing the ball both ways .
Ian Bishop's potentially
outstanding career was severely restricted by two seperate stress
fractures of the back. Bishop played his last Test, against
England, at kensington Oval in March 1998. After retiring he
has started a career as radio and television commentator, Bishop is
currently a Stanford 20/20 legend with responsibilty for team Bahamas.
Ian Bishop Test Cricket
Statistics
Full Name
Ian Raphael Bishop
Number
of Test
43
Number of ODIs
84
Test Run Aggregate
632
ODI Run Aggregate
405
Test
Batting Average
12.15
ODI
Batting Average
16.20
Total Test Wickets
161
Total ODI Wickets
118
Test Bowling Average
24.27
ODI Bowling Average
26.50
Test
Centuries
0
ODI
Centuries
0
Date of Birth
October
24, 1967, Belmont, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad
Test Debut
West
Indies v India at Georgetown - Mar 25-30, 1989
Last Test Match
West
Indies v England at Bridgetown - Mar 12-16, 1998
ODI Debut
England v West Indies at
Leeds - May 21, 1988
Last ODI Match
Pakistan v West Indies at
Lahore - Nov 4, 1997
Batting
Style
Right hand bat
Bowling
Style
Right-arm fast
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Description
Cricket
Legends These players are the 50 greatest cricketers of
the century, as voted by a blue-ribbon panel of judges assembled by
ESPN. The panelists were asked to list in order, their top 50 players.
Cricketing legends from Australia, England, India, New Zealand,
Pakistan, South Africa and the West Indies all made it to the final 50.
Among them are some famous West Indies fast bowlers, great Aussie
legends, and modern heros of the game. Disc 5 features the great George
Headley.
