- Brian Lara
Brian Charles Lara (born May 2, 1969) (nicknamed, "The Prince of Port-of-Spain" or simply "The Prince") was a record-breaking cricketer, the greatest batsmen of his generation, and one of the greatest cricketers ever. He has topped the Test batting rankings on several occasions and holds two of the most prestigious world records for batting in Tests: highest individual innings and the all-time leading run scorer. - Chris Gayle
Christopher "Chris" Henry Gayle (born 21 September, 1979 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a West Indian cricketer. He is a hard-hitting left-handed batsman who can bowl right-arm off spin when called upon. Gayle has a various amount of quality shots that he can perform. Gayle played for the West Indies at youth international level after he made his first-class debut aged 19 for Jamaica. He played his first one-day international 11 months later, … - Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Shivnarine 'Shiv' Chanderpaul (born 16 August, 1974 in Unity Village, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana) is a cricketer, and former captain of the West Indies cricket team. He captained the West Indies in fourteen Tests and sixteen One-Day Internationals. - Ramnaresh Sarwan
Ramnaresh Ronnie Sarwan (born June 23, 1980, Guyana) is a West Indian cricketer and captain of the West Indies cricket team. He has been a member of the West Indies cricket team since his Test debut against Pakistan at Barbados in May 2000 when he remained unbeaten in both innings scoring 84 in the first innings. He missed out on scoring his maiden Test century against South Africa in March 2001 when he was run out for 91. - Dwayne Bravo
Dwayne James John Bravo (born 7 October, 1983 in Trinidad and Tobago) is a West Indian cricketer. A genuine all-rounder, Bravo is expected to play a significant role in attempts by the West Indies to return to international prominence in the sport. Bravo is a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler who has already become one of the West Indies' more reliable one-day bowlers, able to contain batsman towards the end of the innings. - Tony Greig
Anthony "Tony" William Greig (born October 6, 1946) is a former test cricketer and currently a commentator. Born in South Africa, Greig qualified to play for England by virtue of his Scottish father. He was a tall (6' 7") all-rounder who bowled both medium pace and off spin. He became captain of the national side from 1975 to 1977, and was also captain of the Sussex county side. Greig's younger brother Ian, also played test cricket. He was a sometimes controversial figure. - Andrew Symonds
Andrew Symonds (born 9 June, 1975, Birmingham, England) is an Australian cricketer of West Indian heritage who moved to Australia with his parents, after they adopted him, when he was one year old. Symonds is a talented, powerful, right-handed batsman. He can also bowl off spin or medium pace, making him a good all-rounder. He is an exceptional fielder, with a report prepared by Cricinfo in late 2005 showing that since the 1999 Cricket World Cup, … - Viv Richards
Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards, (born St John's, Antigua on 7 March 1952) is a former West Indian cricketer. He is better known by his second name, Vivian or, more popularly, simply as Viv Richards. Richards, also known as the "Master Blaster", was a forceful right-hand batsman with an attacking style, a good fielder, a handy off-spin bowler and a successful captain. His impressive style of play, and relaxed but determined demeanour, … - Marlon Samuels
Marlon Nathaniel Samuels (born February 5, 1981 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a West Indian cricketer. Samuels made his Test debut in Australia in 2000, and his one day international debut against Sri Lanka in Nairobi during the ICC Knockout Trophy in the same year. He is primarily a batsman but his sense of balance and off-spin have claimed a number of useful wickets. He has struggled with a knee injury recently, being forced to fly home from the tour of Australia in late 2005. - Jerome Taylor
Jerome Everton Taylor (born 22 June, 1984 in St. Elizabeth) is a Jamaican born West Indian cricketer. He is expected to lead the fast bowling attack comprising Dwayne Bravo, Daren Powell and Ian Bradshaw at the World Cup. After just one match playing for Jamaica, he was called into the West Indian series for the final match against Sri Lanka in 2003. Taylor had been named the most promising fast bowler of the Carib Beer series of 2003, … - Clive Lloyd
Clive Hubert Lloyd CBE born 31 August 1944 in Georgetown, British Guiana (now Guyana), is a former West Indies cricketer. He captained the West Indies between 1974 and 1985 and oversaw their rise to become the dominant Test-playing nation, a position that was only relinquished in the latter half of the 1990s. He is still one of the most successful Test captains of all time: during his captaincy the side had a run of 27 matches without defeat, … - Fidel Edwards
Fidel Henderson Edwards (born 6 February, 1982) in Gays, St Peter, Barbados, is a West Indian cricketer and is the half brother of Pedro Collins. A pacer, his slingshot action greatly resembles that of former fast bowling great Jeff Thomson. He bowls fast, can swing the ball and get reverse swing, but insists that he doesn't go for out-and-out pace. - Courtney Walsh
Courtney Andrew Walsh (born October 30, 1962 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a former international cricketer (fast bowler) who represented the West Indies from 1984 to 2001, captaining the West Indies in 22 Test matches. He is best known for holding the record of most Test wickets from 2000, when he broke the record of Kapil Dev, to 2004, when his record was broken by Muttiah Muralitharan. - Michael Holding
Michael Anthony Holding was a West Indian cricketer. One of the quickest bowlers ever to play Test cricket, he was nicknamed 'Whispering Death' by umpires due to his quiet approach to the bowling crease. Holding was an outstanding athlete as a teenager and used skills acquired from running the 400 metres on the cricket pitch, with one of the longest and most rhythmic run-ups in world cricket. - Daren Powell
Daren Brentlyle Powell (born April 15, 1978 in Jamaica) is a West Indian cricketer who plays first-class cricket for Jamaica and Gauteng. A right-arm fast medium bowler, he has played Test matches and one-day internationals for the West Indian cricket team. Despite starting his cricketing career as a number 3 batsman, Powell is a genuine tailender. After taking nine wickets at 27.55 in the West Indie's One Day International series against India in 2006/07, … - Denesh Ramdin
Denesh Ramdin (born March 13, 1985 in Couva) is a West Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman who generally occupies the position of wicketkeeper. He is seen by selectors and fans as a replacement in terms of playing style for Jeff Dujon. He has previously captained both the West Indies' and Trinidad's Under-19 squads, and was selected as first-choice keeper for the Sri Lankan tour of 2005 with only 13 first-team games of experience. - Curtly Ambrose
Curtly Elconn Lynwall Ambrose (b. September 21, 1963), nicknamed the 'Little Bird' following on from Joel Garner who was nicknamed "Big Bird" owing to his height, was a famous West Indian cricketer. Born in Swetes Village, Antigua he played for the Leeward Islands, Chester Boughton Hall Cricket Club, Northamptonshire County Cricket Club (1989-96), and the West Indian cricket team. His skill was as a right-arm fast bowler, especially in partnership with Courtney Walsh. - Dwayne Smith
Dwayne Romel Smith is a West Indies all-rounder who plays Tests and one-day internationals. He is a hard hitting right handed batsman and bowls right arm medium pace. An athletic fielder, he is one of the better in the West Indian side. Smith made a run-a-ball 105 not out on Test debut against South Africa in 2003–04. His 93 ball hundred was the fastest ever by a debuant in Test cricket. It was the 3rd time that a batsman from Barbados has made a debut century, … - Runako Morton
Runako Shakur Morton (born July 22, 1978 in Nevis) is a West Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-handed offbreak bowler. A lively, often unpredictable character, Morton was expelled from the West Indian cricketing Academy in July 2001 for bad behaviour, he continued to play for the Leeward Islands in the Busta Cup. Upon his return in February 2002, he was called into the West Indian squad as a replacement for Marlon Samuels, … - Garfield Sobers
Sir Garfield St Auburn Sobers (born July 28, 1936 in Barbados), often known as Garry Sobers (though earlier in his life he preferred the spelling Gary), is a former West Indies cricketer. He was born with two extra fingers, one on each hand, which were removed at birth. He also excelled at other sports, and played golf, football, basketball, table tennis and dominoes for Barbados. - Corey Collymore
Corey Dalanelo Collymore (born 21 December, 1977 in Boscobelle) is a Barbadian cricketer whose speciality is seam bowling. He has represented the West Indies team in both Tests and ODIs cricket. In a side that so often chopped and changed he became one of their most experienced bowlers. His knowledge of putting the ball in the right place and his high work rate are qualities that have been highly sought after in the current West Indian team. - Carl Hooper
Carl Llewellyn Hooper (born December 15, 1966 in Georgetown, Guyana) was a West Indian cricket player and captain, renowned for his exquisite batting style. He was a right-handed batsman and off-spin bowler, who came to prominence in the late 1980s in a side that included such phenomenal talent as Gordon Greenidge, Desmond Haynes, Malcolm Marshall and Courtney Walsh and represented the West Indies over a 21-year international career. - Wavell Hinds
Wavell Wayne Hinds (born 7 September 1976 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a West Indian cricketer at Test and one-day international level. An aggressive left-handed batsman and useful right-arm medium pace bowler, Hinds made his Test debut against Zimbabwe in 2000. In just his fourth Test Match he scored 165 against Pakistan. - Daren Ganga
Daren Ganga is a West Indian cricketer of East Indian descent. He is a right-handed top order batsman and part-time right-arm offbreak bowler. After debuting as a 19 year old he has found himself in and out of the West Indies team, playing regularly for and at times captaining the West Indies A side when he wasn’t selected. After being named the 2006 West Indies Players' Association 'Test player of the year', … - Imran Khan
Imran Khan (b. 6 December, 1984) in Port of Spain. He is a West Indian cricketer who plays for Trinidad and Tobago in first-class matches. - Malcolm Marshall
Malcolm Denzil Marshall (April 18, 1958 - November 4, 1999) was a West Indian cricketer. Primarily a fast bowler, Marshall is regarded as one of the finest pacemen ever to have played Test cricket, and indeed some have suggested he was the finest of all. Certainly, his Test bowling average of 20.94 is the best of anyone who has taken 200 or more wickets. Remarkably, he achieved his bowling success despite being, by the standards of other fast bowlers, … - Devon Smith
Devon Sheldon Smith (born October 21, 1981 in Grenada) is a West Indian cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and bowls a right-arm offbreak. Having been selected to play against England, he made a classy century, pulling the team out from a difficult situation. However, just as Smith was getting into his stride, he suffered an injury to his thumb while practising in the nets and missed two Tests. He made his mark again, in November 2005, … - Gordon Greenidge
Cuthbert Gordon Greenidge is a former West Indian cricketer, born May 1, 1951 in Black Bess, St. Peter, Barbados. Gordon Greenidge was a feared batsman for the West Indies. He began his Test career against New Zealand at Guyana in 1972 and continued playing internationally until 1991. He was half of the West Indies most prolific opening partnership with Desmond Haynes. Greenidge went on to play 108 Test matches scoring 7,558 runs with 19 centuries. - Frank Worrell
Sir Frank Mortimer Maglinne Worrell (born 1 August 1924, Bank Hall, St Michael Barbados, died 13 March 1967, Kingston, Jamaica) He is sometimes referred to by his nickname of Tae and was a West Indies cricketer and Jamaican senator. He became famous in the 1950s as one of the three Ws along with Sir Clyde Walcott and Sir Everton Weekes. By 1947 his mother had moved to New York and his father was away at sea most of the time so he moved to Jamaica. - Joel Garner
Joel Garner (born December 16, 1952 in Christ Church, Barbados) also known as "Big Joel" or "Big Bird", was a West Indian cricket player, and a member of the highly regarded late '70s and early '80s West Indies cricket sides. He was a 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) fast bowler capable of ripping through the heart of opposing batting line-ups. In conjunction with fellow fast bowlers Michael Holding, Andy Roberts, Colin Croft and later Malcolm Marshall, … - Mohammad Yousuf
Mohammad Yousuf (born 27 August, 1974, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan) is a Pakistani cricketer who has been a member of the Pakistani national cricket team since 1998. He is best known for his achievement in 2006 when he broke the great West Indian batsman, Sir Vivian Richards', world record for the most Test runs in a single calendar year. - Pedro Collins
Pedro Tyrone Collins (born August 12, 1976) in Boscobelle, St Peter, Barbados is a West Indian cricketer. He is the half brother of Fidel Edwards. He is one of the very few left-handed seam bowlers who have had a chance to represent the West Indies cricket team. His bowling also is more dependent upon tidiness of line and length than the usual hit-the-deck kind of bowlers who have dominated the Caribbean cricket for ever. - Ridley Jacobs
Ridley Detamore Jacobs (26 November, 1967, Swetes Village, Antigua), is a left-handed batsman who was a regular fixture in the West Indian cricket team in the 1990s and 2000s. He made his Test match debut on his 31st birthday, playing in 65 Tests in six years. In this time he took over 200 catches behind the stumps, making him only the second West Indies keeper to achieve the feat (after Jeff Dujon). This is the 9th highest number of Test dismissals by a wicket keeper. - Andy Roberts
Anderson Montgomery Everton 'Andy' Roberts (born 29 January 1951 on the island of Antigua in the West Indies) is a former West Indian cricketer. He was an excellent fast bowler, twice taking seven wickets in an innings of a Test match. In England, he played first class cricket for Hampshire County Cricket Club. Andy Roberts formed part of the "quartet" of West Indian fast bowlers from the mid-Seventies to the early Eighties (the others being Michael Holding, … - Desmond Haynes
Desmond Leo Haynes (born February 15, 1956 in Barbados) is a West Indian cricketer and cricket coach. He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1991. One of the greatest batsman to ever play for the West Indies, the muscular Haynes formed a formidable partnership with Gordon Greenidge in Test cricket which was integral to the success of the West Indies cricket team of the 1980s. Between them they managed 16 century stands, 4 in excess of 200. - Darren Sammy
Darren Julius Garvey Sammy (born December 20, 1983 in Micoud, St. Lucia) is a West Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a medium-fast bowler. Sammy was the first international cricketer to emerge from St. Lucia, winning his first one-day cap during the 2004 NatWest Series against New Zealand at the Rose Bowl, although the match was abandoned without a ball having been bowled. - Jean Paul
Jean Cedric Paul is a West Indian cricketer for Dominica, Windward Islands and the West Indies' A-squad. Pauls first class career, which continued through the 2004/05 - 2006/07 seasons, consists of 6 first class matches, one A list and one Twenty20. Paul's best bowling figures of 4/52, came at first class test match level, where he has the most experience with an average of 38.18. - Jimmy Adams
James Clive (Jimmy) Adams (born January 9, 1968 in Port Maria, Saint Mary) was a Jamaican cricketer, who represented the West Indies as player and captain during his career. He was a steady left-handed batsman, useful left-arm orthodox spin bowler and good fielder, especially in the gully position. He was also an occasional wicketkeeper when required. - Ian Bradshaw
Ian David Russell Bradshaw (born 9 July, 1974) is a Barbadian cricketer who played for West Indies as a left-arm medium-fast bowler and a left-handed batsman. He captained the West Indies U-19 team, but his senior debut came two months before his 30th birthday, when he was selected to play in the last three One-Day Internationals of the seven-match series against England. After taking five wickets in the three matches, he bcame a permanent fixture. - Ravi Shastri
Ravishankar ("Ravi") Jayadritha Shastri (born 27 May 1962 in Mumbai (Bombay), India) is a former Indian cricketer. He was recently assigned the post of the coach of the Indian cricket team. He was an all–rounder who batted right-handed and bowled left arm spin. His international career started when he was 18 years old and lasted 12 years. He started his career purely as a bowler but gradually became more of a batsman who could bowl.
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