Pace and spin sweep Windies to win
From correspondents in Port of Spain, Trinidad
May 29, 2006

WEST Indies struck with pace and spin to take the last six wickets for 66 runs and win the fifth and final limited-overs international against India by 19 runs today (AEST).

India, chasing West Indies' score of 6-255, was all out for 236 in 48 overs to hand the host its fourth successive victory in the series after India had won the first match.

Opening batsman Virender Sehwag had put India in control with his innings of 95 off 103 balls but new-ball bowler Jerome Taylor then returned to the attack with a burst of 3-8 in four overs to wrestle the West Indies back into the game.

West Indies captain Brian Lara then turned to spinners Dave Mohammed and Chris Gayle to wrap up the tail and the last three wickets fell for just six runs.

Taylor finished with 3-48, Mohammed took 3-39 and Gayle claimed the final wicket to finish with 1-44 in his 10 overs.

Earlier, a second successive unbeaten half-century by Dwayne Bravo boosted West Indies after the hosts were sent into bat first by India.

Bravo blazed a career-best 62 not out off just 44 balls as the West Indies scored a daunting 6-255 in their 50 overs on a slow pitch.

Gayle (51) and Ramnaresh Sarwan (52) also played their part as West Indies, who had an unassailable 3-1 lead, made the highest score of the series.

Lara, in what he had said before the match he expected to be his final one-day international innings in front of his home crowd, chipped in with 36.

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Scoreboard
West Indies innings
C GAYLE b Sehwag 51
S CHATTERGOON b Agarkar 0
R SARWAN b Sreesanth 52
B LARA run out (Agarkar) 36
D BRAVO not out 62
W HINDS c Sehwag b Agarkar 32
D SMITH b Patel 1
D RAMDIN not out 1
Sundries (1b, 3lb, 13w, 3nb) 20
TOTAL: Six wickets for 255
D Mohammed, C Collymore, J Taylor did not bat
Fall: 8, 90, 137, 165, 243, 251
Bowling: Sreesanth 10-0-62-1 (2w); Agarkar 10-1-44-2 (4w); Patel 10-0-64-1 (3nb, 2w); H Singh 10-0-52-0 (1w); Sehwag 10-0-29-1 (4w)
Overs: 50.

India innings
R UTHAPPA c wkpr Ramdin b Hinds 0
V SEHWAG c Gayle b Taylor 95
M DHONI b Hinds 14
R DRAVID run out (Mohammed) 18
Y SINGH b Mohammed 26
M KAIF c Gayle b Taylor 12
S RAINA c wk Ramdin b Taylor 2
A AGARKAR c Smith b Gayle 21
H SINGH c Bradshaw b Mohammed 26
M PATEL c Chattergoon b Mohammed 0
S SREESANTH not out 2
Sundries (4lb, 14w, 2nb) 20
TOTAL 236
Overs: 48
Fall: 0, 26, 73, 130, 170, 180, 189, 230, 231
Bowling: Hinds 5-0-28-2 (2w); Taylor 10-0-48-3 (2nb, 4w); Mohammed 9-1-39-3 (3w); Smith 5-0-28-0; Bravo 9-0-45-0 (3w); Gayle 10-0-44-1 (2w)
Result: West Indies won by 19 runs
Series: West Indies win five-match series 4-1.

los, do you remember when the West Indies were one of THE top cricketing nations in the world? They are still good of course, but not the force they once were.

In this report on the premature death of one of their fast bowlers, Malcolm Marshall, some years back, there are several names that used to strike fear into the hearts of opposing batsmen.

Apart from their pace bowlers they also had such great batsmen as Viv Richards.

Quote:Former West Indies bowler Malcolm Marshall has died from colon cancer in Barbados at the age of 41.


The BBC's Kevin Gearey: "Life allowed Marshall too short an innings"
Marshall played for the West Indies from 1976 to 1991 and held the record as its leading wicket taker, at 376, until Courtney Walsh passed the mark in November 1998.

He also took 157 wickets in one-day internationals, and more than 800 for his English county side, Hampshire.


His love-affair with the county was crowned with victory over Kent in the 1992 Benson and Hedges Cup.

Marshall was one of the stars of the West Indies team which dominated international cricket for more than a decade from the mid-1970s.

He formed a formidable quartet of fast bowlers alongside others such as Joel Garner, Andy Roberts, Michael Holding and Colin Croft.

"He is the best fast bowler I think we have produced, along with Michael Holding and Wes Hall," said Croft.


BBC cricket producer Peter Baxter remembers Marshall
"I think the entire world will mourn Malcolm. He was everybody's friend - to Barbados, West Indian cricket, the rest of the Caribbean, Hampshire and everywhere he's gone.

"I do not know anybody who would say anything bad about Malcolm Marshall, as a person or as a cricketer."


At this summer's World Cup where Marshall was taken ill
Bridgetown-born Marshall was a West Indian coach as recently as this summer's World Cup in England, but was taken ill after complaining of stomach pains during the tournament.

He underwent surgery, which was thought to have been a success and had said: "I am now looking forward to making a full recovery as soon as I can."


The BBC's Chris Jones: "Marshall bamboozled many an opponent"
On Wednesday he was admitted to hospital in his native Barbados, where he died on Friday.

Peter Short, the former West Indies Cricket Association president said the news was a tremendous shock.


Hampshire's 1992 success crowned his county career
"Malcolm was one of the world's greatest fast bowlers, a great thinker and a well-balanced individual who gave his best whether batting or bowling."

At just over 5ft 10in, Marshall was small for a modern-day fast bowler, but combined great accuracy and cunning to claim his wickets.

Only five men have claimed more Test victims than the West Indian, who has received tributes from throughout the cricketing world.

'Fast bowling idol'

Pakistan captain Wasim Akram said he had been his fast bowling idol.


The slinging action gave him stunning pace
"His skills were to pick the mistakes of batsmen straight away and spot their weaknesses," he said.

"He was a nice fellow off the field, but a fierce competitor on it and on the behalf of the Pakistan team I offer my condolences to his family."

Indian all-rounder Kapil Dev said Marshall's devestating slinging action was the key for the only bowler he could remember who rattled the legendary Sunil Gavaskar.

"On a green pitch at Kanpur, Marshall hit Sunil on the arm and the bat flew out of his hand. I said `wow' - I had never seen such a thing before."

Marshall is survived by a son and his wife, Connie, whom he married two months ago.

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Oh thats to short a life, he was magnificnt in his day. yes i remember them in their prime the West Indies were a team to be reckoned with. They seem to have lost their way over the last few (well ok mybe 10) years.