A Tribute to Great Malcolm Marshall

[ee345]

at 0:08 ,

now thats how cricket should be viewed.

[saintcasper91]

0:58

How quick was that lbw decision!! Bucknor clearly wasn't umpiring back then!

[sykes786]

Im a pakistani but wish windies come up with a good side were did it all go wrong ?what great stars of the past Mal was up there all time great an my top third fav bowler aftr the 2 W's

[asnhub]

macko the magnificient!!

[Ajaxthesledgehammer]

Malcolm......[RIP]

[Ajaxthesledgehammer]

 .Malcolm......................­...loved you mate

[dangergodboy]

fast bowling is cricket!

[zziyan1]

Blacks have always proved domination over whites.......

[jr280188]

@zziyan1 Do we have to mention race? Leave it out lets just talk about cricket.

[slickwillywize]

please god the Windies get another team at test level again!! 80's Windies were what dreams are made of

[Tony70504]

Not Only Was Malcolm One Of The Finest Of All Time, a Lovely Man, and a Gentleman, yOU Bought a Lot Of Pleasure To The World God Bless You Malcolm [RIP]

[fjbutch]

Yeah, one of my all time heroes of cricket....

[darkmossie633]

and by all accounts the most sporting and respected of the 4 West Indian

quickies according to England players

[gc198jb]

A true legend!

[grimfandango2006]

This guy would definitely lead the attack in my Post War XI -

B Richards, Greenidge,

IVA Richards, Lara, Border,

I Khan (c), Gilchrist (wk),

W Akram, Marshall, Warne, Lillee

>:-P

(It's just a bit of fun!)

[Imrankniazi]

@grimfandango2006 Very difficult to argue with that team. Except that I'd have Gavaskar for Greenidge and Greg Chappell for Lara. Otherwise, it's as good as any team selection I've seen by a YouTuber :-)

[grimfandango2006]

Yeah, I thought of Gavaskar as soon as I posted, d'oh!

Lara is my favourite, though. I know others have better numbers than him, but for style, class and aggression, Lara has my vote :-)

[Imrankniazi]

@grimfandango2006 It's certainly a very good looking team you've put up. Players that'll draw in the spectators by their sheer charm - Warne, Akram, Imran Khan, Smokin Joe!

My counter post-War XI would be (picking up players you left out):-

Gavaskar, Boycott,

Greg Chappell, Tendulkar,

Sobers, Steve Waugh (capt.),

Walcott (wk), R. Hadlee

A. Roberts, Muralitharan, McGrath

[RohCricket]

he was a great bowler! its realy unfortunate that he died so young, just 41 years of age. he would have been a great asset to cricket. he was smart, and very quick. y do the good have to die first?

[labbasira]

he he..heh.... nothing.but pretends to be terrific..a joker!

[DoctorScrumpy]

The greatest fast bowler I ever saw. How cruel is life that he died so young of an evil disease.

He still had much to give to the game.

[glebe3047]

Its very strange. When the West indies were at their fearsome peak. I guess from 1978-1991 ish. Even though Australia and the rest of the cricketing nations were being thrashed by them. The respect we had for them was genuine.  My greatest memories was watching Michael Holding, and Andy Roberts steam in. To talk about Viv, well I dont have a enough time lol Oh what truely great memories.

[glebe3047]

I am Australian and my all time fast bowler is Deniis Lillee. But as a kid I saw malcom bowel many times. A true legend of the game. It still haunts me seeing his open casket at his funeral. What a waste. Can someone please tell me what Malcom died from?

[sidhyarth]

@glebe3047

he died from cancer of the colon, he was just 41 !

RIP Maco! I am not even from that generation of cricket watchers but having seen his old clips and being a fast bowling enthusiast got to say the cricket world lost a Godly talent who could have helped support the tough and dying art of fast bowling!

[boeing74783]

Malcolm, with your death, the WI fast bowling died too. Rest in peace. Words cannot describe what an amazing bowler you were,

[Dodosareawesome]

poetry in motion

[muhideen]

A true sporting legend.

Cricket will never be the same without Malcolm.

[KochoC]

that was the fastest lbw decision i've ever seen

[SuperFreddyKruger1]

id say

[questw]

one of the fastest bowler of the all time

[vatsayanar]

This is the 1983 world cup final. W.Indies lost the game.

[dunkiep]

My bowling hero - the best cricketer I ever laid eyes on. Terrifying!

[MrGobordhan]

hey what happened 2 u west indians?com'on u mother marys of west indies,give birth 2 da jesuses of pace bowling,otherwise our soul might not rest in peace.

[dfmodeste]

simply the greatest. the best ever

[TheSinnical]

nice video.......nice guitar....& of course a Great bowler.....!

[kaffirstani786]

But drugs has a lot to do with generating pace, ask Shoaib, what do you say Imranji hain?

[Tony70504]

@kaffirstani786 BrB

[Imrankniazi]

I just want to set straight a couple of things here.

1) Pace has NOTHING to do with side-on or front-on action. It is more about your rhythm and co-ordiantion during run-up and the speed through which your trunk contracts pulling your shoulders through.

2) Swing is also INDEPENDENT of the front on/side on action. It is purely with wrist position during delivery and how loose or how tightly you hold the seam.

And last but not the least, Marshall was a great bowler. Enjoy the video!

[aradom18]

Exactly.

Pace comes from the hip and your ability to whip your hip as you bowl.

This helps your arms to come around faster thus creating more pace.

This can be done from both the front on and side on bowling positions.

The smoother and more controlled you are able to achieve this action the faster you bowl.

You'll also be able to keep your pace up even after you've bowled for an entire hour.

[sorenohlsson]

wheres the rest ???? lame

[gavaskarvishymare6]

Explosive Marshall, I have yet to see someone today bowl a deadly fast accurate bouncer like him. Gone are those days when he use to trounce batsmen left right and center. Exiting stuff.

[cs32aa]

todays cricket is not condusive to producing such greats. may the almighty bless malcolm

[Parrock1]

The side-on action gave him swing and all sorts of movement and that was the key to his success. People get obsessed with pace, but what club cricketers forget is that at this level you won't trouble a top order batsman just by being fast. Accuracy, swing, variation, movement of the seam and use of the bouncer separate the Malcolm Marshals from the Devon Malcolm's!

[aks73]

Wht are you talking about Marshall wasn't side on? Are you blind?

He was chest on but could still bowl perfect away swing because his wrist action was perfect.

[haroon99pk]

You Indian motherfuckers are lowlife bastards.SWho cares what you think.Get you ugly face and busted ass outta here.

[kickapakibutt]

Dude is a scary cat ! I still remember him terrorizing India in 80's (I am an Indian fan)

[anishpal]

i really like the song. Does anyone know what song or version this is?

[joydeepdutta2]

Fantastic. The umpire at 1.01 could not get his finger up fast enough. LOL!!!!

[mofficer65]

A great, great fast bowler with one the best strike rates in history. How quick they forget. RIP Macco!!

[bumfilmpoo]

i used to look up to malcom marshal as a young fella.. he was a feared bowler.

[DoubleGauss]

Poetry in motion...

[grimfandango2006]

High class video, simple and well presented

cheers, mate

[pacus123]

Lovely to see such a superb bowler bowl with a perfect action. It's unfortunate to see how other bowlers e.g. Muralitharan, have made a farce of cricket by chucking the ball and getting away with it.

[kleutertjes]

Right on. This man was a great bowler. He didnt need to bend his arm to create speed like the akhtars and the taits..

[international2009]

Magnificent, awesome, fearsome, his ability to get wickets on any surface.. the most complete bowler of all time.

one of my favourite cricketrs

[midianholic]

Thanks.

RIP Malcolm.

[sonofthedestroyer]

He actually releases the ball like wasim akram

[bvindh]

actually its the other way round. Wasim idiolised Marshall. so much so that even his run up was squarish in the beginning of his career.

[sonofthedestroyer]

Must be. That front on action is more accurate but less pace. But accuracy is far more important as we all know.

[bvindh]

@sonofthedestroyer, kindly define "less pace" in the context of Malcolm Marshall.

[sonofthedestroyer]

He would have been even faster with a sideon action. But less accurate.

[CM13492]

wrong way around usually side-on actions are slower and more accurate while chest-on are faster yet less accurate eg mccgrath and pollock (side-on)to Flintoff (chest-on) obviously im not counting those with slingy actions such as Jeff Thomson and Shoaib Akhtar with the Side-on actions.

[sonofthedestroyer]

Interesting point. I shall try this in the nets.

[aks73]

Lillee,Trueman,Larwood, all side-on with classical actions all bowled fast. You can bowl fast side on or chest on. The benefit of being side on is that it helps you move the ball away more easily.

[phaardoongateri]

its always the case, the juniors look upto seniors and praise them, had Akram been there before Marshal, then it would have been the other way around. The two of them were the best there was in terms of variety, one right arm, one left arm. Wish they both had played in the same team,

[kalazero]

He was not so tall but was very quick and had very nice action aswell.

Nice movie

[jatinab]

One of the FINEST BOWLERS of all time !!! Simply AWESOME

[baadeshumaal]

Its smal tribute too a great fast bowler. but its good that you at leat remember him. full marks to your video

[rabwahpak]

Marshall Marhoom was great bowler