Colin Croft

A small clip of Colin Croft, the terrifying West Indian fast bowler in action.

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• cricket
• fast
• bowling
• colin
• croft

[BalldinhoVanessa]

He would've been the greatest west indian bowler of all-time if his career wern't so short....

[islandwarrior16]

his figures of 8/29 are still the best Test innings figures by a fast bowler from the West Indies

[hcd199]

@navneetsohanpal Nope. Back foot is within the legal area, front foot is at least partly behind the popping crease. Two legitimate balls.

[cockywatchman1976]

Nasty to face-I suspect over time his figures may have dipped, as not technically as tight. But a great bowler, who doesnt get as much praise as the others. Often don't even here bout him

[aftabahmedawan]

One of the most terrifying bowlers of his time

[B04Jordan]

@navneetsohanpal dont come on just to moan enjoy or dont watch

[absolutebore]

Must have been a scarey bowler to face. I enjoyed watching Croft bowl.

[navneetsohanpal]

both the balls were no balls

thank you

[theeviltwaz]

Interesting run-up he had. Running away from the stumps and then slanting it in almost from the return crease made things very awkward. I heard Geoff Boycott saying today, that whilst he wasn't the quickest bowler he faced, he was certainly the most awkward, and nastiest...

[Bat3think]

@darkmossie633  Huh, why do you say that ? He went on the the rebel tour to south africa (one of four world cup winners to do so), and got banned from international cricket.

[maxlogica]

I don't understand how he got any pace off that action..

[nafzak100]

Interesting stats.. Colin Croft had the best stats of any of his peers (bowlers) in the years that he played test cricket. Holding, Garner & Roberts usually gets most of the accolades, but Crofty outperformed all of them when they played together. Look it up.

Mohamed Z. Rahaman