Great Courtney Walsh
Walsh has recently achieved the mammoth figure of 500 wickets in the test cricket. This figure is too much for rest of the world, but not for the champ who rightly deserved it. He is a great bowler, record holder, one man army, but above all he is a genuine sportsman. The world has not seen many fast bowlers gentle and friendly in nature, yet being so lethal in their assault. Walsh has steered West Indies from the jaws of defeat to the joy of victory on an uncountable number of occasions. He is one of the pioneers of the times when the batsmen all over the world got a chill on the question of facing the music of the West Indian pace battery.
If it is Lara in batting , Walsh is the name of omnipotency in the bowling. The upcoming younger bowlers of Indies have failed to live up to the standards set by the senior mastero who is now thinking of a retirement. He is the bowler who has shown to the world that to get a batsman out you never need sledging, slang harangues or any other so called pressure building techniques ; the only thing you need is a ball in your hand and the determined person will find the success.