This article is about the West Indian cricketer. For the Australian rules football player, see Joel Garner (footballer).
Joel Garner
Personal information
Born
(1952-12-16) 16 December 1952 (age 71) Christ Church, Barbados
Nickname
Big Bird
Height
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Batting
Right-handed
Bowling
Right arm fast
International information
National side
West Indies (1977–1987)
Test debut (cap 160)
18 February 1977 v Pakistan
Last Test
15 March 1987 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 21)
16 March 1977 v Pakistan
Last ODI
28 March 1987 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
Years
Team
1975–1987
Barbados
1977–1986
Somerset
1982/83
South Australia
Career statistics
Competition
Test
ODI
FC
LA
Matches
58
98
214
256
Runs scored
672
239
2,964
1,023
Batting average
12.44
9.19
16.74
11.75
100s/50s
0/1
0/0
1/8
0/1
Top score
60
37
104
59*
Balls bowled
13,169
5,330
39,829
13,359
Wickets
259
146
881
397
Bowling average
20.97
18.84
18.53
16.61
5 wickets in innings
7
3
48
10
10 wickets in match
0
0
7
0
Best bowling
6/56
5/31
8/31
6/29
Catches/stumpings
42/–
30/–
129/–
71/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing West Indies
ICC Cricket World Cup
Winner
1979 England
Runner-up
1983 England and Wales
Source: Cricinfo, 13 September 2009
Joel Garner (born 16 December 1952) is a former West Indian cricketer, and a member of the highly regarded late 1970s and early 1980s West Indies cricket teams. Garner is the highest ranked One Day International bowler according to the ICC best-ever bowling ratings,[1] and is 37th in Tests.[2] Garner was a member of the West Indies teams that won their second world title in the 1979 Cricket World Cup as well as finishing as runners-up at the 1983 Cricket World Cup.
In conjunction with fellow fast bowlers Michael Holding, Andy Roberts, Colin Croft, and later Malcolm Marshall, Curtly Ambrose, and Courtney Walsh, the West Indies reached unprecedented heights in the Test and one-day cricket arenas, not losing a Test series in 15 years.
In 2010, Garner was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.[3]
^Cite error: The named reference ICCODI was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ICC Highest-Ever Test Ratings, Reliance ICC rankings, accessed 21-Jan-2020
^Staff (6 October 2010). "Walsh, Garner inducted into Hall of Fame". Guardian Media. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
JoelGarner (born 16 December 1952) is a former West Indian cricketer, and a member of the highly regarded late 1970s and early 1980s West Indies cricket...
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183 cm (6 ft 0 in) and many great West Indian fast bowlers, such as JoelGarner, Curtly Ambrose, and Courtney Walsh, were 197 cm (6 ft 6 in) or above...
Ratnayeke, Amal Silva. Clive Lloyd (captain), Winston Davis, Jeff Dujon, JoelGarner, Larry Gomes, Roger Harper, Desmond Haynes, Michael Holding, Gus Logie...
also holds the record for the most ODI wickets by a Barbadian with 157. JoelGarner is the second highest wicket taking Barbadian in Tests and Jason Holder...
a rating of 1223.5, ahead of Allan Donald, Imran Khan, Waqar Younis, JoelGarner, Glenn McGrath and Muralitharan. Wasim took 23 four-wicket hauls in 356...
cricketers include Conrad Hunte, Wes Hall, Charlie Griffith, David Holford, JoelGarner, Gordon Greenidge, Desmond Haynes, Jason Holder, Malcolm Marshall, Garry...
Bowling O M R W Econ Andy Roberts 10 3 32 3 3.20 JoelGarner 12 4 24 1 2.00 Malcolm Marshall 11 1 24 2 2.18 Michael Holding 9.4 2 26 2 2.68 Larry Gomes...
International (ODI) series, taking the place of the recently retired JoelGarner. He made his debut during the first match, on 12 March 1988 in Kingston...
bowler in an attack featuring Marshall, JoelGarner and later Ambrose, but after the retirement of Marshall and Garner took the role as opening bowler. His...
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"brief assault" on the West Indian bowling, before a batting collapse, JoelGarner taking five wickets in eleven balls. England ended 194 all out, and presented...
fearsome West Indian pace bowling battery, together with Andy Roberts, JoelGarner, Colin Croft, Wayne Daniel, Malcolm Marshall and Sylvester Clarke, that...
from 80 balls) put up any significant resistance as Roberts, Marshall, JoelGarner and Michael Holding ripped through the Indian batsmen, ably supported...
World Cup. Croft was (along with Andy Roberts, Michael Holding, and JoelGarner) part of the potent West Indian quartet of fast bowlers from the late...
was also happening. JoelGarner and Michael Holding had retired by 1987. A major find was Curtly Ambrose, who was as tall as Garner and equally effective...
Collis King, Deryck Murray, David Murray, Andy Roberts, Michael Holding, JoelGarner, Malcolm Marshall, Colin Croft. When Lawrence Rowe dropped out of the...
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