Famous Cricketers No 52 - Malcolm Marshall

1978/79 – West Indies in India and Sri Lanka After one first-class match, Marshall was selected to tour the sub-continent with the full West Indies side who were lacking Lloyd, Richards, Roberts, Holding and others. He scored his first half-century v West Zone and took 13 wickets in the first three matches winning a place in the first Test. As on his first-class debut, he was dismissed without scoring although he always protested the decision and the Indians’ behaviour. He took just three wickets in his first three Test matches. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 2. West Indians v Indian Colts, Pune, November 22, 23, 24 (Match drawn) c K.Srikkanth b G.Sharma 12 388 29 12 50 4 R.Lamba c J.R.Lyon 257-9d K.Srikkanth lbw R.Sethi c J.R.Lyon M.D.Gunjal lbw did not bat - 254-2 3. West Indians v West Zone, Baroda, November 26, 27, 28 (Match drawn) c sub b K.D.Ghavri 59 315-9d 19 0 46 1 N.Y.Satham c sub 299-6d 1 did not bat - 192-4 4. West Indians v South Zone, Hyderabad, December 9, 10, 11 (Match drawn) c and b M.V.Narasimha Rao 20 278 21 7 45 4 Sajjad Akbar c and b 283-8d 1 V.Sivaramakrishnan c S.F.A.F.Bacchus B.P.Patel c H.A.Gomes T.E.Srinavasan lbw did not bat - 281-4d 18 2 71 4 Sajjad Akbar b 169-6 V.Sivaramakrishnan lbw S.B.Jung c S.Shivnarine R.M.H.Binny c J.R.Lyon 5. WEST INDIES v INDIA, Bangalore, December 15, 16, 17, 19, 20 (Match drawn) lbw b B.S.Chandrasekhar 0 437 18 2 53 1 C.P.S.Chauhan c D.R.Parry 371 b K.D.Ghavri 5 200-8 6. West Indians v East Zone, Jamshedpur, December 23, 24, 25 (West Indians won by an innings and 61 runs) did not bat - 500-4d 19 5 71 6 R.Panda lbw 317-9d 2 H.Gidwani c and b Jodh Singh b Daljit Singh b Paramjit Singh b R.Burman b 16.3 5 54 5 R.Panda b 122 H.Gidwani c J.R.Lyon R.C.Saxena lbw Paramjit Singh c J.R.Lyon R.Burman b 7. WEST INDIES v INDIA, Calcutta, December 29, 30, 31, January 2, 3 (Match drawn) c R.M.H.Kirmani b Kapil Dev 1 327 12 3 44 1 A.D.Gaekwad c D.A.Murray 300 1 lbw b B.S.Bedi 1 197-9 14 3 45 0 361-1d 8. West Indians v North Zone, Jullundur, January 20, 21, 22 (Match drawn) lbw b R.C.Shukla 12 167 14 4 41 2 V Sunderam c D.A.Murray 311-3d S.C.Khanna c H.S.Chang not out 26 343-6 9. WEST INDIES v INDIA, Kanpur, February 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 (Match drawn) not out 1 452-8 34 3 123 1 S.M.Gavaskar c D.A.Murray 644-7d 10. West Indians v Karnataka, Ahmedabad, February 10, 11, 12 (Karnataka won by 11 runs) c and b B.Vijaykrishna 9 220 15 4 42 6 R.M.H.Binny c J.R.Lyon 219 1 H.Chandrasekhar c H.S.Chang B.P.Patel c J.R.Lyon G.R.Viswanath c J.R.Lyon B.Vijakrishna lbw K.Tandon b c B.S.Chandrasekhar b B.Vijaykrishna 2 280 15 4 32 2 R.M.H.Binny lbw 292-8d H.Chandrasekhar lbw 6