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Full name Ian Raphael Bishop
Born October 24, 1967, Belmont, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad
Current age 40 years 350 days
Major teams West Indies,Derbyshire,Trinidad & Tobago
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast
Other Commentator
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
43
63
11
632
48
12.15
1743
36.25
0
0
62
2
8
0
ODIs
84
44
19
405
33*
16.20
730
55.47
0
0
14
5
12
0
First-class
159
211
41
2639
111
15.52
2
3
50
0
List A
156
88
33
1047
53
19.03
0
1
23
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
43
76
8407
3909
161
6/40
8/57
24.27
2.78
52.2
6
6
0
ODIs
84
83
4332
3127
118
5/25
5/25
26.50
4.33
36.7
7
2
0
First-class
159
26554
12665
549
7/34
23.06
2.86
48.3
23
1
List A
156
7731
5474
194
5/25
5/25
28.21
4.24
39.8
8
2
0
Career statistics
Test debut
West Indies v India at Georgetown, Mar 25-30, 1989 scorecard
Last Test
West Indies v England at Bridgetown, Mar 12-16, 1998 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
England v West Indies at Leeds, May 21, 1988 scorecard
Last ODI
Pakistan v West Indies at Lahore, Nov 4, 1997 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1986/87 - 1998/99
List A span
1986/87 - 1999/00
Profile
By the age of 26, serious back problems had twice brought a halt to one of the most promising fast-bowling careers. From a long straight hustling run and orthodox side-on action Ian Bishop was fast, showing the sort of pace that makes a crowd gasp as the ball thuds into the gloves of a keeper seemingly in another time-zone. There was sharp movement away from the bat too. After stress fractures of the vertebrae were diagnosed early in 1991, the giant Bishop underwent intensive rehabilitation, prayed a lot and modified his action, and became front-on without losing his awayswing. Two years later he took 6 for 40 on a rapid Perth pitch, to prove he had lost little of his potency. The following spring he broke down again, and was absent from the Test side for a further two years until another comeback, against England in 1995. Bishop played his last Test, also against England, in March 1998. He has since forged a successful career as a television commentator.
Mike Selvey
