Malcom Marshall BBM 11 for 89 vs India at Port of Spain 3rd Test 1989

Mr. Devotor

Relive the iconic fast bowling masterclass by the legendary Malcolm Marshall in the 3rd Test against India at Port of Spain, Trinidad, April 1989. With figures of 5 for 34 in the first innings and 6 for 55 in the second, Marshall tore through the Indian batting lineup, finishing with match figures of 11 for 89.  This performance wasn’t just dominant—it was one of the finest exhibitions of hostile, skillful fast bowling in Test cricket history. Watch and remember the legacy of the man many call the greatest fast bowler of all time.  📅 Date: April 15–20, 1989 🏟️ Venue: Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain  Match: West Indies vs India, 3rd Test 🏏 Player of the Match: Malcolm Marshall  🔥 Don’t forget to Like, Subscribe, and Comment your favorite Marshall moment!  #MalcolmMarshall #WestIndiesCricket #CricketLegends #FastBowling #TestCricket #CricketHistory #WIvsIND #PortOfSpain1989 #CricketHighlights #GreatestBowler   I hope you like the video of Malcom Marshall BBM 11 for 89 vs India at Port of Spain 3rd Test 1989.

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00:00Malcolm Marshall, the West Indies' master, a blazing spell that crushed India at Port

00:05of Spain, Trinidad, in April 1989.

00:09The Queen's Park Oval witnessed a display of fast-balling that echoed through the corridors

00:14of cricketing history.

00:15Malcolm Marshall delivered a spell-binding performance in the third test against India

00:20that left fans in baffle and the opposition in tatters.

00:24This sheer pace, control and hostility led the West Indies to a thumping 217-run victory.

00:30And what a victory it was.

00:33So if you're cricket lovers, take a moment to rewind the clock, relive that unforgettable

00:38spell.

00:39Watch again how Malcolm Marshall ran in from his mark, eyes focused, arms pumping, unleashing

00:44deliveries that made up the stump stance.

00:47Malcolm Marshall's 11th wicket hall at Port of Spain, a spell of pure devastation from

00:52the arc creators to ever do it.

00:56And the next change, Malcolm Marshall, the man who broke the test record for the West Indies

01:03in the Barbados.

01:05Marshall again.

01:06That's a nick.

01:09Just beat Stoojohn the keeper, probably outside the arc of his reach and well did it reach Vivian

01:17Richards.

01:18I don't think it did, Tony, but Vivian Richards did amazingly well to actually pick this up

01:23cleanly with a diving form of Dujon in front of him, and the half volley, that really was

01:28a fine stop by Richards.

01:29It's 27, we're in the 14th over.

01:33Marshall to Stoojohn.

01:34Oh, that beats him.

01:35Just moves away.

01:37Wow, this man Marshall, he really has tormented so many batsmen.

01:42I don't think Stoojohn fancies it too much.

01:47Heads over the ball, but his feet are nowhere near in line.

01:51Marshall again.

01:52Oops, it's all over, it is all over.

01:57A little ball danced by Marshall, and Stoojohn finds the ball coming back this time off the

02:04wicket, in towards him, and over they go.

02:08So the first wicket falls, Stoojohn ball Marshall for 11, and that's a very important breakthrough

02:15for West Indies.

02:17What a good ball this was, it was like a fast medium off break, and Stoojohn just had no

02:23counter.

02:24It took him a long time to get started.

02:26This is Marshall.

02:28Gets a bit of luck there.

02:34Not the easiest pitch to play on.

02:38Still the grass on it in the second day, lighter in colour, but still grass which helps the movement

02:43of the fast bowler, the ball which hits the seam.

02:47And in comes Malcolm Marshall to Ravi Shastri.

02:53Pops to Logie, and he's out.

02:55He's caught.

02:57It was off the bat, it went very quickly indeed.

03:01And Logie doesn't miss those, he's very smart about that position.

03:07This bounced a bit more than Shastri thought.

03:09He got a slight pad on it as well, which slowed it down sufficiently, but he just got the edge

03:15of the bat.

03:16A highly accomplished batsman of international reputation, but no luck so far on this tour.

03:27That ball, from the time it's a no ball, from the time it leaves the hand until Dujon gets

03:39a glove to it, is inside half a second.

03:41And there's a very strong shot there for LBW, took a bit of a chance in kicking that away,

03:52the young 22 year old Venkat Rahman.

03:55Of course the law says that if you don't play a shot, you can be out, there was never any

03:59danger of that being given out.

04:01And it's an edge, and it's caught.

04:09So Aaron Lyle, after a long fighting innings, is caught by Richards at first slip.

04:15Nice height to come through, off the bowling of Marshall for 30, and they must have sore hands

04:21these West Indians.

04:24Fine ball, just pitched about off stump and left him, Aaron got in exactly the right position,

04:30and Viv Richards, who's got very good hands, little and sore hands, probably has been awarded

04:35a flag for that catch, straight into the mitts.

04:38Or a flag day.

04:40Oh, that's a colourful side.

04:4761 for 4.

04:49And India are in real trouble, remember they're pursuing 340 in which West Indies got, in their

04:57first innings.

05:00But it was a good performance by Aaron Lyle.

05:04You need courage to play against these big fast bowlers, especially with the encouragement

05:09they get from that noisy crowd.

05:12Sanjay Mandraka.

05:13Highest score there, 108.

05:16That was in the second test match.

05:19Here comes Marshall.

05:22That's well played.

05:25Ball just hopping a bit.

05:28Marshall.

05:29Appeal against Mandraka and, oh dear for India, Mandraka goes for 0.

05:43Fine bowling by Marshall.

05:44Very little movement on the crease from Mandraka.

05:47But we know what a fine theory is, and that's quite a blow.

05:50And certainly if there's one bowl in the world you don't want to face as a new batsman, it's

05:54this man, Malcolm Marshall.

05:55Nipped that one back off the seam.

05:56Mandraka got in the right position, but the ball was just too good for him.

05:57That probably would have been a test day if he'd been in for about half an hour or so.

06:02So five wickets down now, 69 runs only, and India in dire straits.

06:22This is Kappel down facing Marshall.

06:26Well, Kappel always looks very relaxed, or is it lethargic?

06:30It's very difficult to tell which mission he's on.

06:35Just nearly got through, didn't it?

06:37Didn't bounce very high.

06:38Came back like an off-break, and Kappel just got down on that in time.

06:47No ball called.

06:49I have the feeling that Kappel was playing that shot anyway.

06:52Ball just moving slightly in the air, or maybe off the pitch, but certainly leaving the bat.

06:58And this is the wicket that West Indies really want, because Kappel is still, even though

07:02he might be in the twilight of his international career, a very fine striker of the ball.

07:14He's gone.

07:16He'll do well to smile now.

07:18Malcolm Marshall, lovely teasing length outside the off-stump.

07:23And Kappel, of course, irresistibly Kappel there, has to play an attacking shot.

07:28Flicks the outside edge of the bat.

07:30And not quite in the right position.

07:35But if you stop him playing shots like this, then you stop one of the great entertainers in the world of cricket.

07:40Just carrying the Dujol.

07:41Indication that the pace is going out of the pitch a bit.

07:50More than one barrage of short, fast bowling from these boys is Marshall.

07:54Down the leg side.

07:55No problem for Kira Mori.

07:56Marshall, a little bit of annoyed.

07:57And now it's Malcolm Marshall.

07:59Hit him on the pad.

08:00And it's straight.

08:01Marshall keeping the ball well up to the bat.

08:09And rookery, the Venka Drahman, is gone until the second Indian wicket falls.

08:26Played pretty well, this young man.

08:27But Marshall is so experienced and he gets, I suppose, 40% of his wickets LBW.

08:38Falls very, very straight.

08:40And if you miss it, you've got to be up.

08:47Sarka faces Marshall.

08:48Oh, an appeal.

08:49Not out.

08:50When Sarka's got five of his 17 test hundreds against West Indies, and so this is a wicket

09:05that they'll really prize.

09:10Sanjay Mandraka is the incoming batsman, the young man who got a century in the first

09:16innings of the Barbados test match.

09:19So Shastry's gone for five.

09:21It's 64 for three.

09:23And here comes Marshall to Mandraka.

09:26Oh, it's low.

09:28It's struck him and it's out.

09:30What a tragedy for Mandraka.

09:33LBW to Marshall for one.

09:36And the fourth wicket goes down.

09:40There's nothing you can do when things are going against you.

09:43Shastry got one that lifted from the other end.

09:45This one shot along the ground.

09:46And that hit him, what, six inches above the ankle.

09:50Absolutely unfiable.

09:52And this is Kapil Dev.

10:01Facing Marshall.

10:03Good, strong shot.

10:04Typically Kapil.

10:05That'll be four runs.

10:06Not many shots to admire.

10:19Marshall to Arunlal.

10:20It's wide.

10:21It's a faint little tickle.

10:22And Arunlal is gone.

10:23Marshall, the master of line and length.

10:24Another wicket to him.

10:25Arunlal has gone for a very courageous 18.

10:26Needn't have played with this one.

10:28It's one of the few mistakes in judgment of width that Arunlal has made.

10:35And he pays the penalty.

10:37Markup Marshall.

10:38Markup Marshall.

10:39An edge by Veng Sarka.

10:40And that, just wide of Dujon it seems, certainly didn't carry to Richards.

10:44That's no doubt about it a chance.

10:45It would have been a great catch by Dujon.

10:46He made a lot of distance to his right.

10:47Got a good glove to it.

10:48And just knocked it wide of Richards.

10:492.50 to win.

10:50Marshall to Moray.

10:51Markup Marshall.

10:52Markup Marshall.

10:54Markup Marshall.

10:55An edge by Veng Sarka.

10:56And that, just wide of Dujon it seems, certainly didn't carry to Richards.

11:01That's no doubt about it a chance.

11:04It would have been a great catch by Dujon.

11:06He made a lot of distance to his right.

11:09Got a good glove to it.

11:10And just knocked it wide of Richards.

11:122.50 to win.

11:14Marshall to Moray.

11:17Heal for EBW.

11:22But Kira Moray, just a bit on the move there.

11:28Certainly quite a long way forward.

11:29This looked a reasonable shelf though.

11:31He's not all that far outside the off stump.

11:40Oh, strikes him on the pad.

11:42And, well, it must have been very close indeed.

11:46One of those we've seen in this match that keeps a little low.

11:51This was a magnificent ball.

11:53Not only kept low, but nipped back.

11:55In fact, it probably did too much with a bit in the leg stump.

11:59And that's another close shot.

12:05It's given out this time.

12:07Well, Kira Moray thought he was far enough outside the off stump to be safe.

12:11You can be given out if the umpire thinks the ball is hitting the stumps.

12:17But, er, we really are watching the last rites.

12:21Marshall again.

12:22One of the pleasing things, Tony, is how few blocks.

12:26Marshall to Wingsaka.

12:27Oh, another good ball.

12:28And Wingsaka is a really good player.

12:30Just playing himself into much better form.

12:32And yet, Marshall is that much better than him this time.

12:33Like a quick leg break.

12:34Even a great player like Wingsaka could.

12:35But, er, the end result is the same.

12:36Can't deny that.

12:37Using the feet to mark a Marshall is, er, one way, must be a new ball.

12:42And Wingsaka is a really good player.

12:46Just playing himself into much better form.

12:50And yet, Marshall is that much better than him this time.

12:54Like a quick leg break.

12:56Even a great player like Wingsaka could.

12:59But, er, the end result is the same.

13:01Can't deny that.

13:02Using the feet to mark a Marshall is, er,

13:06I wonder if it must be a new fashion.

13:13Marshall wouldn't see the humor of it.

13:15Giving himself plenty of room.

13:17And I'd be on the back foot with the next ball if I was the batsman.

13:20It's Courtney Walsh just sticking her hand up in the air.

13:27Marshall again to Cheetan Sharma.

13:30Pops all over.

13:31That'll teach you to use your feet to me and knock me over the top.

13:38Straight.

13:39Fast.

13:40Lethal.

13:41Sharma has gone for seven.

13:43He's got a spirit of camaraderie between the opening bowlers.

13:53Hilton Sharma is the opening bowler for India.

13:55Marshall, of course, the great...

13:59Narendra Hirwani is the last man.

14:01Just been playing a little over an hour on this fifth and final day.

14:13Oh, Wingsaka's gone.

14:15It's the captain who goes, not Hirwani.

14:17And that really is the end of the match and the end of the series.

14:22In the first innings, Malcolm Marshall was unstoppable.

14:32Charging in with manners, he rattled the Indian top and middle order with deadly precision.

14:37Returning incredible figures of five for 34 in 17 awards including seven mid-ins.

14:43Every ball he bowled seemed like a ticking time bomb and the Indians had no answers.

14:48In the second innings, he turned it up a notch.

14:50If the first spell was brutal, the second was carnage.

14:53He ripped through the Indian, batting once more.

14:56Claiming six for 55 in 19.5 overs with just two mid-ins.

15:01Sealing the match and finishing with breathtaking match figure of 11 for 89.

15:05It was not just a performance, it was a statement.

15:08A reminder to the world why Malcolm Marshall is regarded by many as the greatest fastballers

15:14in the history of the game.

15:16His ability to swing the ball at high speed combined with relentless accuracy and aggressive

15:22intent made him a nightmare for any best man.

15:25He was of course named player of the match and rightfully so.

15:28The Port of Spain crowd knew that they had witnessed something special.

15:32This was not just another test win.

15:34It was a lesson in fastballing delivered by a true master.

15:38Malcolm Marshall was not just a fastballer.

15:41He was an enigma wrapped in pace and precision.

15:44Despite standing at just 5 feet 11 inches, shorter than most of his fearsome contemporaries,

15:50Malcolm Marshall generated extraordinary speed and bounce, often surprising best men who underestimated

15:56his stature.

15:57One of the rarest and most awe-inspiring facts about him is that he once bowled and took seven

16:04wickets in a test match against England at Headingley Leeds with a broken thumb on his

16:09left hand.

16:10Heavily bandaged yet delivering thunder boards with his right.

16:13Off the field he was known for his humility and sharp cricketing brain, later mentoring young

16:18ballers like Sean Pollock during his coaching stint in South Africa.

16:22Malcolm Marshall also holds the distinction of having one of the best bowling average 20.94

16:28among all fastballers who have taken over 200 test wickets, a testament to his consistency

16:35and dominance.

16:36Unlike many Pacers, he was equally dangerous in both home and away conditions, with 11 of

16:43his 22 five-wicket hauls coming outside the Caribbean.

16:46His devastating lead swing at high speed mixed with pinpoint accuracy made him not just a

16:53threat but a nightmare for even the best baseman in the world.

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