Watch the brilliant bowling performance of a young Ian Bishop in the 4th Test match between West Indies and India at Kingston, Jamaica, played from April 28 to May 3, 1989.
At just the start of his international career, Ian Bishop delivered an outstanding performance that helped West Indies defeat India by 7 wickets. With raw pace, accuracy, and bounce, Bishop troubled the Indian batsmen throughout the match. He took a total of 6 wickets for 116 runs in the match.
In the first innings, Bishop bowled with discipline and control, finishing with 2 wickets for 55 runs in 26 overs, including 8 maidens. In the second innings, he stepped up and unleashed a fierce spell, taking 4 wickets for 61 runs in 17 overs, with 3 maidens. His brilliant effort dismantled India’s batting and played a major role in setting up an easy target for the West Indies.
This performance was one of the early signs of Ian Bishop’s potential as a world-class fast bowler. It remains a memorable spell in West Indies cricket history, showcasing the rise of a talented pacer who would go on to become a key figure in the Caribbean pace attack during the late 1980s and 1990s.
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00:00In the 1989 Test Series between West Indies and India, a young Ian Bishop announced his
00:05arrival on the international stage with a brilliant balling performance.
00:09Let's enjoy the outstanding balling spell of Ian Bishop during the four-test match between
00:14West Indies and India at Kingston.
00:17Played from April 28 to May 3, 1989, Ian Bishop showed his class with a match-winning performance
00:23taking a total of six wickets for 116 runs.
00:27In the first innings, he bowled a long and disciplined spell, picking up two wickets for 55 runs
00:32in 26 overs, including eight mid-ins over.
00:35Then in the second innings, he stepped up even more, taking four crucial wickets for just
00:3961 runs in 17 overs with three mid-ins.
00:43His brilliant effort helped the West Indies dominate India and secured a comfortable victory
00:47by seven wickets.
00:49It was a memorable performance that showed Ian Bishop's talent and the impact he could
00:53make with the ball.
00:55And in comes Ravi Shastri.
01:00Century in the Barbados Test match.
01:0464 for one.
01:06Very respectable score.
01:08You see the speed of his goal is.
01:10This is Ian Bishop and some of the surprising bounce in the pitch to Shastri.
01:16It's wide and he scored by Richards.
01:18Well, you can't play the pitch or the bounce.
01:21You have to play in Shastri.
01:22It was wide, perhaps swinging away.
01:25Interesting to see Jeff Dujan's performance there.
01:29He made his dunce.
01:30I should just bring it up.
01:31You go.
01:32The lead and also Shastri's feet.
01:33Well, then he's probably batting in rubber soles.
01:35Have a look at Dujan now.
01:37Because Shastri's right foot slips.
01:39That's why he was nowhere near the pitch to the ball.
01:41Dujan goes through it.
01:42That really does obscure Viv Richards.
01:44And Richards did exceptionally well not to be distracted by Dujan's body.
01:48That was a fine catch.
01:49It looked fairly easy at the end, but it wasn't.
01:51So Shastri goes for five.
01:52Then if you can lead from the front.
01:53Bishop.
01:54Oh dear.
01:55Bowling beautifully actually, Bishop.
01:56When you get into bat, it's always very difficult to tell where your off stump is.
01:58This is the fastest bow on the West Indian side.
02:00The Indian players reckon that.
02:01It's difficult to see that on television, but this man Bishop is something special.
02:06Oh.
02:07Better still.
02:08See Dujan moving away as the ball pitch moved away off the seam and that is virtually on
02:27the ball.
02:28Fast leg break.
02:31So what has Bishop got to do?
02:34Well, when Sanka got in, the classic sideways-on position for this, but nobody on earth, not even Don Bradman, would have been an edge to that one.
02:42That was a magnificent one.
02:47Oh, cool.
02:49Lovely setting with the hills in the background here at Kingston, Jamaica, Tony.
02:56Not so lovely facing with France Bowling, I don't think.
02:59That was a flinch more than a shot, and it beat Dujon.
03:07There was no danger of him being out of this, a real genuine dancer.
03:11That swung a lot after it passed the batsman, that's what beat Dujon.
03:24It's like a circus act out there.
03:26Normally the keeper operates at about waist level.
03:32And Jeff Dujon's going to cover a lot of personal space.
03:39It needed to be a nine-foot-tall wicker keeper to lay a glove on this one.
03:42Just look at that bounce.
03:45Could have been a foot to the left, it would have taken that to go.
03:48Oh!
03:49Snip!
03:50It's caught!
03:51Lenny Sarka's gone.
03:52Well, one of these quite before India.
03:53Jubilation of the West Indies.
03:54Lenny Sarka's talking on the addition to 12.
03:56I'm relieved to get that, I think, the way it still feels.
03:5897-3.
03:59A pretty good performance by India.
04:00Bright sunshine.
04:01Roasting hot.
04:02The umbrellas are up.
04:03And this is Ian Bishop.
04:05Oh dear, dear.
04:06Well, that leapt off the turf.
04:07I'm sorry.
04:08I'm sorry.
04:09I'm sorry.
04:10I'm sorry.
04:11I had a few years ago.
04:12Not to go on the addition to 12.
04:13I'm sorry.
04:14I'm sorry.
04:15I'm sorry.
04:16I'm sorry.
04:17I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
04:18So, I'm sorry.
04:19It's okay.
04:20It's okay.
04:22The umbrellas are up.
04:27And this is Ian Bishop.
04:30Oh, dear, dear.
04:33Well, that leapt off the turf.
04:35And so unpredictable.
04:38It's what we mean by uneven bounce.
04:40Dujon had no chance.
04:49That was a nasty one, too.
04:50Up on the thumb, trapped the glove on the bat handle.
04:54Can be very painful.
04:57Lots of lift from a very tall man.
04:59Bishop's around 6'6".
05:00More is about 5'6".
05:02Two slips of deep gully for Bishop.
05:07Oh, dear, dear.
05:09Well, what chance do you have that the ball leaps up like that?
05:13And Campbell Davis said,
05:14Well, this was quite a pleasant morning until just now.
05:17Right back and across in textbook fashion.
05:20And he's lucky that that didn't just lob to one of them.
05:24Bishop again.
05:26To Shastri.
05:28Slow.
05:29Slow.
05:29As straight as it is.
05:31And Shastri goes.
05:32Well, this really is a drama here.
05:35Two men out for north.
05:37Shastri fails to score.
05:41And the West Indians can clearly send victory.
05:44I don't know how you play something like that on a pitch of unpredictable bounce for big, tall, fast bowlers anyway.
05:53Shastri got in the right position.
05:54The ball was very short.
05:56He was looking for it to lift about shoulder high.
05:59Instead of hitting just below the knee.
06:00There's no answer to that, I'm afraid.
06:03Except return to the pavilion.
06:06Which he does, of course.
06:07Remy Shastri's gone.
06:08Just one run on the ball.
06:09Two wickets down.
06:12Well, your team is winning.
06:13There's nothing like it.
06:15And West Indies love to do it with fast bowling.
06:17Oh, that's a nasty ball.
06:21And, oh, had Arthurton been in closer.
06:25Well, that's extraordinary because last innings, Indy's first innings, Richards had a man in there.
06:31Short gully.
06:34But this time, just lobs into space.
06:45I would have absolutely swallowed it.
06:47And still Arun-Lal battles on.
07:00Oh, but not for long.
07:01Arun-Lal has gone.
07:03And that's Greenwich at second slip.
07:11Couple of good slip catches there.
07:13Ian Bishop to Bowler.
07:14Got to Greenwich about to fasten onto this.
07:17And he made it look very easy.
07:19Although, when the batsman doesn't flash hard at the ball, it makes it much easier for the close catchers.
07:24There's nothing to deceive them.
07:25The bat just hangs out.
07:27And Greenwich actually taking a step to his right.
07:29He had enough time.
07:30It didn't go very fast.
07:32Difficult with the balls under your throat as a batsman.
07:37But the fourth picket goes 75 facing Ian Bishop.
07:40Inside edge onto the stumps right up to the lunchtime.
07:52And there's some jubilant scene for West Indies.
07:56But a tragic reality for India.
08:00What got Van Sarka out here was the lowness of the bounce as opposed to the steepness.
08:04He was late on the shot.
08:06But all he could do was get a thick inside edge on him.
08:09Looking for something to bounce about waist high at least.
08:11Six wickets are done.
08:14Seven wickets for 113.
08:23And Capital has gone.
08:25Vibber James has caught it.
08:28He's been in great catching form.
08:30Capital looking for his shots yet again.
08:32But that one climbing again.
08:34This uneven bounce we keep on talking about.
08:36Catching about.
08:37It's not easy to decide where to stand as a slip fielder or a wicker keeper.
08:43Pitches with variable bounce like this.
08:46Vibber Richards has got it just about right.
08:47Catching it knee high.
08:49Those are the sort of catches that you enjoy at first slip.
08:52Nice and gentle.
08:55The eighth wicket down then.
08:57He'll be here for many years to come.
09:02I'm not sure if Chet and Sharma will be here for very long though.
09:06Battered and bruised.
09:08A really painful blow on the leg there.
09:18Ouch.
09:20From the Indian batsman.
09:21152 all out.
09:27Good catching there by Greenwich at slip.
09:29And the bowling 4 to Ian Bishop.
09:334 for 61.
09:34And Courtney Walsh yet again.
09:36Adding to his 6 in the first innings.
09:37With 4 for 39.
09:39Second time around.
09:40Although Ian Bishop did not play every match of the series.
09:44His performance in the Kingston Test stood out as a career defining moment early in his journey.
09:50His pace and bounce troubled the Indian batsman.
09:53And this match confirmed his status as a rising fast bowling star for the Western days.
09:58Although he did not feature in every match of the series.
10:01Ian Bishop's performance in this match not only helped secure a convincing win for the team.
10:06But also marked a significant moment in his career.
10:09As he began to establish himself as one of the promising fast bowlers of that era.
10:14His raw talent combined with control and aggression left a lasting impression and gave a glimpse
10:20of the impact he would go on to have invested in his cricket.
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