Ian Bishop (cricketer)
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Full name | Ian Raphael Bishop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Bowler | 24 October 1967|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 194) | 25 March 1989 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 12 March 1998 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 54) | 21 May 1988 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 4 November 1997 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1986–2000 | Trinidad and Tobago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1989–1993 | Derbyshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricket Archive, 20 October 2010 |
Ian Raphael Bishop (born 24 October 1967) is a Trinidadian cricket commentator and former cricketer who represented the West Indies cricket team between 1988 and 1998 in Tests and One Day Internationals. He played as a right arm fast bowler.
International career
He reached 100 test wickets in only 21 Test matches. A powerful
International commentary
He now tours the world as a commentator.[1] Like several other past players for the West Indies, he is quite vocal about the languishing state of his former team.
Bishop also commentated for Cricket on Five for the highlights of the 2007 England Tests and the One Day International series between the
He was one of the match commentators when the West Indies won the
Between stints commentating on cricket, Bishop completed an
Personal life
Bishop is a devout
References
- ^ ""I never intended to be a commentator" – Ian Bishop". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ "The story behind Bishop's classic call". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ "Men's T20I Innings Of The Decade, No.1: Carlos Brathwaite". Wisden. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ "Ian Bishop: A great fast bowling career derailed by injuries". 24 October 2013.
- ^ A. Davies, Gareth (6 February 2009). "60 seconds with... Ian Bishop". twitter.com. The Daily Telegraph.
- ^ "LeBron James there you go baby. Money shot. Thank you Cleveland, my weekend is now made. Manchester Utd win @Newbigdog catch. Heavenly". twitter.com. Ian Raphael Bishop. 10 May 2015.