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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
fast bowler Fast bowling (also referred to as pace bowling) is a type of bowling in cricket, in which the ball is delivered at high speed. The fastest bowlers bowl the ball at over . Practitioners of fast bowling are known as fast bowlers or quicks. Also ...
with a talent for outswing, he was among the fastest bowlers in the world before severe back injuries cut him down in 1991. He rehabilitated and made adjustments to his
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, returning strongly late in 1992. However, in 1993, he was struck by injuries again, not returning until mid-1995. Thus, what had been at one stage a highly promising career was substantially curtailed.


International commentary

Bishop now tours the world as a commentator. 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 5'' for the highlights of the 2007 England Tests and the One Day International series between the West Indies and
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. He was one of the match commentators when the West Indies won the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy Final, the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 Final, and Bishop's commentary of the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 Final was especially memorable when, after Carlos Brathwaite won the match with four consecutive sixes, Bishop said "Carlos Brathwaite! Carlos Brathwaite! Remember the name!" This has been looked back on as a "classic call" and an "iconic piece of commentary". Between stints commentating on cricket, Bishop completed an
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Personal life

Bishop is a devout
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. He's also a fan of English football team
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and loves the
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.


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External links

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Profile on Howstat!
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bishop, Ian West Indies One Day International cricketers West Indies Test cricketers Derbyshire cricketers Trinidad and Tobago expatriate cricketers in England Trinidad and Tobago cricketers West Indian cricket commentators 1967 births Living people Alumni of the University of Leicester Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers