Courtney Walsh 4 for 37 in 18 Overs 5 Mdns vs India 3rd Test, Port of Spain, April 15 - 20 1989 - video Dailymotion

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Courtney Walsh’s Fearsome Spell | 4/37 vs India | Port of Spain 1989.  Witness the towering presence of Courtney Walsh as he produced a fiery spell of fast bowling — 4 wickets for 37 runs in 18 overs with 5 maidens — against India in the 3rd Test at Port of Spain, Trinidad, April 15–20, 1989.  Walsh dismissed W.V. Raman, Kiran More, Arshad Ayub, and Narendra Hirwani, tearing through India’s batting order with unrelenting pace and precision. His spell helped West Indies crush India by 217 runs and take a commanding 2–0 lead in the series.  This was vintage Caribbean cricket — an era when fearsome fast bowlers ruled the world. Watching Walsh in full rhythm was pure delight for cricket fans. Relive the golden age of West Indian pace dominance!  👉 Share your memories of Courtney Walsh’s brilliance in the comments below.  🔖 Hashtags  #CourtneyWalsh #WestIndiesCricket #VintageCricket #FastBowling #CricketHistory #IndiaVsWestIndies #PortOfSpain1989 #TestCricketClassics #CaribbeanCricket #CricketLegends

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00:00In this video, behold the towering spectacles of Courtney Walsh, fearsome spell of fast-balling,

00:06a divorce dating 4 for 37 in 18 overs, laced with five medians against India in the third

00:12test at Port of Spain, April 1989. Courtney Walsh, the tall Jamaican giant, struck with

00:19unrelenting rhythm and unyielding precision, he sent back W. V. Raman, Kiran Moray, Arshad

00:25Yub and Narendra Harwani, each dismissal a telling reminder of the power and manners

00:31that West Indies fast-balling once commanded. The Indian bassman, armed to the teeth with

00:36protective gears, still founds little solace against Courtney Walsh's thunderbolts.

00:41Let's enjoy Walsh's spells.

00:43All right, Courtney Walsh is the man replacing Amos.

00:53Courtney Walsh, the bowler.

00:57It's wide, and he's got a touch. So, Wilkery Benkut Rahman, the 22-year-old from Madras,

01:05has gone after a long fight out there. He's played some fluent strokes, but

01:10attempted by Courtney Walsh to flash away at something just that little bit too wide.

01:15Not a shot he'll remember with any pleasure, and certainly not one of distinction.

01:21Could easily have left that. It was well up at shoulder-high to the wiki-keeper.

01:24Now, here's another wiki-keeper, and a very gutsy one too, Tony.

01:28Yes, Kiran Moray has survived.

01:31There are some rotis there. Eat one of those, and you needn't eat for a week.

01:34A sip like lead shot in the stomach, I'm afraid, at 95 for seven.

01:41I suspect that India feel like they've been on rotis for the week.

01:43Eat one of those, and you can't eat for a week.

01:45Walsh again.

01:56I hope surviving outside off stump.

01:58And he didn't get anywhere near this. This is a perfectly straight ball.

02:09And he is a tail end batsman after all.

02:11By you.

02:20Ah, it's all over for Kiran Moray.

02:22Right through the gap between bat and pad.

02:24They tell you in the textbooks to keep them close together.

02:28Didn't happen for Kiran that time, and overgrew the stunts.

02:31I suspect that Kiran is suffering from shell shock from Barbados,

02:37where the bouncers were going past his nose every other ball.

02:40And it was very apprehensive pushing forward there.

02:4499 for eight. 47 over.

02:47129 for eight now, India. Real struggle here.

02:51Bit of a fight from the tail enders.

02:54That beats Chetan outside the off stump.

02:56Marvellous the way the tail enders suddenly take batting seriously.

03:04Played well inside this. Didn't do much off the pitch.

03:07Bat is straight enough, but down the wrong line.

03:12Courtney Walsh.

03:18And again, the arms go up and, well,

03:20little Chetan is rather annoyed with himself there.

03:24Think boy, he says.

03:26Nick behind the ball.

03:28He was never in line at all, the right turn.

03:30Look at his right foot is.

03:38Still to be Courtney Walsh.

03:43Oh, he's gone. Beautiful ball.

03:46Moved very late back into Ayub.

03:50And he's pulled by Walsh for a very fine and fighting 29 runs.

03:54Extended the Indian score beyond the expectations of the start of play, certainly.

04:05But this was a useful delivery, just pitching outside the off stump.

04:08I have got in a reasonably good position there, but look at the gap between bat and power.

04:13That was his undoing.

04:14So West Indy is almost there, nine wickets down now.

04:22And Irwani, no great batsman.

04:25You see his average, 6.25.

04:33West Indy is well on top.

04:34Oh, that really hurt Chetan Sharma.

04:43Down goes the bat, and down goes poor Chetan.

04:46And there's no prizes for guessing where they hit him.

04:54Lightly called the mid-drift.

04:56And it's always amusing to everyone else.

04:59I suppose, as you say, Tony, hit him somewhere between the elbow and the knee.

05:02But, oh boy, those are really painful.

05:05And the fielders and the other batsmen usually find it highly amusing.

05:08But the poor recipient needs mouth-to-mouth resuscitation there, I think.

05:13Well, I'm not sure if that's secure.

05:19It's a very long count he's taking.

05:20No problems to them on that count.

05:32Courtney Walsh again.

05:35Oh, no, not again.

05:39Ah, dear, dear, dear.

05:41My man's had enough.

05:44I think the towel will be coming in any moment.

05:48He's back on his feet anyway.

05:49He's taken a compulsory eight count.

05:54Now, that was a useful ball.

05:55Look at that.

05:55That came back like a quick off-breaker.

05:57Chetan, you could almost hear him shout before the ball hit him.

06:01I wonder what sort of mood he's in now to face Courtney Walsh yet again.

06:06No mood at all.

06:08But it's a no-ball.

06:12There's the damage.

06:14I'm not sure if Chetan Sharma wouldn't have preferred to be known.

06:17I mean, he certainly gave himself a lot of room for this.

06:22He's got no idea behind the ball.

06:23Look where his right foot's gone.

06:24He's waiting for the third one straight in the midriff, as you said.

06:27Well, Walsh has softened him up.

06:36But that's Hirwani, and Hirwani's out.

06:39And so little Chetan Sharma, at his non-striking end, survives.

06:42Hewani is out, and Chetan Sharma is not out, 19.

06:52Yeah, well, he's the number 11 batsman with an average of six, and you can see why.

06:56No ball out, 150.

06:59And still, we have to say that the top score was the number one batsman, Arun Nala, and only 30.

07:05Great performance by Marshall and Walsh.

07:08A real demolition job there on the Indian batting order.

07:12Nice little fight towards the end by Ayuk and Chetan Sharma.

07:18The follow-on has been avoided, but it's quite a deficit.

07:25It was a spell carved out of pure intimidation.

07:29Relentless, accurate, and hostile.

07:32With every strike to the crease, Courtney Walsh seems to colossal, and with every ball he hurled,

07:38the Indian resistance crumbled.

07:40His fiery buzz propelled the West Indies to a thumping victory by 217 runs,

07:46giving the host a commanding to an elite in the four-match series.

07:50For the lovers of the game, these are vintage moments,

07:53a cherished reminder of the Caribbean's golden age,

07:56when fast-boiling reigns supreme and best men across the world wore courage as their only armor.

08:02Walsh in full flight embodied the very spirit of that era, tall, fearsome, and unforgettable.

08:09His spell at Port of Spain stands not merely as a statistics,

08:12but as a memory asht in the chronicles of cricketing history.

08:16It reminds of the time when the West Indies' pace quartet struck fear across continents,

08:22and Walsh himself would go on to be one of the game's most enduring fastballers.

08:28Cricket fans, what do you recall of Walsh in this prime?

08:31Share your thoughts for the rhythm of fastballing.

08:34Deserve to be celebrated again and again.

08:37If you like this video, please comment, share, and subscribe.

08:40Thank you very much.

Courtney Walsh 4 for 37 in 18 Overs 5 Mdns vs India 3rd Test, Port of Spain, April 15 - 20 1989

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