Greatest West Indies ODI XI of all time

#11 Courtney Walsh

Walsh formed a deadly partnership with Curtly Ambrose

For the batsmen of the 1990s, there were few things more worrisome than having to face Courtney Walsh and Curtly Ambrose bowling in tandem. While Ambrose was the more dangerous of the two, Walsh was no mean performer.

For a major part of his sixteen-year long ODI career, Walsh remained an indispensable part of the West Indian bowling attack in both formats while many promising young pacers came and disappeared. He was undoubtedly their most reliable pace bowler after Ambrose.

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Walsh's tally of 227 wickets in 205 ODIs may not be earth-shattering but is the highest for any West Indian bowler. Taking into account the dearth of exciting pace talent in the Caribbean soil today, it is likely to remain unsurpassed at least in the near future.

He might not have been an intimidating strike bowler in ODIs but then, he was amongst the most parsimonious bowlers of his era which clinches his spot in this side. In an era when an economy rate of below four was a rarity and was achieved by only a handful of greats like Wasim Akram and Shaun Pollock, the Jamaican giant conceded a mere 3.83 runs per over.