Top 5 players from Barbados

#3 Joel Garner

Garner was one of the finest bowlers of his era

Joel Garner, nicknamed 'Big Bird' for his 6 foot 8 inches frame, played for the all-conquering West Indian side of the late 1970s and 1980s. Garner was regarded as one of the most difficult bowlers to negotiate.

He debuted for Barbados in the 1975-76 season and was soon selected to play for the West Indies, in 1977. Garner's gift lay in the disconcerting bounce that he could extract from any surface and with the added ability to bowl at pace, he became one of the best bowlers in the world.

In one day international cricket, Garner was famous for sending down unplayable yorkers and was responsible for sparking England's incredible collapse in the 1979 World Cup final. Garner played 58 Test matches for the West Indies and picked up 259 wickets, at an outstanding average of only 20.97.

In 98 one-dayers, he claimed 146 wickets at an average of 18.84 and also recorded a truly mean economy rate of 3.09. He played first-class cricket for Barbados for most of his career but also turned out for Somerset and South Australia.