West Indies in England 2017

Joel Garner warns hosts against underestimating West Indies

Aug 15, 2017: The West Indies' team manager said anyone who writes off the no. 8 ranked side does so "at their peril"

Why can't we make yorkers great again?

Apr 17, 2017: We often hear fans cry out for them as batsmen rack up the runs in T20, but there are reasons for why they aren't as effective as they once were

India in West Indies 2016

Players in the West Indies don't work hard enough - Garner

Aug 17, 2016: Joel Garner, the former fast-bowling great who is now West Indies' team manager, feels players from the region have promise but don't work hard enough

West Indies news

Garner appointed West Indies team manager

Jul 17, 2016: Former West Indies fast bowler Joel Garner has been appointed West Indies team manager for a three-year period and he joined the team for the upcoming Test series against India

West Indies news

Garner questions proposed dissolution of WICB

Apr 10, 2016: Former West Indies fast bowler Joel Garner, who is one of the directors on the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), has questioned the CARICOM cricket review panel's suggestion of dissolving the WICB

Should Alzarri Joseph be picked for West Indies?

Feb 21, 2016: Some of the best fast bowlers have been blooded young, and this Under-19 world champion has already impressed the likes of Wes Hall

Big Bird himself, the massive

Mar 26, 2015: A hero of the 1979 World Cup final, Joel Garner looks back at his performance in that match, and generally at putting the fear of God into people

West Indies news

Dave Cameron re-elected WICB president

Mar 7, 2015: Dave Cameron has been re-elected WICB president for a second term, till 2017, after the Jamaican defeated his sole challenger, former West Indies fast bowler Joel Garner, with a convincing 8 votes to 4 margin

West Indies news

Garner looms in WICB presidential race

Mar 6, 2015: Dave Cameron is favourite to win a second term at the head of the WICB but Joel Garner's presence should make the election a close contest

'1983 was the biggest disappointment of my career'

Jan 29, 2015: Small chases are always tricky - even for two-time world champions against a team of no-hopers, as Joel Garner found out

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Big Bird takes flight against England

Oct 30, 2014: After England's openers had batted too slowly in the 1979 final, their middle order was destroyed by Joel Garner's steepling bounce and accuracy

The best ODI bowlers

Garner and other bowling giants

Nov 21, 2011: Even in his own era, Big Bird towered over everyone else as an ODI bowler

The best new-ball pairs

Shining with the new ball

Oct 10, 2011: Fast-bowling pairs down the years who were irresistible when they opened the attack

West Indies in Sri Lanka 2010-11

Joel Garner named West Indies manager

Oct 28, 2010: Joel Garner, the former fast bowler, has been appointed interim manager of West Indies for the upcoming tour of Sri Lanka

Australia v West Indies 2009-10

Roach's speed doesn't scare Australia

Dec 14, 2009: A West Indian fast man hitting the WACA surface in the mid-150kph region is a prospect that once upon a time would have given Australian batsmen nightmares

West Indies in Australia 2009-10

Don't sell-out Windies - Garner

Dec 2, 2009: Joel Garner believes cricket's stronger nations would be flouting history and acting out of self-interest if they voted to relegate the West Indians

West Indies in Australia 2009-10

Garner hits back at Dyson's comments

Nov 16, 2009: Joel Garner, the manager of the West Indies team, has hit back at the comments of the former coach John Dyson, who said on the weekend that West Indies would struggle to match Australia in the upcoming Test series

West Indies in Australia 2009-10

Gayle, Garner a significant pairing

Nov 15, 2009: Garner might yet find it difficult getting his message through but circumstances have changed

West Indies in Australia 2009-10

'Time to put aside all the nonsense' - Joel Garner

Nov 6, 2009: Former West Indies fast bowler hopes to instill in the squad a sense of the pride with which they dominated cricket in the past

Stanford 20/20 for 20

Stanford legends given the chop

Dec 17, 2008: Reports that the Stanford's legends group has been disbanded have been confirmed by a spokesman for the organisation