Andy Roberts

Cricketing Rifts 14: When West Indies made Greig’s life miserable for using word ‘grovel’

The Dhoni-Sehwag rift may have been true or blown out of proportion by the media. However, far from being unique, discords such as this have been commonplace in the history of the game. In this series, Arunabha Sengupta looks at some of the most famous feuds of cricket. In Part 14 of the series, he writes on how the West Indians hounded and humiliated Tony Grieg for his insensitive choice of words.

How batsmen survive weapons of mass destruction

A cricket ball in the hands of a Shoaib Akhtar or Brett Lee can be a weapon of mass destruction. These pacemen could fire the ball at 160 kmph. 

Andy Roberts is my favourite bowler: Varun Aaron

By CricketCountry Staff

Debutant Varun Aaron has revealed that former West Indian great Andy Roberts is his favourite bowler.

I couldn’t have handled Monkeygate scandal differently: Mike Procter

By Chandraboli Mitra

Former ICC match referee Mike Procter, who had imposed a three-match ban on Harbhajan Singh following the Monkeygate scandal in the 2008 Sydeny Test between India and Australia, regrets what had happened then but insists he would not have handled it any differently.

Current fast bowlers do not bowl half the overs I use to bowl: Andy Roberts

By CricketCountry Staff

Fast bowlers, these days, are suffering from recurring injuries mostly due to the excessive cricket being played, but former pacers decline to believe that scheduling is having an impact on the modern-day quicks.

Roberts, Holding, Garner & Marshall – Lloyd’s weapons that destroyed the world

The Indomitable pace battery took Clive Lloyd’s team to the summit in the 70’s and 80’s.

Fire in Babylon – an awesome glimpse into the fierce West Indies supremacy

The movie offers a peek into West Indies culture and supremacy in the 70’s and 80’s.

West Indies introduced reverse swing to the world: Roberts

By Ashish Shukla

"We began the reverse swing. When Pakistanis came here in 1977 they were surprised to see us do it. It's no rocket science, you keep the ball polished on one side and it would reverse swing," says West Indian fast bowling legend Andy Roberts.

Interview: IPL is a great stage for youngsters like me, says India’s fastest-ever bowler

He is yet to play for India. He is yet to even play his first IPL game.

History is proof that bowlers have played a big part in every World Cup win

Statistics denote that bowling made the difference in the previous nine editions.