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Barbados vs Jamaica - Fast Bowlers

I was in Barbados in 2015 to watch  England vs West Indies .  A couple of people from Barbados told me about a game played against Jamaica where the greats of West Indian fast bowling came up against each other, on a lightening fast pitch, in front of a capacity ++ crowd.  I did a bit of searching and think the most likely candidate was the Shell Shield game in  1986 . Jamaica had a fearsome pace trio of Holding, Walsh and Patterson (Michael Holding first change); Barbados responded with Marshall and Garner.  Barbados won, with their 224 all out in the first innings being the top score in the game.  The first change bowler for Barbados in the game was RO Estwick who I had never heard off but who had a first class bowling average of just over 21 and was one of the South African Cricketers of the Year in 1988.  An indication of the strength of West Indian bowling in the 1980s. The same furious five bowlers were to play in another Shell Shield game, this time in Jamaica in 19