Editing Colin Croft (section)

==Cricket career==
Croft was (along with [[Andy Roberts (cricketer)|Andy Roberts]], [[Michael Holding]], and [[Joel Garner]]) part of the potent West Indian quartet of fast bowlers from the late 70s and early 80s. With his height ({{convert|6|ft|5|in|cm|disp=or}}), he bowled bouncers and was very aggressive. He was renowned for bowling wide of the crease over the wicket and angling the ball in to right-handers. His approach to the wicket was unconventional and footage of Croft bowling around the wicket show him on a run-up more typical of a ''left''-arm bowler. Croft's figures of 8/29 against [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]] in 1977 are still the best Test innings figures by a fast bowler from the West Indies.

Croft was involved in a number of controversial incidents during the ill-tempered test series with [[New Zealand national cricket team|New Zealand]] in 1979–80. During the Second Test at Christchurch's [[Lancaster Park]] in February 1980, the West Indies considered umpire [[Fred Goodall]]'s officiating so poor that they refused to emerge from their dressing room after the tea break on Day 3 unless Goodall was immediately replaced. After 11 minutes, they were persuaded to resume. Croft collided with Goodall at the end of his bowling run-up during the fourth day's play after knocking a bail off the stumps with a previous delivery, unhappy at being no-balled frequently and having a caught-behind appeal turned down.<ref>[http://www.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/153587.html The West Indians in New Zealand, 1979-80], Wisden, 1981; [http://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/129232.html What's going on? Goodall has some news for Gavaskar], Cricinfo.com, 31 July 2003; [http://www.cricinfo.com/columns/content/story/237606.html Shoulder barges and flying stumps], Cricinfo.com, 18 February 2006; [http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63260.html Scorecard]</ref> West Indies captain [[Clive Lloyd]] later regretted not taking a firmer line with his players.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/241985.html |title=Ding-dong in Dunedin |date=April 2006 | first=Simon | last=Lister |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=23 March 2015}}</ref>