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Debasis Sen, Barbados: During my last trip to Barbados in 2011, I could not visit the graveyard of Malcolm Marshall. So it was always on my bucket-list this time to visit. And Friday provided me a perfect opportunity as Indian cricket team decided to take a break after the convincing win in the first ODI against Kensington Oval. So, I decided to request my owner to take me to the graveyard of Marshall.

Alexander, who is the owner of the apartment, first drove me to the Christ Church Cemetery. We did find the gravesite of another West Indian legend Holford but where is Malcolm Marshall's graveyard. We were told by the office staff that it was situated at Saint Bartholomew Church. We drove for about 15 minutes before we arrived at the location which is close to the Grantley Adams International airport. After a few minutes of searching, we found the graveyard of Malcolm Denzil Marshall. It was left unattended with other graves unlike the cemetery at Christ Church which is well maintained.

For anyone growing up in the nineties, Marshall will forever remain a legend in Barbados and West Indies cricket. Marshall, who died at an age of 41 years is still remembered as one of the most fearsome pacers in West Indies cricket.

If Sir Garfield Sobers is a national hero among the Bajans, Marshall is regarded as an unsung cult hero. The tearaway fast bowler proved that height is not always relevant to what a person can offer, as he defied the odds based on what the cricketing world in Barbados and across the globe had grown to know. Seen by his teammates as being 'short' in height, Malcolm proved to be a tower of power with his 5'9" build that proved quite dangerous to his cricketing counterparts.

Deemed as the greatest fast bowler at Test level with the West Indies team and at County level with Hampshire, Marshall made his Test debut on the 1978-79 tour of India at the age of 20. His rather athletic sprint towards the wicket, his physically intimidating deliveries, his magnificently controlled out-swing, and his natural balance all proved quite devastating to his many opponents.

In seven successive Test series from 1982/83 to 1985/86, Marshall took 21 or more wickets each time, in the last five of them averaging under 20. His most productive series in this period was the 1983/84 tour to India, when he claimed 33 wickets as well as averaging 34 with the bat and making his highest Test score of 92 at Kanpur.

In 1999 Marshall was diagnosed with colon cancer. This diagnosis compelled him to seek immediate treatment that was unsuccessful. He returned to his homeland Barbados, where he died on November 4, 1999 at the age of 41.