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Frank Worrall is a British journalist and author. He was born in Radcliffe, Greater Manchester , and attended Hulme Grammar School , Oldham . He later studied English literature at Sheffield University , before moving to London to work for The Sun , The Sunday Times and Mail on Sunday .
Sir Frank Mortimer Maglinne Worrell (1 August 1924 – 13 March 1967), sometimes referred to by his nickname of Tae, was a Barbadian West Indies cricketer and Jamaican senator. A stylish right-handed batsman and useful left-arm seam bowler , he became famous in the 1950s as the first black captain of the West Indies cricket team .
Frank Worrell became the first black captain of the West Indies cricket team prior to their 1960–61 tour of Australia. The first Test of the five-match series ended in a tie, the first in the history of Test cricket. [17] Don Bradman remarked to Australia captain Richie Benaud, "That is the greatest thing that's ever happened to the game". [18]
The West Indies cricket team toured Australia, in the Frank Worrell Trophy for a 3-match Test series, a 5-match ODI series, and 2 Twenty20 Internationals from 18 November 2009 to 23 February 2010. [1]
The Australian cricket team toured the West Indies from April to June, 2003, outside the normal West Indies cricket season, to play for the Frank Worrell Trophy. [1]It was Steve Waugh's last tour overseas [2] and Australia were without Shane Warne who was on a drugs ban and missing Glenn McGrath for two of the Tests through injury.
The Frank Worrell Trophy 1994-95 Australia: West Indies: Dates: 8 March – 3 May 1995: Captains: Mark Taylor (Tests and ODIs): Richie Richardson: Test series; Result: Australia won the 4-match series 2–1
David Worrall (composer) (born 1954), Australian composer; Denis Worrall (1935–2023), South African academic, businessman, and former politician and diplomat; Ernest Worrall (1898–1972), English artist; Frank Worrall (born 1961), English journalist and author; Fred Worrall (fl. 1930s), English association football player
Sir Clyde Leopold Walcott KA, GCM, OBE (17 January 1926 – 26 August 2006) was a West Indian cricketer.Walcott was a member of the "three W's", the other two being Everton Weekes and Frank Worrell: all were very successful batsmen from Barbados, born within a short distance of each other in Bridgetown, Barbados in a period of 18 months from August 1924 to January 1926; all made their Test ...