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Alvadon Basil Williams (21 November 1949 – 25 October 2015) was a West Indian cricketer who played in seven Test matches from 1978 to 1979. [1] He was married to Patricia Williams and together they had two sons, Basil Williams and Germaine Williams, who became the famous rapper known as Canibus. He later had a daughter, Gabrielle Williams.
Stollmeyer captained West Indies in 13 Test matches: 7 India: Muni Lal: Murdered along with his wife by burglars who broke into his house. [7] 8 January 1990: Editor of Crickinia, an early Indian cricket annual, from 1939 to 1944, uncle of Arun Lal, Indian high commissioner in the West Indies and ambassador in Somalia: 8 Pakistan: Haseeb-ul-Hasan
In May 1955 he was hanged for the murder of his wife, whom he had shot in a jealous rage a year earlier. Born into poverty, Hylton became a regular member of the Jamaican cricket side from 1927. Although overlooked on several occasions for the full West Indies team, he was finally selected in 1935, to face the visiting English touring team.
[23] [2] [24] Until his death he was the oldest living West Indies Test cricketer. [25] [26] On 9 December 2023, during the third ODI between West Indies and England, West Indies players wore black armbands to mourn the deaths of Joe Solomon and Clyde Butts and a minute's silence was observed prior to the start of the match. [27] [28]
The West Indies' success continued as they won the third and fourth Tests to record a series victory, Valentine taking five wickets in the third Test and ten wickets in the fourth Test. He bowled 92 overs in the second innings of the third Test, then a Test record.
Cozier died from cancer on 11 May 2016 in Bridgetown, at the age of 75. [14] [23] Fellow cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew said: "Tony was the master of going between TV and radio ball-by-ball commentary. He was the master of both". [3] The West Indies Cricket Board said: "He represented West Indies wherever he went. He educated people ...
The 2008–09 West Indies Cricket Board Cup saw an improvement in Pollard's bowling, as he claimed nine wickets in the competition with a bowling average of 14.22. [19] An all-round performance against Jamaica in the semi-finals, in which he took three wickets and made 76, earned Trinidad and Tobago a place in the final, and Pollard the man of ...
Gayle is the only player to score more than 14,000 runs and hit more than 1000 sixes in T20 cricket [4] [5] He is also the leading run scorer for West Indies in both ODIs and T20Is and, after Brian Lara, was the second player to score more than 10,000 runs for West Indies in ODI Cricket. Gayle was the first West Indian batsman to score a double ...