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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.
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
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.
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.
[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]
Irvine Theodore Shillingford (18 April 1944 – 26 January 2023) was a West Indian cricketer who played four Tests and two ODIs in 1977 and 1978. He also played a further 88 first class games, 49 of them for the Combined Islands, whom he represented from its inception in 1961 until the dissolution of the team in 1981.
Sonny Ramadhin, CM (1 May 1929 – 27 February 2022) was a West Indian cricketer, and was a dominant bowler of the 1950s. He was the first of many West Indian cricketers of Indian origin, and was one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1951.
Runako Shakur Morton (22 July 1978 – 4 March 2012) was a Nevisian cricketer who played for West Indies in all formats of the game. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-handed offbreak bowler. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-handed offbreak bowler.