Clyde Walcott
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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 cricket debut against England in 1948. In the mid-1950s, Walcott was arguably the best batsman in the world.[1][2] He was the manager of the West Indian squads which won the 1975 Cricket World Cup and the 1979 Cricket World Cup. In later life, he had an active career as a cricket administrator, and was the first non-English and non-white chairman of the International Cricket Council.
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Full name | Clyde Leopold Walcott | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1926-01-17)17 January 1926 Saint Michael, Barbados | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 26 August 2006(2006-08-26) (aged 80) Barbados | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 58) | 21 January 1948 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 31 March 1960 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1941–1956 | Barbados | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1954–1964 | British Guiana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 8 January 2009 |