Famous cricket player of West Indian cricket team: Richard Benjamin Richardson
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Richardson is a renowned name in the list of former West Indian cricketers. He also served his team as a captain during his tenure as a player. He stepped into the field of cricketer in 1982 as an opener with the Leewards Island. Following his season season, he went aboard the West Indian team to tour India during the season of 1983-84. He initiated batting in the middle-order and it didn’t take him long to emerge as an ostentatious batsman alongside being an outstanding fast bowler.
Soon after the retirement of Viv Richards from Test match, Richardson, better known as Richie was capped with the captaincy of the team. The team went out in the playing field 24 times under his captaincy out of which 11 matches were won. Richie captained for a good 4 years during which the team lost only one series that was played in 1995 against Australia.
Up till 1995, Richie played 86 Test matches and hit a score of 5,949 runs including 16 centuries. This superb West Indian player exhibited a strong profile against Australia, hitting a superb 9 centuries while the highest score was acquired in 1989 against India. Richardson played a total of 224 ODIs inclusive of 3 World Cups. The last international he played was the semi final for the World Cup of 1996 against Australia after which he resigned from the role of captainship.
Post-retirement from International cricket, Richie became the first ever high profile signing by the English All-Star Club Cricket Team: Lashings World XI and is also the present captain of the team.
Famous cricket players of West Indian cricket team: Cuthbert Gordon Greenidge
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Greenidge, a former West Indian cricketer, was an opening batsman who started his Test career in 1974 by first playing against Indian cricket team. He then played international till 1991. Greenidge was widely recognized for his fertile partnership with Desmond Haynes, together as a pair they made 6,482 runs which was the highest for any batting partnership to score in the history of Test cricket.
In a total of 108 Test matches, Greenidge made a superb running score of 7,558 including 19 centuries. Being a part of the finals for World Cup in 1975 and 1983, he played 128 ODIs and scored 5,134 runs including 11 centuries. Better known as the Blackwash series of West Indies winnings of 5-0 in 1984, Greenidge made double-double centuries. The following June the same year, he played the 2nd Test match at Lords during which he made a score of 214 runs which continued with 223 runs in the 4th Test. In his entire career, Greenidge made 37,000 runs alongside 92 centuries. He also served as a coach in 1997 for Bangladesh: a team that won the 1997 ICC Trophy under his leadership.
He is today on the selection committee of West Indies for Test matches. He has had the honor of coaching during the World Cup of 1999 after which the team was upgraded to a Test playing level owing to its incredible performance.
Best cricket players of West Indian cricket team: Augustine Lawrence Logie
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Gus Logie, a former West Indian cricket cricket player, is a dominant name of the 1980s who was a strong batsman as well as a competent fielder. Today, Logie is a coach for the International Cricket. Through his playing career, he participated in 52 Test matches and 158 ODIs wherein he made three International centuries.
With quite a flourishing playing era Logie relished from 1978-1992 with the Trinidad and Tobago cricket team and the West Indian cricket team, his appearance in 52 Test innings bequeathed him with two centuries that includes his best score feat i.e. 130 in 1983 playing against India. In 1998, Logie hit the top average with a running score of 364 at 72.80 which won him the title of Man of the Match at Lord’s. In 1993, he was given the honor of the Humming Bird Medal Silver for the sporting for the Trinidad and Tobago.
Logie was the first cricketer who acquired the credit for being the Man of Match for Fielding! Between 2003 and 2004, Logie also served as a coach for the West Indian team as well as for the Canadian cricket team.
On leaving the West Indies team in 1992 after his retirement, he coached the W Connection Wanderers Cricket Club and then subsequently joined the Bermudian cricket team. However, owing to the deteriorating setback seen in the World Cup of 2007, Logie stepped down from the coaching charge.
Popular cricket players of New Zealand cricket team: Mark Greatbatch
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Mark Greatbatch, an enigmatic left-handed batsman of the New Zealand cricket team, was quite a solid player particularly at Test level. He achieved his premier test score in 1989 playing agsinst Austrlaia when he achieved 145 runs not out from 485 balls. He was tucked to shield his team against defeat for 3 days which resulted in a draw, all due to his endeavor. In the end, he received a standing ovation for his outstanding defensive innings.
When it came to the World Cup of 1992, Greatbatch was left out of the first two opening matches but when was able to plunge into the team as a replacement of the then injured John Wright, he proved his worth with a superb feat of 313 runs at 44.71. Due to his strategic playing, he was also known as the ‘pinch hitter’ for One Day Internationals.
Quite a dynamic fielder that he was and performed with his first-rate catches all through his cricket career, post-retirement Greatbatch took the responsibility of being the coaching director at the Warwickshire County Cricket located in England. In early 2010, Mark John Greatbatch was also appointed as the New Zealand coach for the national cricket team.
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Best cricket players of New Zealand cricket team: Jeremy Coney
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Jeremy Coney, a former cricketer, played for the New Zealand cricket team and represented his side over 52 Test matches and 88 One Day Internationals. He also captained the team in 15 Tests and 25 ODIs. Coney is remembered as the most victorious batsman that New Zealand cricket team ever had.
In 1978-79, he won a triumphant home series against Pakistani cricket team that secured his regular standing in the team. This followed with his pertinent presence in the team when it reached the semi finals of the World Cup of 1979. Coney MBE, as a captain lost only one series and in 1984, he won the title of Wisden Cricketer of the Year. When in 1986, he given the responsibility as a captain, NZ won the series and thereby, Coney’s captaincy became a premier playing gesture for the team. Coney also played as a medium-pace bowler in ODIs where he acquired 54 wickets that included 4/46 against Sri Lanka in the season on 1985.
Owing to his height and approach as a slip fielder, Coney was recognized as The Mantis: a nickname that reflected his devastating aura. In 1986, he won an MBE and now works as a commentator for Test Match Special and Sky TV.