| Alvin Kallicharran | ||||
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 West Indies |
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| Batting style | Left-handed batsman | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm off break | |||
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| Tests | ODIs | |||
| Matches | 66 | 31 | ||
| Runs scored | 4399 | 826 | ||
| Batting average | 44. The West Indian cricket team, also known colloquially as The Windies or The West Indies, is a multi-national Cricket team representing Off spin is a type of bowling in the Sport of Cricket which is bowled by an off spinner a right-handed spin bowler who Test cricket is the longest form of the Sport of Cricket. It has long been considered the ultimate test of playing ability between cricketing nations Note Most of the information here pertains to men's cricket ODI matches are also played in Women's cricket. Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 43 | 34. 41 | ||
| 100s/50s | 12/21 | 0/6 | ||
| Top score | 187 | 78 | ||
| Balls bowled | 406 | 105 | ||
| Wickets | 4 | 3 | ||
| Bowling average | 39. A delivery or ball in Cricket is a single action of Bowling a Cricket ball towards the Batsman. In the sport of Cricket the word wicket has several distinct meanings Meanings of wicket Set of stumps Primarily the wicket Bowling average is a Statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the Sport of Cricket. 50 | 21. 33 | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | n/a | ||
| Best bowling | 2/16 | 2/10 | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 51/0 | 8/0 | ||
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Alvin Isaac Kallicharran (born March 21, 1949) was a West Indian batsman of Indo-Guyanese ethnicity who played from 1972 to 1981. An inning, or innings, is a fixed-length segment of a game in any of a variety of Sports &ndash most notably Cricket and Baseball during For other uses see Stump (disambiguation Stump is a term used in the Sport of Cricket where has three different meanings Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 630 - Byzantine emperor Heraclius restores the True Cross to Jerusalem. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The West Indian cricket team, also known colloquially as The Windies or The West Indies, is a multi-national Cricket team representing Indo-Guyanese are people with roots in the Indian subcontinent who are citizens or nationals of Guyana. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 His elegant, watchful batting style produced some substantial innings for a West Indian team very much in its formative years in the seventies. He was Wisden's Cricketer of the Year for 1973. The Wisden Group was a group of companies formed by John Wisden & Co Ltd publishers of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. The Wisden Cricketers of the Year are Cricketers selected for the honour by the annual publication Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, based primarily on their Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar.
Kallicharran was born in Georgetown, British Guiana (now Guyana). Georgetown, estimated population 310320 (2002 Guyana census is the Capital and largest city of Guyana, located in the Demerara-Mahaica region British Guiana was the name of the British Colony on the northern coast of South America, now the independent nation of Guyana. Guyana (ɡaɪˈænə or /ɡiːˈɑːnə/ officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana and previously known as British Guiana, is the only Nation state His brother Derek played first class cricket for Guyana and later the United States of America. Derek Isaac Kallicharran (born April 4, 1958 in Berbice) is a former first class cricketer Though he was a talented batsman like many of his peers, Alvin Kallicharran only managed 4473 runs, but at an average of 44. 43 in 66 matches, he demonstrated his capability. He was part of the 1975 and 1979 team that won the Cricket World Cup. His highest innings was a score of 187 against India in the 1978-79 tour.
A small man, he had poise, balance, orthodoxy, and a full repertoire of strokes off either foot. He was at his best away from soft, seaming pitches, despite his successes with Warwickshire in English County cricket. Warwickshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic Cricket structure representing the historic county The County Championship is the domestic first class Cricket competition in England and Wales. Probably his finest innings, a superb knock of 158 against England, was shrouded in controversy when he was run out by Tony Greig towards the end of the first day. Anthony "Tony" William Greig (born October 6, 1946) is a former English Test cricketer and currently a commentator He attempted to join World Series Cricket, but failed, and was appointed captain of the West Indies in 1977-1978 when Clive Lloyd resigned over the Packer issue. World Series Cricket (WSC was a break away professional Cricket competition staged between 1977 and 1979 and organised by Kerry Packer for his Australian television Kerry Francis Bullmore Packer, AC (17 December 1937 &ndash 26 December 2005 son of Sir Frank Packer, was an Australian publishing media and gaming tycoon Kallicharan was later involved in controversy when he led an unofficial 'rebel' tour to South Africa in defiance of the Gleneagles Agreement and anti-apartheid protestors in that country who asserted that official sporting structures were discriminatory. The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa The Gleneagles Agreement was unanimously approved by the Commonwealth of Nations at a meeting at Gleneagles, Auchterarder, Scotland.
Kallicharran played for Warwickshire against minor country Oxfordshire in the 1984 one day Natwest Trophy. The minor counties are the Cricketing counties of England and Wales that are not afforded first class status Oxfordshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic Cricket structure representing NightMatchOldTraffordjpg|right|thumb|350px|A night match at Old Trafford. The Friends Provident Trophy is a one day Cricket competition in the United Kingdom. He scored 206 and took 6 for 32. [2]
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| Preceded by Clive Lloyd |
West Indies Test cricket captains 1977/8-1978/9 |
Succeeded by Deryck Murray |
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