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| Batting style | Right hand bat | |
| Bowling type | Left arm fast medium | |
| Tests | First-class | |
| Matches | 51 | 208 |
| Runs scored | 3860 | 15025 |
| Batting average | 49. The West Indian cricket team, also known colloquially as The Windies or The West Indies, is a multi-national Cricket team representing Mike Powell cricketerjpg|thumb|200px| Warwickshire batsman Mike Powell]] A batsman in the sport of Cricket is depending on context Any In the sport of Cricket there are two broad categories of bowlers: pace bowlers and spin bowlers Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the Sport of Cricket. 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 First-class cricket refers to the class of Cricket matches of three or more days scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players and officially adjudged first-class by Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 48 | 54. 24 |
| 100s/50s | 9/22 | 39/80 |
| Top score | 261 | 308* |
| Balls bowled | 7141 | 26740 |
| Wickets | 69 | 349 |
| Bowling average | 38. 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. 72 | 28. 98 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 2 | 13 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | 0 |
| Best bowling | 7/70 | 7/70 |
| Catches/stumpings | 43/0 | 139/0 |
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Test debut: 11 February 1948 |
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Sir Frank Mortimer Maglinne Worrell (born 1 August 1924, Bank Hall, St Michael Barbados, died 13 March 1967, Kingston, Jamaica)
He is sometimes referred to by his nickname of Tae and was a West Indies cricketer and Jamaican senator. 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 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 30 BC - Octavian (later known as Augustus enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Kingston is the Capital and largest city of Jamaica and is located on the southeastern coast of the island country The Caribbean (ˌkærəˡbiən kæ'rəbiən Cariben|Caraïben or Caraïben; Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Caribe is a Region consisting He became famous in the 1950s as one of the three Ws along with Sir Clyde Walcott and Sir Everton Weekes. Sir Clyde Leopold Walcott, KA, GCM, ( 17 January, 1926 - 26 August 2006) was a West Indian Cricketer Sir Everton DeCourcey Weekes, KCMG, GCM, OBE (born 26 February, 1925) is a leading former West Indian Cricketer
By 1947 his mother had moved to New York and his father was away at sea most of the time so he moved to Jamaica. Jamaica (ˈdʒəˈmeɪkə} is an Island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length and as much as in width situated in the Caribbean Sea.
As a player for West Indies, Worrell made his debut in 1947–48 versus the England team of Gubby Allen. The West Indian cricket team, also known colloquially as The Windies or The West Indies, is a multi-national Cricket team representing The England cricket team is the national cricket team which represents England and Wales. Sir George Oswald Browning "Gubby" Allen, CBE ( 31 July 1902 &mdash 29 November 1989) was a Cricketer who Worrell was a fine batsman and bowler, and was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year for 1951. Mike Powell cricketerjpg|thumb|200px| Warwickshire batsman Mike Powell]] A batsman in the sport of Cricket is depending on context Any Muralijpg|thumb|250px|right|The world's leading off-spin bowler Muttiah Muralitharan sends down a delivery]] A bowler in the Sport of Cricket is usually The Wisden Cricketers of the Year are Cricketers selected for the honour by the annual publication Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, based primarily on their Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January
Following a successful campaign led by CLR James, then editor of The Nation in Trinidad, he became the first black cricketer to captain the West Indies cricket team for an entire series, thus breaking the colour barriers then found in West Indian cricket. Cyril Lionel Robert James ( 4 January 1901 &ndash 19 May 1989) was an Afro- Trinidadian Journalist The West Indian cricket team, also known colloquially as The Windies or The West Indies, is a multi-national Cricket team representing [1] He led the side on two particularly notable tours. The first was to Australia in 1960-1. The West Indies cricket team toured Australia in the 1960-61 season under the captaincy of Frank Worrell. Both Worrell and his opposing captain, Richie Benaud, encouraged their teams to play attacking cricket. Richard "Richie" Benaud OBE (born October 6 1930 in Penrith New South Wales) is an Australian former Cricketer who since his retirement from The first Test of the series ended in a dramatic tie. Tied Test refers to two matches of Test cricket, the first in 1960 and the second in 1986 both of which ended as a tie: that is the aggregate scores of both teams Though West Indies lost the series 2-1, with one draw in addition to the tie, they took much credit for contributing to such a fine series. In 1963, West Indies toured England. They were again very popular, and this time they also won the series, 3-1. [2][3]
Worrell retired after the West Indies versus England series. When he left professional cricket, he became Warden of Irvine Hall at the University of the West Indies, and was appointed to the Jamaican Senate by Sir Alexander Bustamante. The University of the West Indies, also known as UWI, is an autonomous regional institution supported by and serving 16 English-speaking Countries and territories Sir William Alexander Clarke Bustamante GBE, Order of National Hero, PC ( February 24, 1884 - August 6, 1977 He strongly supported a closer political union between the nations of the Caribbean. He was knighted for his services to cricket in 1964.
Worrell managed the West Indies during the 1964-65 visit by Australia, and accompanied the team to India in the winter of 1966-67. It was while in India that the was diagnosed with leukaemia. He died at the age of 42, a month after returning to Jamaica. A memorial service was held in his honour in Westminster Abbey, the first time such an honour was granted to a sportsman. The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, which is almost always referred to by its original name of Westminster Abbey, is a large mainly Gothic church
As of the 1964-65 series the Frank Worrell Trophy has been awarded to the winner of the West Indies–Australia series, although the winning of the trophy has been applied retroactively to the 1960-61 series. The Frank Worrell Trophy is awarded for the winner of the West Indies - Australia Test match series in Cricket.
Caribbean journalist Ernest Eytle (born Guyana 1918) wrote a biography of Worrell entitled Frank Worrell : The Career of a Great Cricketer in 1963.
Trivia
Worrell is the only batsman to have been involved in two 500-run partnerships in first-class cricket. In the Sport of Cricket, two batsmen bat in partnership, although only one is on strike at any time First-class cricket refers to the class of Cricket matches of three or more days scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players and officially adjudged first-class by [4]
One of the two Halls of Residence at at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus in Barbados is named after him.
| Preceded by Gerry Alexander |
West Indies Test cricket captains 1960/1 - 1963 |
Succeeded by Garfield Sobers |
Notes
- ^ Potted biography of James, including his part in getting Worrell made captain
- ^ Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1962 edition, "West Indies in Australia, 1960–61"
- ^ Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1964 edition, "West Indies in England, 1963"
- ^ [1] 500 run partnerships
External links
Franz Copeland Murray (Gerry Alexander (born Kingston Jamaica on 2 November 1928) is a former West Indian Cricketer who played This is a list of all men boys and women who have captained the West Indian cricket team at official international level in at least one match Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sir Garfield St Auburn Sobers, AO (born 28 July 1936 in Bridgetown, Barbados) often known as Garry Sobers (though earlier in his life he preferredDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic