Deryck Murray: Worrell Gave Blueprint to Beat England
Sherdon Pierre | Newsday – Trinidad
“If you wanted to be considered equal to the English cricket team, you had to be twice as good – not only on the field but twice as good off the field.”
Deryck Murray yesterday recalled the words of cricket legend and West Indies’ first black captain Sir Frank Worrell when they first met. Murray was speaking at History Fest 2019 held at the Alma Jordan Library, University of West Indies, St. Augustine.
The topic of discussion was experiences of cricket, colonialism and nationalism. Continue reading
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CRICKET: Sir Everton Weekes – the last of the three Ws – dies aged 95
By George Dobell – Senior correspondent at ESPNcricinfo
Sir Everton Weekes in 2013
Sir Everton Weekes, (< see stats here) last member of the legendary Three Ws, has died at the age of 95.
Alongside Sir Clyde Walcott and Sir Frank Worrell, Weekes formed a formidable batting unit in the West Indies team. All three were born within a couple of miles of one another – rumour has it they were delivered by the same midwife – within 18 months in Barbados between August 1924 and January 1926, and all made their Test debuts within three weeks in early 1948.
While all went on to enjoy outstanding careers – Worrell became West Indies’ first black captain and was later a senator in Jamaica, while Walcott averaged 56.68 in Test cricket and later became the first non-white chair of the ICC – Weekes was, arguably, the best batsman of the three. Continue reading →
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