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Carlisle Best
West Indies
Player profile
Full name Carlisle Alonza Best
Born May 14, 1959, Richmond Gap, St Michael, Barbados
Current age 49 years 188 days
Major teams West Indies, Barbados, Western Province
Batting style Right-hand bat
Batting and fielding averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
BF |
SR |
100 |
50 |
4s |
6s |
Ct |
St |
| Tests |
8 |
13 |
1 |
342 |
164 |
28.50 |
735 |
46.53 |
1 |
1 |
39 |
2 |
8 |
0 |
| ODIs |
24 |
23 |
4 |
473 |
100 |
24.89 |
690 |
68.55 |
1 |
2 |
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5 |
0 |
| First-class |
90 |
154 |
14 |
5439 |
179 |
38.85 |
|
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13 |
24 |
|
|
107 |
0 |
| List A |
79 |
76 |
11 |
1942 |
137* |
29.87 |
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2 |
12 |
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21 |
0 |
Bowling averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4w |
5w |
10 |
| Tests |
8 |
2 |
30 |
21 |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
4.20 |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| ODIs |
24 |
2 |
19 |
12 |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
3.78 |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| First-class |
90 |
|
1646 |
772 |
24 |
3/29 |
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32.16 |
2.81 |
68.5 |
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0 |
0 |
| List A |
79 |
|
682 |
571 |
14 |
2/22 |
2/22 |
40.78 |
5.02 |
48.7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Career statistics
| Test debut |
West Indies v England at Kingston, Feb 21-23, 1986 scorecard |
| Last Test |
Pakistan v West Indies at Faisalabad, Nov 23-25, 1990 scorecard |
| Test statistics |
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| ODI debut |
West Indies v England at Port of Spain, Mar 4, 1986 scorecard |
| Last ODI |
India v West Indies at Melbourne, Jan 16, 1992 scorecard |
| ODI statistics |
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| First-class span |
1979/80 - 1993/94 |
| List A span |
1979/80 - 1993/94 |
Barbados's Carlisle Best began his Test career in true calypso style - his first scoring shot was a hooked six, third ball, off Ian Botham. That was at Jamaica in 1985-86, but Best's best came four years later, also against England. On his home ground he laced a tremendous 164 in a series-levelling victory. That was his zenith: his next four innings, in Pakistan in 1990-91, brought scores of 1, 8, 6 and 4. Best was not picked again. He hit the public eye in 1976 when, as a schoolboy, he scored more than 800 runs in the Association's Division II, and was selected for Barbados. He became a regular in the side following the rebel South Afrcia tours in the mid 1980s.
Rob Smyth
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