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Full name Collis Llewellyn King
Born June 11, 1951, Fairview, Christ Church, Barbados
Current age 57 years 44 days
Major teams West Indies,Barbados,Glamorgan,Natal,Worcestershire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
9
16
3
418
100*
32.15
1
2
5
5
0
ODIs
18
14
2
280
86
23.33
267
104.86
0
1
6
0
First-class
125
202
25
6770
163
38.24
14
34
98
0
List A
136
122
16
2738
127
25.83
2
17
41
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
9
11
582
282
3
1/30
1/39
94.00
2.90
194.0
0
0
0
ODIs
18
15
744
529
11
4/23
4/23
48.09
4.26
67.6
1
0
0
First-class
125
9279
4380
128
5/91
34.21
2.83
72.4
1
0
List A
136
5556
3725
108
4/23
4/23
34.49
4.02
51.4
1
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
England v West Indies at Manchester, Jul 8-13, 1976 scorecard
Last Test
England v West Indies at Leeds, Aug 7-12, 1980 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
England v West Indies at Scarborough, Aug 26, 1976 scorecard
Last ODI
England v West Indies at Lord's, May 30, 1980 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1972/73 - 1986/87
List A span
1975/76 - 1989/90
Profile
On the grandest stage in the biggest competition of them all, Collis became King for a day. June 1979. West Indies versus England in the final of the World Cup and his team were in trouble at 99 for four when he joined Viv Richards. Never before or since has such an occasion seen such an explosive, exotic totally instinctive display of batting. Never, for certain has Richards ,in royal form himself, been outshone quite so much. King made 86 from 66 balls, taking merciless toll from a weak England attack, and adding 139 with Richards in just 21 overs to put the match quite beyond England's grasp. He was never able to rise to the occasion in such a manner again. If he gave the ball a crack then it in no way equalled that which he gave life in general. His career was checked by his decision to join World Series Cricket and then effectively ended when he toured South Africa with the rebel West Indies side in 1982-83. He played a few more seasons for Natal in the Currie Cup afterwards, before retiring to England.
Mike Selvey
