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Saluting our cricketers
Our cricketers have made outstanding contributions to the world of cricket, and many have been knighted as a result. Here is a list for WEST INDIAN cricketers who have been Knighted.
1964 – Frank Mortimer Maglinne Worrell (1924-1967)
1975 – Garfield St Aubrun Sobers (1936)
1993 – Clyde Leopold Walcott (1926-2006)
1995 – Everton DeCourcy Weekes (1925-2020)
1998 – Conrad Cleophas Hunte (1932)
1999 – Issac Vivian Richards (1952)
2012 – Wesley Winfield Hall (1937)
2014 – Curtly Elconn Lynwall Ambrose (1963)
2014 – Anderson Montgomery Everton Roberts (1951)
2014 – Richard Benjamin Richardson (1962)
2017 – Charles Christopher Griffith (1938)
2020 – Clive Hubert Lloyd (1944)
2020 – Cuthbert Gordon Greenidge (1951)
1964 – Frank Mortimer Maglinne Worrell (1924-1967)
1975 – Garfield St Aubrun Sobers (1936
1993 – Clyde Leopold Walcott (1926-2006)
1995 – Everton DeCourcy Weekes (1925-2020)
1998 – Conrad Cleophas Hunte (1932
1999 – Issac Vivian Richards (1952
2012 – Wesley Winfield Hall (1937
2014 – Curtly Elconn Lynwall Ambrose (1963
2014 – Anderson Montgomery Everton Roberts (1951
2014 – Richard Benjamin Richardson (1962
2017 – Charles Christopher Griffith (1938
2020 – Clive Hubert Lloyd (1944
2020 – Cuthbert Gordon Greenidge (1951
Guyana and Trinidad & Tobago do not accept knighthoods because they are Republics while Jamaica established its own National Honours in 1969.
ICC HALL OF FAME was launched in Dubai on 2nd January 2009 and here is the list for West Indian cricketers who have received that distinction. 2009
George Headley: 1930 – 1954
Mike Holding: 1975 – 1987
Rohan Kanhai: 1957 – 1975
Malcolm Marshall: 1978 – 1992
Lance Gibbs: 1958 – 1976
Sir Gordon Greenidge: 1974 – 1991
Sir Andy Roberts: 1974 – 1983
Sir Clyde Walcott: 1948 – 1960
George Headley: 1930 – 1954
Sir Frank Worrell: 1948 -1963
Mike Holding: 1975 – 1987
Rohan Kanhai: 1957 – 1975
Sir Clive Lloyd: 1966 – 1985
Sir Everton Weekes: 1948 – 1958
Malcolm Marshall: 1978 – 1992
Sir Viv Richards: 1974 – 1991
Sir Garfield Sobers: 1954 – 1974
Lance Gibbs: 1958 – 1976
2010
Courtney Walsh: 1984 – 2001
Joel Garner: 1977 – 1987
2011
Sir Curtly Ambrose: 1988 – 2000
2012
Brian Lara: 1990 – 2007
2015
Sir Wesley Hall: 1958 – 1969
2021
Lord Learie Constantine: 1928 – 1939
Desmond Haynes: 1978 – 1994
2022
Shiv Chanderpaul: 1994 – 2015
The list for the other countries’ and set them out as follows:-
England 31; Australia 29; India 7; Pakistan 7; South Africa 6; New Zealand 3; Sri Lanka 3; Zimbabwe 1
achievements
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Batsman with the most runs on test debut: Lawrence Rowe with 314 runs
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The only team not to lose a test series for 15 years: 1980 to 1995
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Batsman with the highest individual score in test cricket: Brian Lara with 400 not out
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Batsman with the highest individual score in first-class cricket: Brian Lara with 501 not out
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First player to score a double century and single century on debut: Lawrence Rowe with 214 and 100 not out
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Winner of the first two ICC World Cups: 1975 and 1979
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Highest fourth innings score to win a test match: 418 runs against Australia in 2003
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Fast bowlers, having played fifty or more tests, with the lowest bowling average: Malcolm Marshall at 20.94 and Joel Garner at 20.97
