Clive
Lloyd made his Test debut for West Indies in 1966-67
against India as a left-handed middle order batsman, right arm medium
pace bowler and brilliant cover fielder. Standing 6'5" with an imposing
presence in the middle Lloyd took over the captaincy of a talented West
Indies team from Rohan Kanhai in the 1974-75 series against India and
led them to a 3-2 win. He went on to captain the West Indies in 74 Test
matches more than any other person in the history of Test cricket.
After wining his first series as
captain in India Lloyd went on to win th first Prudential World Cup in
1975; however the winter tour to Australia in 1975-76 was a disaster
with a 5-1 defeat as the West Indies came up against the powerful
Australian pace attack of Lillee, Thomson and Gilmour. The unsuccessful
tour of Australia proved to be a major turning point in West Indian
cricket, as Lloyd realised that such an attack could well be the answer
he was looking for to boost his talented young team.
Lloyd was widely regarded
as a father figure to his young team hence he was able to weld the West
Indies into a united winning team. Lloyd commanded respect from his
players because he was willing to stand up on their behalf. In 1977
during the turbulant Packer years Lloyd resign as captain in
protest after some of his players were drop with out reason. He
declared that he would not play in the face of what he term 'gross
victimization.
Lloyd can be credited with chaging the way cricklet was played. The use
of four fast bowlers in cricket is common place in this modern era this
method of attack was made popular by Lloyd. The use of two bouncers an
over is also a modern rule introduced by the ICC to nullify lloyd's
pace attack. He was also criticize for intimidatory fast bowling and
slow over rates.
His career ended with an innings defeat in the Test at Sydney
1984-85 and the loss of the World Championship in one-day cricket. Not
even these set backs, can detract from his impresssive career as a
batsman, as a superb fielder, first in the covers and later in the
slips and above all the who brought the West Indies team to its final
muturity. Lloyd moulded his side until it became the ultimate
expression of professionalism which led to its total dominance of world
cricket from 1976 to 1985.
After retiring as a player,
Clive Lloyd has remained heavily involved in cricket, managing the West
Indies in the late 1990s, coaching, commentating and as an
ICC match referee. He is currently chairman of the West Indies cricket
development committee, he was recently appointed as
a West Indies Cricket Board director.
Clive Lloyd Test and
One Day Cricket
Statistics
Full Name
Clive Hubert Lloyd
Number
of Test
110
Number of ODIs
87
Test Run Aggregate
7,515
ODI Run Aggregate
1'977
Test
Batting Average
46.67
ODI
Batting Average
39.54
Total Test Wickets
10
Total ODI Wickets
8
Test Bowling Average
62.20
ODI Bowling Average
26.25
Test
Centuries
19
ODI
Centuries
1
Date of Birth
August
31, 1944, Queenstown, Georgetown, Demerara, British Guiana
Test Debut
India
v West Indies at Mumbai (BS) - Dec 13-18, 1966
ODI Debut
England v West Indies at Leeds - Sep 5, 1973
Last Test Match
Australia
v West Indies at Sydney - Dec 30, 1984 - Jan 2, 1985
Last ODI Match
Pakistan v
West Indies at Melbourne - Mar 6, 1985
Batting
Style
Left hand bat
Bowling
Style
Right-arm medium
Screenshot
Description
Cricket
Legends These players are the 50 greatest cricketers of
the century, as voted by a blue-ribbon panel of judges assembled by
ESPN. The panelists were asked to list in order, their top 50 players.
Cricketing legends from Australia, England, India, New Zealand,
Pakistan, South Africa and the West Indies all made it to the final 50.
Among them are some famous West Indies fast bowlers, great Aussie
legends, and modern heros of the game. Disc 5 features the great George
Headley.
Clive Lloyds Finest Hour
West Indies v Australia in the 1975 World Cup Final. Clive Lloyd led
from the front with a spectacular century in the final as West Indies
defeated Australia by 17 runs to take the inaugural Cricket World Cup.
1983
World Cup Highlights, West Indies under the captaincy of
Clive Lloyd were going for a third successive cricket World Cup but
were defeated in the finals by India.
