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Roy Fredericks
 Roy
Fredericks was
small in stature standing just 5' 6" but as West Indies opening
batsman, he was a giant at the batting crease. Roy Fredericks will
always be remembered for playing one of the greatest innings ever
played in Test cricket. It came in 1975 in Australia when, like now,
the West Indies were going through a period of rebuilding. Australia
were the best team in the world and, in Dennis Lillie and Jeff
Thompson, they had two of the fastest and most fearsome bowlers ever to
play Test cricket.
Roy Fredericks refused to bow to them. His pride in West Indies cricket
and his belief in his own ability would not allow him to. In the second
Test of the series, at Perth, he made a blistering 169 off 145 balls,
including a hurricane hundred before lunch in just 71 balls as he cut
and hooked Lillie and Thompson with impudence.
It was amazing that a man of his small stature could prove to be
intimidating to bowlers who towered over him. Fredericks
played in 59 Test matches between 1968 and 1978, scoring 4 334 runs at
an average of 42.49, with eight centuries and 27 fifties.
After he retired from Test
cricket, Fredericks served for several years as an administrator with
the Guyana Cricket Board, a West Indies selector and minister of sports
in his native Guyana.
Roy
Fredericks, died after a long illness on September 5,
2000, Fredericks was aged 57, he died in hospital in New York almost
two years after he had surgery for throat cancer.
Roy Fredericks Test Cricket
Statistics
| Full Name |
Roy Clifton Fredericks |
|
Number
of Test
|
59 |
| Number
of ODIs |
12 |
|
Test Run Aggregate
|
4,334 |
| ODI Run Aggregate |
311 |
|
Test
Batting Average
|
42.49
|
| ODI
Batting Average |
25.91 |
|
Total Test Wickets
|
7 |
| Total ODI Wickets |
2 |
|
Test Bowling Average
|
78.28 |
| ODI Bowling Average |
5.00 |
|
Test
Centuries
|
8 |
| ODI
Centuries |
1 |
|
Date of Birth
|
November
11, 1942, Blairmont, East Bank, Berbice, British Guiana |
| Died |
September 5,
2000, New York, United States of America (aged 57 years 299 days) |
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Test Debut
|
Australia
v West Indies at Melbourne - Dec 26-30, 1968 |
|
Last Test Match
|
West
Indies v Pakistan at Kingston - Apr 15-20, 1977
|
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ODI Debut
|
England
v West Indies at Leeds - Sep 5, 1973 |
| Last ODI Match |
West
Indies v Pakistan at Albion - Mar 16, 1977 |
|
Batting
Style
|
Left hand bat |
|
Bowling
Style
|
Slow left-arm chinaman |
|
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| Screenshot |
Description |
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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. |
| Format |
Pages |
Cost |
| NTSC - DVD |
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£124.99 |
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