Almanac Teams: Debuts in the West Indies

 

After the teams I did for each Test ground I will do Australian teams on tour

This team is Australians that debut West Indies and team of West Indians that debut against Australia in West Indies.

The team is a blend of best players in the XI with some that also had a great debut.

I will give a little description on why I chose that player.

I looked forward to all correspondence.

Highlights of the teams are:

 

• There are 12 Australians to debut against the West Indies in the West Indies and 36 West Indians against Australia in the West Indies.
• One Australians and Two West Indian cricketers scored a debut hundred.
• No Australians took five wickets on debut and one West Indian cricketer against Australia in West Indies took 5 wickets in an innings on debut.

 

Australian XI

 

Steve Smith

Matthew Wade

Dean Jones – (VC)

Adam Voges

Grahame Thomas

Brad Haddin – (C)

Trevor Laughlin

Peter Philpott

Laurie Mayne

Jeff Hammond

Jim Higgs

Twelfth Man Beau Casson

 

 

West Indies XI

 

Desmond Haynes

Basil Williams

Devon Smith

Collie Smith

Shane Dowrich

David Murray

Tom Dewdney

Nehemiah Perry

Sylvester Clarke

Pedro Collins

Corey Collymore

Twelfth Man Tony White

 

 

Australia

 

Steve Smith – Georgetown Guyana 1984

3 and 12

3 Tests, 41 Runs, Average 8.20, Highest Score 12

Smith had better success in one day cricket where he made 113 against New Zealand in February 1983 at the MCG and 106 against Pakistan in January 1984. He made 861 runs at an average of 39.

 

Matthew Wade – Bridgetown Barbados 2012

28 and 18 and 5 Catches

36 Tests, 1,613 Runs, Average 29.87, Highest Score 117, 74 Catches and 11 Stumpings

Wade mainly played as wicketkeeper but in his last stint with Warner injured, Wade played as a specialist opening bat. Wade’s father Scott played 12 games for Hawthorn from 1981-1983.

 

Dean Jones – Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 1984

48 and 5

52 Tests, 3,631 Runs, Average 46.55, Highest Score 216, 1 Wicket at 64, Best Bowling 1/5

While having a good Test record, Jones was best known for his great one day record and for being an innovator of that game. His one day record stands at 6,068 runs at an average of 44. Jones’s sole Test wicket was his nemesis Richard Hadlee caught and bowled for 36.

 

Adam Voges – Roseau Dominica 2015

130* and 0/15

20 Tests, 1,485 Runs, Average 61.87, Highest Score 269*, 0 Wickets

Voges’s batting average of 61.87 is the third best for anyone that has played 20 Tests or more, behind only Don Bradman and Harry Brook. Voges is the oldest player to score a hundred in their Test debut at the age of 35.

 

Grahame Thomas – Kingston Jamaica 1965

23 and 15

8 Tests, 325 Runs, Average 29.54, Highest Score 61

The Bankstown Oval is now named Grahame Thomas Oval.

 

Brad Haddin – Kingston Jamaica 2008

11 and 23 and 6 catches

66 Tests, 3,266 Runs, Average 32.98, Highest Score 169, 262 Catches and 8 Stumpings

Haddin holds the record for the most catches (29) and dismissals (29) in a Test series. This was 2013 Ashes in England.

 

Trevor Laughlin – Georgetown Guyana 1978

21 and 24 and 1/34 and 0/33

3 Tests, 87 Runs, Average 17.40, Highest Score 35, 6 Wickets at 43.66, Best Bowling 5/101

Trevor was a member of the 1979 World Cup Squad. Trevor’s son Ben played five one day matches for Australia.

 

Peter Philpott – Kingston, Jamaica 1965

22 and 9 and 2/56 and 4/109

8 Tests, 93 Runs, Average 10.33, Highest Score 22, 26 Wickets at 38.46, Best Bowling 5/90

Philpott was considered to be the coach or have a coaching role for Australia at the 1981 Ashes.

 

Laurie Mayne – Kingston, Jamaica 1965

9 and 11* and 4/43 and 4/56

6 Tests, 76 Runs, Average 9.50, Highest Score 13, 19 Wickets at 33.05, Best Bowling 4/43

Mayne was from a wheat farm in Westonia, Western Australia.

 

Jeff Hammond – Kingston, Jamaica 1973

4/79 and 1/17

5 Tests, 28 Runs, Average 9.33, Highest Score 19, 15 Wickets at 32.53, Best Bowling 4/38

Hammond coached South Australia to Sheffield Shield victory in 1995-1996.

 

 

Jim Higgs- Port of Spain Trinidad 1978

0* and 2 and 4/91

22 Tests, 111 Runs, Average 5.55, Highest Score 16, 66 Wickets at 31.16, Best Bowling 7/143

Higgs toured England in 1975 and did not score a run for the whole tour, though he only batted twice and faced one ball. He later became an Australian selector.

 

Twelfth Man Beau Casson – Bridgetown Barbados 2008

10 and 0/43 and 3/86

1 Test, 10 Runs, 3 Wickets at 43, Best Bowling 3/86

Casson had a first class high score of 99.

 

 

West Indies

 

Desmond Haynes – Port of Spain Trinidad 1978

61

116 Tests, 7,487 Runs, Average 42.29, Highest Score 184, 1 Wicket at 8, Best Bowling 1-2

Haynes held the record for most one days hundreds (17) until Sachin Tendulkar passed him. Haynes’s one Test wicket is Sarfraz Nawaz c Joel Garner for 4.

 

Basil Williams – Georgetown Guyana 1978

10 and 100

7 Tests, 469 Runs, Average 39.08, Highest Score 111

Williams got his opportunity while Gordon Greenidge was playing World Series Cricket, his other hundred was at Eden Gardens in December 1978.

 

Devon Smith – Georgetown Guyana 2003

3 and 62

43 Tests, 1,760 Runs, Average 23.78, Highest Score 108

Smith’s Test career lasted 15 years and the players pavilion at the Grenada Cricket Stadium is named after him.

 

Collie Smith – Kingston Jamaica 1955

44 and 104 and 0/27

26 Tests, 1,331 Runs, Average 31.69, Highest Score 168, 48 Wickets at  33.85, Best Bowling 5/90

Smith was sadly killed in a car accident in 1959 in England when in a car with Sir Garfield Sobers and Tom Dewdney.

 

Shane Dowrich – Roseau Dominica 2015

15 and 70

35 Tests, 1,570 Runs, Average 29.07, Highest Score 125*, 85 Catches and 5 Stumpings

Dowrich debut as a specialist batsman but has played several Tests as a wicketkeeper.

 

David Murray – Georgetown Guyana 1978

21 and 16 and 1 Catch.

19 Tests, 601 Runs, Average 21.46, Highest Score 84, 57 Catches and 5 Stumpings

Davd is the son of Sir Everton Weekes and was often the understudy to Deryck Murray (not related). Murray joined the West Indies rebel tours in 1983.

 

Tom Dewdney – Bridgetown Barbados 1955

0 and 4/125 and 0/23

9 Tests, 17 Runs, Average 2.42, Highest Score 5*, 21 Wickets at 38.42, Best Bowling 5/21

Dewdney was in the car that sadly killed teammate Collie Smith in 1959. He toured Australia in 1960-1961 but did not play a Test.

 

Nehemiah Perry – Kingston Jamaica 1999

15 and 1/79 and 5/70

4 Tests, 74 Runs, Average 12.33, Highest Score 26, 10 Wickets at 44.60, Best Bowling 5/70

 

Perry’s first wicket was Mark Waugh, whom he bowled for 67, he also got out Matthew Elliott, Justin Langer, Steve Waugh, and Greg Blewett as Australia collapsed for 177.

 

 

 

Sylvester Clarke – Georgetown Guyana 1978

6 and 5* and 3/58 and 3/83

11 Tests, 172 Runs, Average 15.63, Highest Score 35*, 42 Wickets at 27.85, Best Bowling 5/126

In the Fourth Test in Pakistan 1980-1981 Clarke was pelted with oranges and stones while fielding on the boundary, angered by this he picked up a nearby brick and threw back at the crowd which hit one spectator who required emergency surgery. Clarke also toured South Africa on 1983 Rebel Tour.

 

Pedro Collins – Port of Spain 1999

1 and 0 and 2/46 and 1/72

32 Tests, 235 Runs, Average 5.87, Highest Score 24, 106 Wickets at 34.63, Best Bowling 6/53

Collins’ half-brother is Fidel Edwards who played 55 Tests.

 

Corey Collymore – St Johns Antigua 1999

11 and 6 and 1/49 and 0/60

30 Tests, 197 Runs, Average 7.88, Highest Score 16*, 93 Wickets at 32.3, Best Bowling 7/57

Collymore replaced Pedro Collins in the Test side.

 

Twelfth Man Tony White – Kingston Jamaica 1965

57* and 3 and 2/34 and 1/14

2 Tests, 71 Runs, Average 23.66, Highest Score 57*, 3 Wickets at 50.66, Best Bowling 2/34

White did tour England in 1963 but did not play a Test.

 

 

Other West Indians

Glendon Gibbs – Kingston Jamaica 1955

12 and 0 and 0/5

1 Test, 12 Runs, Average 6, 0 Wickets

 

Lennox “Bunny” Butler – Port of Spain Trinidad 1955

16 and 2/151

1 Test, 16 Runs, 2 Wickets at 75.50

 

Clairmonte Depeiaza – Georgetown Guyana 1955

16* and 13 and 1 Catch and 1 Stumping

5 Tests, 187 Runs, Average 31.16, Highest Score 122, 7 Catches and 4 Stumpings

In his second Test against Australia in Barbados, Depeiaza made 122 and was involved in a record seventh wicket partnership with captain Denis Atkinson of 347. This is still a record and when Depeiaza came in West Indies were 6/147 chasing 668.

 

Norman Marshall– Georgetown Guyana 1955

0 and 8 and 1/40 and 1/22

1 Test, 8 Runs, Average 4, 2 Wickets at 31, Best Bowling 1/22

Marshall also played cricket in Peru and Venezuela.

 

Hammond Furlonge – Kingston Jamaica 1955

4 and 28

3 Tests, 99 Runs, Average 19.80, Highest Score 64

Hammond played one first class match with his brothers Carl and Kenneth for Trinidad and also captained that side.

 

Bryan Davis – Port of Spain Trinidad 1956

54 and 58

4 Tests, 245 Runs, Average 30.62, Highest Score 68

 

Elquemedo Willett – Bridgetown Barbados 1973

0 and 2/79 and 0/45

5 Tests, 74 Runs, Average 14.80, Highest Score 26, 11 Wickets at 43.81, Best Bowling 3/33

Willett was the first player from the Leeward Islands to play Test cricket. Willett’s nephew Stuart Williams played 31 Tests from 1994-2002.

Richard Austin – Port of Spain Trinidad 1978

2

2 Tests, 22 Runs, Average 11, Highest Score 20

Austin toured South Africa with the 1983 Rebel tour.

 

Derick Parry – Port of Spain Trinidad 1978

0 and 2/49

12 Tests, 381 Runs, Average 22.41, Highest Score 65, 23 Wickets at 40.69, Best Bowling 5/15

Parry was another who toured South Africa with the 1983 Rebels.

 

Alvin Greenidge – Georgetown Guyana 1978

56 and 11

6 Tests, 222 Runs, Average 22.20, Highest Score 69

Alvin was not related to Gordon – he was another member of the South Africa 1983 squad.

 

Norbert Phillip – Georgetown Guyana 1978

15 and 4 and 4/75 and 2/65

9 Tests, 297 Runs, Average 29.70, Highest Score 47, 28 Wickets at 37.17, Best Bowling 4/48

 

Sew Shivnarine – Georgetown Guyana 1978

53 and 63 and 0/38 and 0/68

8 Tests, 379 Runs, Average 29.15, Highest Score 63, 1 Wicket at 167, Best Bowling 1/13

Shivnarine emigrated to the USA in 1982 and played for the USA until 1994.

 

Faoud Bacchus – Port of Spain Trinidad 1978

9 and 7

19 Tests, 782 Runs, Average 26.06, Highest Score 250

Bacchus toured South Africa on the 1983 Rebel tour. With a lifetime ban after the tours Bacchus emigrated to the USA and played in the 1997 and 2001 ICC trophies for the USA.

 

Milton Small – Port Of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 1984

0/24 and 1/51

2 Tests, 3 Runs, Highest Score 3*, 4 Wickets at 38.25, Best Bowling 3/40

 

Courtney Browne – Kingston Jamaica 1995

1 and 31* and 1 catch.

20 Tests, 387 Runs, Average 16.12, Highest Score 68, 79 Catches and 2 Stumpings

Browne is the only West Indian Test cricketer to be born in England.

 

Dave Joseph – Port of Spain 2009

50 and 5

4 Tests, 141 Runs, Average 20.14, Highest Score 50

Joseph captained Antigua and Barbuda at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.

 

Suruj Ragoonath – Port of Spain 2009

9 and 2

2 Tests, 13 Runs, Average 4.33, Highest Score 9

Lincoln Roberts – Kingston Jamaica 1999

0

1 Test, 0 Runs

Roberts was the first player from the island of Tobago to play Test cricket.

 

Carlton Baugh – Port of Spain Trinidad 2003

19 and 1 and 1 Catch and 1 Stumping

21 Tests, 610 Runs, Average 17.94, Highest Score 68, 43 Catches and 5 Stumpings

 

David Bernard – Port of Spain Trinidad 2003

7 and 4 and 0/61

3 Tests, 202 Runs, Average 40.40, Highest Score 69, 4 Wickets at 46.25, Best Bowling 2/30

 

Omari Banks – Bridgetown Barbados 2003

24 and 32 and 3/204 and 0/2

10 Tests, 318 Runs, Average 26.50, Highest Score 50*, 28 Wickets at 48.82, Best Bowling 4/87

Banks was the first player from the island of Anguilla to play Test cricket.

 

Tino Best – Bridgetown Barbados 2003

20* and 0 and 0/99

25 Tests, 401 Runs, Average 12.53, Highest Score 95, 57 Wickets at 40.19, Best Bowling 6/40

Until Agar’s 98 in 2013, Best had the best score for a Number 11 bat with 95 against England in 2012.

 

Amit Jaggernauth – Kingston Jamaica 2008

0* and 0 and 1/74 and 0/22

1 Test, 0 Runs, 1 Wicket at 96

 

Rajendra Chandrika – Kingston Jamaica 2015

0 and 0

5 Tests, 140 Runs, Average 14, Highest Score 37

 

 

 

 

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