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Clive Hubert Lloyd 69Th Birthday Belated Happy Birthday To Clive Hubert Lloyd By Dmitri Allicock Born August 31, 1944, Queenstown, Georgetown, Demerara, British Guiana now Guyana, was a former Guyana and West Indies cricketer. In 1971 he was named Wisden Cricketer of the Year. He captained the West Indies between 1974 and 1985 and oversaw their rise to become the dominant Test-playing nation, a position that was only relinquished in the latter half of the 1990s. He is one of the most successful Test captains of all time with a record of 74 test captaincy and 36 wins. During his captaincy the side had a run of 27 matches without defeat, which included 11 wins in succession Viv Richards acted as captain for one of the 27 matches, against Australia at Port of Spain in 1983–84). He was the first West Indian player to earn 100 international caps. Lloyd captained the West Indies in three World Cups, winning the 1975 with Lloyd scoring a century in the finals while losing the 1983 final to India. Lloyd was a tall, powerful middle-order batsman and occasional medium-pace bowler. In his youth he was also a strong cover point fielder. He wore his famous thick trademark glasses as a result of being poked in the eye with a ruler which occurred at 12 as he attempted to break up a fight at school. At 6'5" with stooped shoulders, a large well manicured moustache Clive Lloyd was the crucial ingredient in the rise of West Indian cricket. A cousin of Lance Gibbs, he was a hard hitting batsman and one of the most successful captains in history. An almost ponderous, lazy gait belied the speed and power at his command and the astute tactical brain that led the West Indies to the top world cricket for two decades. His Test match debut came in 1966. Lloyd scored over 7,500 runs at Test level, at an average of 46.67. He hit 77 sixes in his Test career, which is the sixth highest number of any player. He played for his home nation of Guyana in West Indies domestic cricket, and for Lancashire. He was made captain in 1981 in England. In 1971–72 Lloyd suffered a back injury while playing for a Rest of the World team at the Adelaide Oval. He was fielding in the covers when Ashley Mallett hit a lofted drive towards his area. He made an amazing effort to take the catch but it bounced out of his hands when he hit the ground awkwardly. When he went to get up, he felt a stabbing pain in his back and he was unable to move. He spent the next few weeks in an Adelaide hospital flat on his back. In the 1975 Cricket World Cup Final against Australia, the West Indies were deep in trouble at 3/50 when Lloyd strode to the crease. He duly made 102 from 88 balls, the only limited overs international century of his career. With Rohan Kanhai he added 149 for the West Indies to win by 17 runs. Play ended at 8:40pm London time and was the longest days' play ever at Lords. On 22 January 1985, Lloyd was made an honorary Officer of the Order of Australia for his services to the sport of cricket, particularly in relation to his outstanding and positive influence on the game in Australia. Since retiring as a player, Lloyd has remained heavily involved in cricket, managing the West Indies in the late 1990s, and coaching and commentating. He was an ICC match referee from 2001–2006. In 2005, Lloyd offered his patronage to Major League Cricket for their inaugural Interstate Cricket Cup in the United States, to be named the Sir Clive Lloyd Cup. His son, Jason Clive Lloyd, is a goalkeeper for the Guyana national football team. In 2007, Lloyd's authorized biography, Supercat, was published. It was written by the cricket journalist, Simon Lister. Batting and fielding averages Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 6s Ct St Tests 110 175 14 7515 242* 46.67 19 39 70 90 0 ODIs 87 69 19 1977 102 39.54 2434 81.22 1 11 39 0 First-class 490 730 96 31232 242* 49.26 79 172 377 0 List A 375 343 72 10915 134* 40.27 12 69 146 0 Bowling averages Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10 Tests 110 45 1716 622 10 2/13 2/22 62.20 2.17 171.6 0 0 0 ODIs 87 10 358 210 8 2/4 2/4 26.25 3.51 44.7 0 0 0 First- 490 9551 4104 114 4/48 36.00 2.57 83.7 0 0 class List A 375 2938 1958 71 4/33 4/33 27.57 3.99 41.3 1 0 0 Career statistics Test debut India v West Indies at Mumbai (BS), Dec 13-18, 1966 scorecard Last Test Australia v West Indies at Sydney, Dec 30, 1984 - Jan 2, 1985 scorecard Test statistics ODI debut England v West Indies at Leeds, Sep 5, 1973 scorecard Last ODI Pakistan v West Indies at Melbourne, Mar 6, 1985 scorecard ODI statistics First-class span 1963-1986 1969-1986 List A span ICC match referee statistics Test debut South Africa v India at Durban, Nov 13-17, 1992 scorecard Last Test Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Bogra, Mar 8-11, 2006 scorecard Test matches 53 Test statistics ODI debut South Africa v India at Cape Town, Dec 7, 1992 scorecard Last ODI Bangladesh v Canada at St John's, Feb 28, 2007 scorecard ODI matches 133 ODI statistics T20I debut New Zealand v Australia at Auckland, Feb 17, 2005 scorecard Last T20I England v Sri Lanka at Southampton, Jun 15, 2006 scorecard The first Cricket World Cup Final – June 21, 1975 Heroes Day! The Prudential World Cup – 1975 http://guyaneseonline.wordpress.com/2013/06/21/the-prudential-world-cup-1975-submitted-by- dmitri-allicock/ .
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