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| Full name | Lester Anthony King | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 February 1939 (1939-02-27) Saint Catherine, Jamaica | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 July 1998 (1998-07-10) (aged 59) Kingston, Jamaica | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut | 13 April 1962 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 28 March 1968 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lester Anthony King (27 February 1939 – 9 July 1998) was a West Indian international cricketer from Jamaica who played in two Test matches, one in 1962 and the other in 1968. On his debut, in April 1962, he took 5 for 46 in the first innings of the Fifth Test against India at Sabina Park, Kingston. He played first-class cricket for Jamaica from 1961 to 1968.
Cricket career
King was a right-arm fast bowler who had played only two first-class matches before being selected to play Test cricket. Despite taking seven wickets in a West Indies victory in his first Test, he lost his place in the team to Charlie Griffith, who formed a powerful Test pace attack with Wes Hall and Garry Sobers throughout the 1960s. He toured England in 1963, India in 1966–67, and Australia and New Zealand in 1968–69, without playing a Test on any of his tours.
King was one of four West Indian fast bowlers who played a season of domestic cricket in India in 1962–63 in order to give Indian batsmen more experience of playing fast bowling. He played for Bengal and East Zone, taking 19 wickets in six matches with a best return of 5 for 146 in Bengal's victory in the Ranji Trophy quarter-final against Hyderabad. He played Lancashire League cricket for Rawtenstall in 1964 and 1965.
See also
References
- ^ "Lester King". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- "5th Test: West Indies v India at Kingston, Apr 13–18, 1962". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
- "First-Class Matches played by Lester King". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- Mihir Bose, A History of Indian Cricket, Andre Deutsch, London, 1990, p. 231.
- "Bengal v Hyderabad 1962-63". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 September 2023.