West Indies batting great Everton Weekes, the last of famous three 'Ws', passes away at 95

[Kool_SRG]

Barbados: Everton Weekes, who formed one of the famous three “Ws” of West Indian cricket as part of a formidable batting lineup for more than a decade, has died. He was 95.

West Indies Cricket said the Barbados-born Weekes died Wednesday. He played alongside Frank Worrell and Clyde Walcott, with all three players making their test debuts in 1948.

He was also a highly respected coach, analyst, team manager, match referee for the International Cricket Council, and a member of the ICC Hall of Fame.

Weekes made his test debut at the age of 22 against England at Kensington Oval. His final match was against Pakistan in Trinidad a decade later.

 

In his career, Weekes played 48 test matches and made 4,455 runs at an average of 58.61 per innings. That included a world-record five consecutive centuries in 1948 — scores of 141 against England in Jamaica, followed by scores of 128, 194, 162 and 101 in India. In his next innings, he made 90 when he was run out.

Worrell died in 1967 and Walcott in 2006.

His average of 58.61 runs places Weekes, along with George Headley, in the top 10 test averages of all time.

“Everyone at MCC and Lord’s are saddened at the news of Sir Everton Weekes’ passing,” the Marylebone Cricket Club said in a statement. “He will forever be remembered as one of the West Indies’ finest cricketers.”

Cricket West Indies president Ricky Skerritt said Weekes was “a gentleman and quite simply a wonderful human being.”

“I got to spend a couple hours with him last year just sitting at his home and talking with him, at a time when he was recovering from a serious illness,” Skeritt said of Weekes’ heart attack in June 2019. “I grew to appreciate his sense of humor and his love of people, and witnessed the love and respect that so many held for him in Barbados and across the entire region.”

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@dalapathi

[Kool_SRG]

[zarathustra]

Legendary batsman

[zarathustra]

The 3 Ws were the greatest Windies batsmen before Viv Richards came into the scene, after that Brian Lara and to an extent Chanderpaul carried that mantle. 

[r2d2]

RIP

[r2d2]

6 minutes ago, zarathustra said:

Chanderpaul carried

he literally carried through quite a few times...😀

[Kool_SRG]

10 minutes ago, zarathustra said:

The 3 Ws were the greatest Windies batsmen before Viv Richards came into the scene, after that Brian Lara and to an extent Chanderpaul carried that mantle. 

You missed likes of Alwyn Kalicharan and Rohan Kanhai, Fedricks who were supremely good add to it Sobers etc..Even Gordon greenidge, Desmond Haynes superb openers for them huh they were top team.. 

During Lara can't forget Carl Hooper. 

[zarathustra]

1 hour ago, Kool_SRG said:

You missed likes of Alwyn Kalicharan and Rohan Kanhai, Fedricks who were supremely good add to it Sobers etc..Even Gordon greenidge, Desmond Haynes superb openers for them huh they were top team.. 

During Lara can't forget Carl Hooper. 

 

1 hour ago, Kool_SRG said:

You missed likes of Alwyn Kalicharan and Rohan Kanhai, Fedricks who were supremely good add to it Sobers etc..Even Gordon greenidge, Desmond Haynes superb openers for them huh they were top team.. 

During Lara can't forget Carl Hooper. 

Yes indeed I missed a lot of them. 

Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes both terrific openers. 

Gary Sobers needs no mention, quite arguably the greatest all rounder in the history of cricket. 

I would agree about Kallicharan and Kanhai, not surprising Sunil Gavaskar named his son after Rohan Kanhai. Carl Hooper was a great player but not sure if I could place him among the best of all time, since his career was active in patches. Great all rounder though. 

[Vaampire]

1 hour ago, Kool_SRG said:

You missed likes of Alwyn Kalicharan and Rohan Kanhai, Fedricks who were supremely good add to it Sobers etc..Even Gordon greenidge, Desmond Haynes superb openers for them huh they were top team.. 

During Lara can't forget Carl Hooper. 

Yaa I would pick Carl Hooper over Lara.

[zarathustra]

Just now, Vaampire said:

Yaa I would pick Carl Hooper over Lara.

No way Hooper is better than Lara, Hooper himself would disagree to this comparison 

[Vaampire]

11 minutes ago, zarathustra said:

No way Hooper is better than Lara, Hooper himself would disagree to this comparison 

Hooper is an all-rounder and reliable middle order batsmen and much better captain than Lara. I feel he is underrated.

Lara is great player. But some how some of his greatest innings are result of poor umpering/missed chances.  Just my opinion & observation

[Sucker]

95 years ante happy tears tho saava nampali. Why so sad man 👍

[Kool_SRG]

46 minutes ago, zarathustra said:

No way Hooper is better than Lara, Hooper himself would disagree to this comparison 

 

33 minutes ago, Vaampire said:

Hooper is an all-rounder and reliable middle order batsmen and much better captain than Lara. I feel he is underrated.

Lara is great player. But some how some of his greatest innings are result of poor umpering/missed chances.  Just my opinion & observation

Hooper is a very talented and gifted player both were kind of pillars of WI batting in mid 90s but problem with Hooper he takes break from game all of sudden but a player fantastic to watch. Very good all rounder.

Lara is certainly more flamboyant player.

[kakatiya]

Ramnaresh sarwan, chandrapaul , Lara, gayle in 90s and 2000 s carried the test and odi team.