Full Name

Desmond Michael Lewis

Born

February 21, 1946, Kingston, Jamaica

Died

March 24, 2018, Atlanta, USA, (aged 72y 31d)

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Fielding Position

Wicketkeeper

A tidy if unspectacular wicketkeeper and sound opening batsman, Desmond Lewis made his Test debut within eight months of his first-class bow for Jamaica, largely thanks to 96 and 67* against the touring Indians. He scored 81 not out in his first game - the third Test at Georgetown - and opening with Roy Fredericks at Bridgetown in the fourth Test made 88. In the final Test at Port-of-Spain he chipped in with 72. But despite averaging 86.33 in the three matches he was discarded in favour of Michael Findlay for the 1971-72 tour of New Zealand - Findlay himself was soon replaced by the returning Deryck Murray. He continued to score consistently for Jamaica until 1975-75.
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Desmond Lewis Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100s50s6sCtSt
Tests3522598886.3303080
FC3656516239631.82012-6711
List A220815340.5001-41

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests3------------
FC36-000-----000
List A2-000-----000
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Debut/Last Matches of Desmond Lewis

FC Matches

Span
1970 - 1975/76

List A Matches

Span
1972/73 - 1975/76

Recent Matches of Desmond Lewis

MatchBatWktDateGroundFormat
Jamaica vs N Zealanders241c/0s & 1c/0s05-Feb-1972KingstonFC
West Indies vs India72 & 4*4c/0s & 0c/0s13-Apr-1971Port of SpainTest # 686
West Indies vs India88 & 144c/0s & 0c/0s01-Apr-1971BridgetownTest # 685
West Indies vs India81*0c/0s & 0c/0s19-Mar-1971GeorgetownTest # 684