Collis King

West Indies

Full name Collis Llewellyn King

Born June 11, 1951, Fairview, Christ Church, Barbados

Current age 61 years 348 days

Major teams West Indies, Barbados, Glamorgan, Natal, Worcestershire

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	6s	Ct
Tests	9	16	3	418	100*	32.15			1	2	5	5
ODIs	18	14	2	280	86	23.33	267	104.86	0	1		6
First-class	125	202	25	6770	163	38.24			14	34		98
List A	136	122	16	2738	127	25.83			2	17		41

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Tests	9	11	582	282	3	1/30	1/39	94.00	2.90	194.0	0	0
ODIs	18	15	744	529	11	4/23	4/23	48.09	4.26	67.6	1	0
First-class	125		9279	4380	128	5/91		34.21	2.83	72.4		1
List A	136		5556	3725	108	4/23	4/23	34.49	4.02	51.4	1	0

Career statistics

Test debut	England v West Indies at Manchester, Jul 8-13, 1976 scorecard
Last Test	England v West Indies at Leeds, Aug 7-12, 1980 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	England v West Indies at Scarborough, Aug 26, 1976 scorecard
Last ODI	England v West Indies at Lord's, May 30, 1980 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span	1972-1987
List A span	1975-1990

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
37	WI Masters	v SA Masters	Bridgetown	2 Dec 2009	Other T20
21	WI Masters	v SL Masters	Bridgetown	27 Nov 2009	Other T20
6	Lashings XI	v Birmingham	Birmingham	7 Jun 2007	Other OD
8	Lashings XI	v Sedbergh School	Sedbergh	25 May 2007	Other

Profile

On the grandest stage in the biggest competition of them all, Collis became King for a day. June 1979. West Indies versus England in the final of the World Cup and his team were in trouble at 99 for four when he joined Viv Richards. Never before or since has such an occasion seen such an explosive, exotic totally instinctive display of batting. Never, for certain has Richards ,in royal form himself, been outshone quite so much. King made 86 from 66 balls, taking merciless toll from a weak England attack, and adding 139 with Richards in just 21 overs to put the match quite beyond England's grasp. He was never able to rise to the occasion in such a manner again. If he gave the ball a crack then it in no way equalled that which he gave life in general. His career was checked by his decision to join World Series Cricket and then effectively ended when he toured South Africa with the rebel West Indies side in 1982-83. He played a few more seasons for Natal in the Currie Cup afterwards, before retiring to England.
Mike Selvey

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