Full name Roy Clifton Fredericks
Born November 11, 1942, Blairmont, East Bank, Berbice, British Guiana
Died September 5, 2000, New York, United States of America (aged 57 years 299 days)
Major teams West Indies, British Guiana, Glamorgan, Guyana
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm chinaman
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 59 | 109 | 7 | 4334 | 169 | 42.49 | 8 | 26 | 8 | 62 | 0 | ||
ODIs | 12 | 12 | 0 | 311 | 105 | 25.91 | 440 | 70.68 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
First-class | 223 | 391 | 34 | 16384 | 250 | 45.89 | 40 | 80 | 177 | 0 | |||
List A | 68 | 68 | 0 | 1644 | 119 | 24.17 | 2 | 9 | 33 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 59 | 43 | 1187 | 548 | 7 | 1/12 | 1/12 | 78.28 | 2.77 | 169.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ODIs | 12 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2/10 | 2/10 | 5.00 | 6.00 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First-class | 223 | 5532 | 2846 | 75 | 4/36 | 37.94 | 3.08 | 73.7 | 0 | 0 | |||
List A | 68 | 178 | 116 | 7 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 16.57 | 3.91 | 25.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Test debut | Australia v West Indies at Melbourne, Dec 26-30, 1968 scorecard |
Last Test | West Indies v Pakistan at Kingston, Apr 15-20, 1977 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
ODI debut | England v West Indies at Leeds, Sep 5, 1973 scorecard |
Last ODI | West Indies v Pakistan at Albion, Mar 16, 1977 scorecard |
ODI statistics | |
First-class span | 1963/64 - 1982/83 |
List A span | 1969 - 1982/83 |
Roy Fredericks, who died of cancer on September 5, 2000, aged 57, was one of the handful of batsmen who distinguished themselves by counter-attacking the great pace bowlers of the 1970s. He is remembered best for his blazing performance at Perth in 1975-76, when he raced to one of the most astonishing of all Test centuries. This series was eventually won 5-1 by Australia, with Lillee and Thomson at full pelt. But in the second Test, on an incredibly fast WACA pitch, Fredericks took them on in amazing fashion. The harder they banged the ball in, the harder he cut and hooked. Into the second morning, he opened what might have been a diffident reply to Australia's 329: at lunch West Indies were 130 for on off 14 eight-ball overs; the 200 came up in the 22nd. Fredericks went on to reach a hundred from 71 balls and, though he grew tired, turned it into a match-winning 169. This was merely a distillation of his entire career. "There has," as Mike Selvey wrote, "probably never been a better or more willing exponent of the hook." His most famous single shot was a failure, however: right at the start of the first World Cup final, he hooked a ball from Lillee over long-leg - only to tread on his wicket in the process.
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1974