New book by Eastmond on West Indies cricket

Port-of-Spain - Barbadian statistician Harold Eastmond has published his seventh book on West Indies and international cricket.

The Nemwil Millennium Record of International and Regional Cricket 2000 was launched yesterday to coincide with the historic inaugural Test between West Indies and Zimbabwe.

The 351-page book, compiled and edited by the 37-year-old Eastmond, includes a preview of the three-nation One-day International series in the Caribbean between West Indies, Zimbabwe and Pakistan.

Also included are chapters on the ten great cricketers of the century, individual batting and bowling records, a regional limited-overs players' guide and regional one-day cricket records between 1976 and 2000.

There are also chapters on regional first-class records between 1966 and 2000, team records, One-Day International facts and firsts and World Cup records 1975-1999.

Eastmond said the book takes a look at cricket in the 21st Century.

It has several action photos of international cricketers.

'This book is a culmination of my other six books. It is the first that covers international and regional cricket records in the same publication,' said Eastmond, who published his first book in 1994.

'I thought it important to produce such a book at this time, at the start of the new millennium which ironically starts a new chapter in West Indies' cricket with a new captain and a new management team.'

The book will be available throughout the Caribbean during the 2000 Cable and Wireless international home series.