Full name Eldine Ashworth Elderfield Baptiste
Born March 12, 1960, Liberta, Antigua
Current age 60 years 319 days
Major teams West Indies, Cumberland, Eastern Province, Kent, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Islands, Northamptonshire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Other Coach
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 10 | 11 | 1 | 233 | 87* | 23.30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
ODIs | 43 | 16 | 4 | 184 | 31 | 15.33 | 241 | 76.34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
First-class | 245 | 341 | 50 | 8070 | 136* | 27.73 | 3 | 47 | 120 | 0 | |||
List A | 310 | 210 | 43 | 2732 | 65 | 16.35 | 0 | 9 | 98 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 10 | 19 | 1362 | 563 | 16 | 3/31 | 4/56 | 35.18 | 2.48 | 85.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ODIs | 43 | 43 | 2214 | 1511 | 36 | 2/10 | 2/10 | 41.97 | 4.09 | 61.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First-class | 245 | 41533 | 17823 | 723 | 8/76 | 24.65 | 2.57 | 57.4 | 32 | 4 | |||
List A | 310 | 14735 | 9744 | 365 | 6/13 | 6/13 | 26.69 | 3.96 | 40.3 | 8 | 4 | 0 |
Test debut | India v West Indies at Kanpur, Oct 21-25, 1983 scorecard |
Last Test | West Indies v England at St John's, Apr 12-16, 1990 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
ODI debut | India v West Indies at Srinagar, Oct 13, 1983 scorecard |
Last ODI | West Indies v England at Georgetown, Mar 15, 1990 scorecard |
ODI statistics | |
First-class span | 1981 - 2000/01 |
List A span | 1981 - 2000/01 |
Eldine Baptiste played 10 Tests over seven years - and West Indies won the lot. It's ironic that Baptiste has such an unblemished record, because he hardly set the world alight. Baptiste - who made his first-class debut for Kent, in 1981 - was a useful bowling allrounder, who wielded the willow with a typical Caribbean flourish, particularly when he walloped 87 at Edgbaston in 1984. He could field too: that summer he famously ran out Geoff Miller at Lord's, knocking his middle stump out of the ground from 80 yards away. He later took up coaching, most successfully with the Stanford 20/20 Super Stars who won the $20 million prize in 2008 after beating England. In September 2009 he was appointed Kenya coach.
Rob Smyth