Winston Benjamin

West Indies

Full name Winston Keithroy Matthew Benjamin

Born December 31, 1964, All Saints, Antigua

Current age 55 years 270 days

Major teams West Indies, Hampshire, Leeward Islands, Leicestershire

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm fast

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	21	26	1	470	85	18.80	781	60.17	0	2	51	8	12
ODIs	85	52	12	298	31	7.45	406	73.39	0	0			16
First-class	171	213	36	3985	117	22.51			2	21			95
List A	222	155	33	1725	104*	14.13			1	4			46

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	21	35	3694	1648	61	4/46	6/105	27.01	2.67	60.5	2	0	0
ODIs	85	85	4442	3079	100	5/22	5/22	30.79	4.15	44.4	0	1	0
First-class	171		26876	12358	476	7/54		25.96	2.75	56.4		23	2
List A	222		10716	7000	263	5/17	5/17	26.61	3.91	40.7	4	5	0

Career statistics

Test debut	India v West Indies at Delhi, Nov 25-29, 1987 scorecard
Last Test	West Indies v Australia at Kingston, Apr 29-May 3, 1995 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Pakistan v West Indies at Peshawar, Oct 17, 1986 scorecard
Last ODI	England v West Indies at Lord's, May 28, 1995 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span	1985 - 1996
List A span	1985/86 - 1998/99

Profile

Winston Benjamin had the bit of devil that marked out many of his West Indian peers as great fast bowlers, but he only ever really attained the ranks of the good. Short and whippy, in 21 Tests (spread over nearly eight years) he never took a five-for and never took the new ball. He could give the ball a fearful thump - he smeared a run-a-ball 85 off New Zealand in 1994-95 - and he even won a Test with the bat. It was a crucial one too: in 1987-88 he preserved West Indies' status as the world's best with a crucial 40 not out in a series-levelling two-wicket win over Pakistan in Barbados. And in England in 1988 he topped the bowling averages with 12 wickets at 12.58.
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Winston Benjamin

West Indies

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