Collis King Explained

Collis King
Country:West Indies
Fullname:Collis Llewellyn King
Birth Date:11 June 1951
Birth Place:Christ Church, Barbados
Batting:Right-handed
Bowling:Right-arm medium
Role:All-rounder
International:true
Testdebutdate:8 July
Testdebutyear:1976
Testdebutagainst:England
Testcap:158
Lasttestdate:7 August
Lasttestyear:1980
Lasttestagainst:England
Odidebutdate:26 August
Odidebutyear:1976
Odidebutagainst:England
Odicap:19
Lastodidate:30 May
Lastodiyear:1980
Lastodiagainst:England
Club1:Barbados
Year1:1973–1982
Club2:Glamorgan
Year2:1977
Club3:Worcestershire
Year3:1983–1985
Club4:Natal
Year4:1984–1990
Columns:4
Column1:Test
Matches1:9
Runs1:418
Bat Avg1:32.15
100S/50S1:1/2
Top Score1:100
Deliveries1:582
Wickets1:3
Bowl Avg1:94.00
Fivefor1:0
Tenfor1:0
Best Bowling1:1/30
Catches/Stumpings1:5/–
Column2:ODI
Matches2:18
Runs2:280
Bat Avg2:23.33
100S/50S2:0/1
Top Score2:86
Deliveries2:744
Wickets2:11
Bowl Avg2:48.09
Fivefor2:0
Tenfor2:0
Best Bowling2:4/23
Catches/Stumpings2:6/–
Column3:FC
Matches3:125
Runs3:6,770
Bat Avg3:38.24
100S/50S3:14/34
Top Score3:163
Deliveries3:9,279
Wickets3:128
Bowl Avg3:34.21
Fivefor3:1
Tenfor3:0
Best Bowling3:5/91
Catches/Stumpings3:98/–
Column4:LA
Matches4:136
Runs4:2,738
Bat Avg4:25.83
100S/50S4:2/17
Top Score4:127
Deliveries4:5,556
Wickets4:108
Bowl Avg4:34.49
Fivefor4:0
Tenfor4:0
Best Bowling4:4/23
Catches/Stumpings4:41/–
Date:9 September
Year:2011
Source:https://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/player/52290.html Cricinfo

Collis Llewellyn King (born 11 June 1951) is a former West Indies first-class cricketer who played nine Test matches and 18 One Day Internationals for the West Indies cricket team between 1976 and 1980. He was a member of the squad which won the 1975 Cricket World Cup and the 1979 Cricket World Cup.

Born in Christ Church, Barbados, King played as an all-rounder, but had more success with the bat than ball, especially in Test cricket, where he scored one century and two fifties but only took three wickets – in three different innings. In ODI cricket, his highest – and swiftest – score came in the 1979 World Cup final, when he came in at 99 for 4 to hit 86 off 66 deliveries, and added 139 with Viv Richards. King also held a catch and bowled three overs for 13 runs in the match, and the West Indies won by 92 runs.[1]

King went on both the 1982/83 and 1983/84 West Indies' rebel tours to South Africa.[2]

In a varied first-class career, he played for his native country Barbados in the West Indies domestic competition, and also played for Glamorgan and Worcestershire in English county cricket and Natal in South Africa. In scoring 123 on his Worcestershire debut in 1983, he became the first player in more than fifty years to score a hundred in his first match for the county.[3]

King was still playing club cricket for Yorkshire side Dunnington CC into his sixties.[4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: West Indies retain their title . Cricinfo . 29 October 2020.
  2. Ashley Gray, The Unforgiven: Missionaries or Mercenaries?, Pitch Publishing, Worthing, 2020, pp. 157–71.
  3. Web site: Hundred in First Match for Worcestershire . 22 September 2007 . CricketArchive.
  4. Web site: About Dunnington Cricket Club. DCC . 28 October 2020.
  5. Web site: Collis King's statistics while playing for Dunnington CC . 13 July 2013 . dead . https://archive.today/20130719102233/http://dunnington.play-cricket.com/profile/statistics.asp?id=84192 . 19 July 2013 . dmy-all .