Sir Frank (Mortimer Magilinne) Worrell
Cricketer, the first black West Indian Test captain, born in Bridgetown, SW Barbados. In 51 Test matches he made nine centuries, and was a useful pace bowler. He captained West Indies in Australia in 19601 in one of the greatest Test series ever, and matches between these countries today are played for the Worrell Trophy which commemorates him. He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West Indies and a senator in the Jamaican parliament, and was knighted for services to cricket.
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Sir Frank Worrell West Indies (WI) |
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| Batting style | Right-handed batsman (RHB) | |
| Bowling type | Left arm fast-medium | |
| Tests | First-class | |
| Matches | 51 | 208 |
| Runs scored | 3860 | 15025 |
| Batting average | 49.48 | 54.24 |
| 100s/50s | 9/22 | 39/80 |
| Top score | 261 | 308* |
| Balls bowled | 7141 | 26740 |
| Wickets | 69 | 349 |
| Bowling average | 38.72 | 28.98 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 2 | 13 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | 0 |
| Best bowling | 7/70 | 7/70 |
| Catches/stumpings | 43/0 | 139/0 |
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Test debut: 11 February 1948 |
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Sir Frank Mortimer Maglinne Worrell (born 1 August 1924, Bank Hall, St Michael Barbados, died 13 March 1967, Kingston, Jamaica)
He is sometimes referred to by his nickname of Tae and was a West Indies cricketer and Jamaican senator.
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