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Full name Carlisle Alonza Best
Born May 14, 1959, Richmond Gap, St Michael, Barbados
Current age 49 years 147 days
Major teams West Indies,Barbados,Western Province
Batting style Right-hand bat
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
8
13
1
342
164
28.50
735
46.53
1
1
39
2
8
0
ODIs
24
23
4
473
100
24.89
690
68.55
1
2
5
0
First-class
90
154
14
5439
179
38.85
13
24
107
0
List A
79
76
11
1942
137*
29.87
2
12
21
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
8
2
30
21
0
-
-
-
4.20
-
0
0
0
ODIs
24
2
19
12
0
-
-
-
3.78
-
0
0
0
First-class
90
1646
772
24
3/29
32.16
2.81
68.5
0
0
List A
79
682
571
14
2/22
2/22
40.78
5.02
48.7
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
West Indies v England at Kingston, Feb 21-23, 1986 scorecard
Last Test
Pakistan v West Indies at Faisalabad, Nov 23-25, 1990 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
West Indies v England at Port of Spain, Mar 4, 1986 scorecard
Last ODI
India v West Indies at Melbourne, Jan 16, 1992 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1979/80 - 1993/94
List A span
1979/80 - 1993/94
Profile
Barbados's Carlisle Best began his Test career in true calypso style - his first scoring shot was a hooked six, third ball, off Ian Botham. That was at Jamaica in 1985-86, but Best's best came four years later, also against England. On his home ground he laced a tremendous 164 in a series-levelling victory. That was his zenith: his next four innings, in Pakistan in 1990-91, brought scores of 1, 8, 6 and 4. Best was not picked again. He hit the public eye in 1976 when, as a schoolboy, he scored more than 800 runs in the Association's Division II, and was selected for Barbados. He became a regular in the side following the rebel South Afrcia tours in the mid 1980s.
Rob Smyth
