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Full name | Lester Anthony King | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 27 February 1939 Saint Catherine, Jamaica | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 9 July 1998 Kingston, Jamaica | (aged 59)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut | 13 April 1962 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 28 March 1968 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ESPNcricinfo, 31 October 2022 |
Lester Anthony King (27 February 1939 – 9 July 1998) was a West Indian international cricketer from Jamaica who played in two Test matches, one in 1962 and the other in 1968. [1] On his debut, in April 1962, he took 5 for 46 in the first innings of the Fifth Test against India at Sabina Park, Kingston. [2] He played first-class cricket for Jamaica from 1961 to 1968. [3]
King was a right-arm fast bowler who had played only two first-class matches before being selected to play Test cricket. Despite taking seven wickets in a West Indies victory in his first Test, he lost his place in the team to Charlie Griffith, who formed a powerful Test pace attack with Wes Hall and Garry Sobers throughout the 1960s. [1] He toured England in 1963, India in 1966–67, and Australia and New Zealand in 1968–69, without playing a Test on any of his tours. [1]
King was one of four West Indian fast bowlers who played a season of domestic cricket in India in 1962–63 in order to give Indian batsmen more experience of playing fast bowling. [4] He played for Bengal and East Zone, taking 19 wickets in six matches with a best return of 5 for 146 in Bengal's victory in the Ranji Trophy quarter-final against Hyderabad. [5] He played Lancashire League cricket for Rawtenstall in 1964 and 1965. [1]