West Indies Gamers - Charlie Griffith2671234

Born in Pie Corner, Barbados on December 14th, 1938, Charles (Charlie) Christopher Griffith was no pie thrower, but the lesser partner in the Hall-and-Griffith new-ball partnership. In keeping with Cricinfo's Martin Williamson, "Charlie Griffith struck fear into opposition batsmen in the 1960s. Whereas Hall was an out-and-out fast, Griffith was slower, but he possessed a deadly quicker ball which many were unhappy with." One in every of Griffith's lethal deliveries fractured the cranium of Indian batsman, Nari Contractor, in 1963.

Whereas Charlie Griffith was not as successful as his compatriot, Wes Hall, he left an indelible mark in cricket historical past- albeit below questionable circumstances. He was a feared fast bowler, yes, but many query the legality of his bowling action. Followers and players usually suspected that Griffith "threw" his quicker deliveries (as opposed to pies). Within the Sixties, the tv coverage of gamers was not as precise as it's now, but the suspicions lingered till Griffith remodelled his action. Unfortunately, he negatively remodelled his bowling returns as well. To display this, Griffith scalped 59 wickets in his first 14 Exams and solely 35 in his next 14 matches.

Griffith made his Take a look at debut for the West Indies in opposition to England at Port of Spain in 1960. He ended his profession towards New Zealand at Christchurch in 1969. Throughout his 9 years of international cricket, Charlie performed 28 Check matches, taking 94 wickets at a median of 28.54. His best innings bowling figures of 6/36 came against England at Leeds in 1963. His greatest match figures of 9/81 at Check degree came in that very match as well. Griffith took 5-wickets in a Test innings on 5 events, with four 5-wicket hauls against England and one in opposition to Australia.

In 1963, Griffith had an amazing yr, capturing 32 Check scalps from only five Take a look at matches, to earn the Wisden Cricketer of the Yr award in 1964. It is attention-grabbing to notice that he performed most of his Tests against England and Australia. Outdoors of those two, he performed India thrice and New Zealand twice.

Charlie Griffith is considered a 'nice' of West Indies cricket by his fame as a feared fast bowler and because of his effective partnership with Wes Hall within the 60s. Accusations of throwing diminished his influence and tarnished his status somewhat. Charlie never performed First-class cricket for teams apart from the W.I. and Barbados, possible due to the suspicions of "throwing." Nevertheless he remains one of many icons of Caribbean cricket.

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