Colin Croft
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| Colin Croft | ||||
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 West Indies |
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| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm fast | |||
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| Tests | ODIs | |||
| Matches | 27 | 19 | ||
| Runs scored | 158 | 18 | ||
| Batting average | 10.53 | 9.00 | ||
| 100s/50s | -/- | -/- | ||
| Top score | 33 | 8 | ||
| Balls bowled | 6165 | 1070 | ||
| Wickets | 125 | 30 | ||
| Bowling average | 23.30 | 20.66 | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | 3 | 1 | ||
| 10 wickets in match | - | n/a | ||
| Best bowling | 8/29 | 6/15 | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 8/- | 1/- | ||
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Colin Everton Hunte Croft (born March 15, 1953 in Demerara, British Guiana) is a former West Indian cricketer. He provides expert analysis on the British Broadcasting Corporation's Test Match Special.
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[edit] Cricket career
Croft was part of the fearsome West Indian quartet of fast bowlers from the late 70s and early 80s. With his 6 foot 6, he bowled nasty bouncers and was very aggressive. He was renowned for bowling wide of the crease over the wicket and angling the ball in to right handers. Croft's figures of 8/29 against Pakistan in 1977 are still the best Test figures by a genuine fast bowler from the West Indies.
[edit] Rebel Tour
In 1982 Croft accepted a place on the rebel tour of apartheid-divided South Africa in 1982, in violation of an international ban on sports tours of the then pariah state. The rebel players were granted "honorary whites" status by the South African government to allow them access to all-white cricket playing areas. [1] The entire rebel tour was banned for life from international cricket, this marking the end of Croft's cricket playing career. Croft moved to America to avoid the bitter recriminations at home.
[edit] Media career
During the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup Croft provided expert analysis for the BBC's Test Match Special radio coverage on all the Guyana based matches. He continued his analyst's role during the West Indies tour of England the same year.
In his private life, he also obtained a private commercial airline pilot's licence in the USA.
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