Denis Atkinson
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| Batting style | Right-handed batsman (RHB) | |
| Bowling type | Legbreak googly | |
| Tests | First-class | |
| Matches | 22 | 78 |
| Runs scored | 922 | 2812 |
| Batting average | 42.33 | 28.40 |
| 100s/50s | 1/5 | 5/14 |
| Top score | 219 | 219 |
| Balls bowled | 5201 | unknown |
| Wickets | 47 | 200 |
| Bowling average | 35.04 | 26.45 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 3 | 6 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | 2 |
| Best bowling | 7/53 | 8/58 |
| Catches/stumpings | 11/0 | 39/0 |
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Test debut: 10 November 1948 |
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Denis St Eval Atkinson (August 9, 1926, Rockley, Christ Church — November 9, 2001, Barbados) was a West Indian cricketer who played 22 Test matches as an all-rounder, hitting 922 runs and taking 47 wickets. He also played first class cricket for Barbados and Trinidad. Atkinson holds the Test record for the highest seventh-wicket partnership - as captain, he made a stand of 347 with Clairmonte Depeiaza against Australia in 1954–55 to put up a total of 510 in the first innings of a drawn match. Atkinson also led West Indies to a series win in New Zealand the following year.
| Preceded by Jeffrey Stollmeyer |
West Indies Test cricket captains 1954/5 - 1955/6 |
Succeeded by Gerry Alexander |
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