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Full name Winston Keithroy Matthew Benjamin
Born December 31, 1964, All Saints, Antigua
Current age 43 years 233 days
Major teams West Indies,Hampshire,Leeward Islands,Leicestershire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
21
26
1
470
85
18.80
781
60.17
0
2
51
8
12
0
ODIs
85
52
12
298
31
7.45
406
73.39
0
0
16
0
First-class
171
213
36
3985
117
22.51
2
21
95
0
List A
222
155
33
1725
104*
14.13
1
4
46
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
21
35
3694
1648
61
4/46
6/105
27.01
2.67
60.5
2
0
0
ODIs
85
85
4442
3079
100
5/22
5/22
30.79
4.15
44.4
0
1
0
First-class
171
26876
12358
476
7/54
25.96
2.75
56.4
23
2
List A
222
10716
7000
263
5/17
5/17
26.61
3.91
40.7
4
5
0
Career statistics
Test debut
India v West Indies at Delhi, Nov 25-29, 1987 scorecard
Last Test
West Indies v Australia at Kingston, Apr 29-May 3, 1995 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Pakistan v West Indies at Peshawar, Oct 17, 1986 scorecard
Last ODI
England v West Indies at Lord's, May 28, 1995 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1985 - 1996
List A span
1985/86 - 1998/99
Profile
Winston Benjamin had the bit of devil that marked out many of his West Indian peers as great fast bowlers, but he only ever really attained the ranks of the good. Short and whippy, in 21 Tests (spread over nearly eight years) he never took a five-for and never took the new ball. He could give the ball a fearful thump - he smeared a run-a-ball 85 off New Zealand in 1994-95 - and he even won a Test with the bat. It was a crucial one too: in 1987-88 he preserved West Indies' status as the world's best with a crucial 40 not out in a series-levelling two-wicket win over Pakistan in Barbados. And in England in 1988 he topped the bowling averages with 12 wickets at 12.58.
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