Arthur Barrett (cricketer)

Arthur George Barrett (4 April 1944 – 6 March 2018)[1] was a West Indian cricketer who played in six Tests from 1971 to 1975.

Arthur Barrett
Cricket information
BattingRight-hand bat
BowlingLegbreak googly
International information
National side
  • West Indian
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class
Matches 6 57
Runs scored 40 1,086
Batting average 6.66 17.51
100s/50s 0/0 1/0
Top score 19 102*
Balls bowled 1,612 11740
Wickets 13 169
Bowling average 46.38 31.21
5 wickets in innings 0 9
10 wickets in match 0 2
Best bowling 3/43 7/90
Catches/stumpings 0/0 54/0
Source:

A leg-spinner, Barrett played for Jamaica from 1966-67 to 1975-76, and then returned for another season in 1980-81. He toured England with Jamaica in 1970, and India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka with the West Indies in 1974-75.

Although he was a useful lower-order batsman, he reached 50 only once in first-class cricket, when he went on to 102 not out (and then took 5 for 39 and 5 for 43) against Combined Leeward and Windward Islands in 1969-70.[2] A few weeks earlier he had taken his best first-class innings figures, 7 for 90 against the International Cavaliers.[3] His best match figures came in 1973-74, again at the expense of Combined Leeward and Windward Islands, when he took 5 for 23 and 6 for 87, dismissing Viv Richards twice.[4]

References
  1. "Arthur Barrett". Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  2. Combined Leeward and Windward Islands v Jamaica 1969-70
  3. Jamaica v International Cavaliers 1969-70
  4. Jamaica v Combined Leeward and Windward Islands 1973-74
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