Steve Camacho

George Stephen (Steve) Camacho (October 15, 1945 – October 2, 2015) was a West Indian cricketer who played in eleven Tests from 1968 to 1971 as an opening batsman and occasional leg-spin bowler.

Steve Camacho

Personal information
Born	(1945-10-15)October 15, 1945 Georgetown, British Guiana
Died	October 2, 2015(2015-10-02) (aged 69) Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda
Batting	Right-hand bat
Bowling	Legbreak googly
Relations	George Learmond (grandfather)[1]
International information
National side	West Indian
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class Matches 11 76 Runs scored 640 4,079 Batting average 29.09 34.86 100s/50s -/4 7/24 Top score 87 166 Balls bowled 18 – Wickets – 8 Bowling average – 27.00 5 wickets in innings – – 10 wickets in match – – Best bowling – 3/10 Catches/stumpings 4/- 47/-
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Career

Camacho was part of the West Indian Test side for four series: 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969, 1970–71. His final tour was to England in 1973: in only the second game, his cheekbone was fractured by a bouncer from Hampshire's Andy Roberts and he left the side, never to play another Test.

After retirement

After retirement in 1979, Camacho served West Indies cricket as selector then secretary and later as chief executive of the West Indies Cricket Board. He was the author of a book Cricket at Bourda: Celebrating the Georgetown Cricket Club (2007, ISBN 978-9769507586; ISBN 976950758X).[1] He died on October 2, 2015.[2]

References

1. "Stephen Camacho". Guyana-Cricket. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
2. http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/925593.html

External links

• Steve Camacho at ESPNcricinfo