Arthur Barrett (cricketer)

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

Arthur Barrett
Cricket information
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLegbreak googly
International information
National side
Test debut18 February 1971 v India
Last Test23 January 1975 v India
Career statistics
Competition Test 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 11,740
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/– 54/–
Source: CricInfo, 31 October 2022

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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