West Indian legend Weekes dies

Bridgetown, July 2

Everton Weekes, who was one of the famous three ‘Ws’ of West Indian cricket as part of a formidable batting line-up from 1948 to 1958, has died at age 95 on Wednesday. Weekes played alongside Frank Worrell and Clyde Walcott, all three making their Test debut in 1948.

Weekes was also a highly respected coach, analyst, team manager, match referee, media analyst and a member of the ICC Hall of Fame.

Weekes made his Test debut at age 22 against England at Kensington Oval. His final match was against Pakistan in Trinidad a decade later.

Sir Everton Weekes is no more! Had heard many stories about his batting along with the other Legendary 2Ws. You will be missed Sir. —Sachin Tendulkar

Can’t believe the legendary Sir Everton Weekes is no more. Thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends. One of the greatest cricketers from the country. A true icon. —Viv Richards

In his career, Weekes played 48 Test matches and made 4,455 runs at an average of 58.61. That included a world-record five consecutive centuries in 1948 — scores of 141 against England in Jamaica, followed by scores of 128, 194, 162 and 101 in India. In his next innings, he made 90 when he was run out. Worrell died in 1967 and Walcott in 2006.

His average of 58.61 runs places Weekes among the top-10 players in Test averages of all time. — AP

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