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- Name:
- Clarke, Sylvester Theophilus
- Date of Birth:
- 11 Dec 1954
- Gender:
- Men
- Place of Birth:
- Christ Church, Barbados
- Date Died:
- 04 Dec 1999
- Career:
- Teams:
Tony Greig: My Top 5 Catches
- Howstat Statistics:
- Test Career
ODI Career
- External Links:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvester_Clarke
https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/sylvester-clarke-51477
https://www.cricbuzz.com/profiles/4176/sylvester-clarke
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- Player profile:
Sylvester Clarke: Intimidating presence, career limited by famed pace quartet
Sylvester Clarke played just 11 Tests and 10 One Day Internationals but his legacy is more deeply felt than his record.
Clarke attended St Bartholomew's Boys' School. He was a tall, strong, barrel-chested and powerfully built man who was an intimidating fast bowler.
He made his first-class debut for Barbados on 19 January 1978 against Combined Islands and finished the season with 22 wickets at 25.18, highlighted by a return of 6/39, including a hat trick, against Trinidad and Tobago.
Clarke made his Test debut against Australia in Guyana in March 1978. He was filling the gap left by the top West Indies stars who were playing in Packer's World Series Cricket.
When the famed quartet of West Indies bowlers - Roberts, Holding, Garner, Croft - returned to the official fold, Clarke found his opportunities limited. This was further compounded when a younger Malcolm Marshall leap frogged him to take the spot vacated by Colin Croft.
In 1979, Clarke turned to County cricket and played for Surrey, becoming one of the leading wicket takers in the English championship.
His international career effectively ended in 1983 when he was banned after he toured South Africa with the rebel West Indies team.
He was highly rated and feared by his peers. Team mate Viv Richards claimed Clarke was the only bowler he did not feel comfortable batting against. Pakistani Zaheer Abbas was struck a painful blow on the box causing a dent as deep as half of the ball. David Gower stated that Clarke was by far the fastest man he ever faced. In the 1980s, Garry Sobers wrote that Clarke was "the quickest and most hostile fast bowler now playing in world cricket".
Clarke collapsed and died on 4 December 1999 at his home in Christ Church, Barbados. He was aged just 45.
Source: CricketCrowd Staff Reporter
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