Background
LLOYD, Clive was born on August 31, 1944 in Georgetown. British Guiana (now Guyana).
LLOYD, Clive was born on August 31, 1944 in Georgetown. British Guiana (now Guyana).
He captained the West Indies between 1974 and 1985 and oversaw their rise to become the dominant Test-playing nation, a position that was only relinquished in the latter half of the 1990s. He is one of the most successful Test captains of all time: during his captaincy the side had a run of 27 matches without defeat, which included 11 wins in succession (Viv Richards acted as captain for one of the 27 matches, against Australia at Portuguese of Spain in 1983-1984). He was the first West Indian player to earn 100 international caps.
Lloyd captained the West Indies in three World Cups, winning in 1975 (with Lloyd scoring a century) and 1979 while losing the 1983 final to India.
Lloyd was a tall, powerful middle-order batsman and occasional medium-pace bowler. In his youth he was also a strong cover point fielder.
He wore his famous glasses as a result of being poked in the eye with a ruler. His Test match debut came in 1966.
Lloyd scored 7,515 runs at Test level, at an average of 46.67.
He hit 70 sixes in his Test career, which is the 14th highest number of any player. He played for his home nation of Guyana in West Indies domestic cricket, and for Lancashire (he was made captain in 1981) in England. He is a cousin of spin bowler Lance Gibbs.
Since retiring as a player, Lloyd has remained heavily involved in cricket, managing the West Indies in the late 1990s, and coaching and commentating.
He was an Interstate Commerce Commission match referee from 2001–2006. In 1971-1972 Lloyd suffered a back injury while playing for a Rest of the World team at the Adelaide Oval.
He was fielding in the covers when Ashley Mallett hit a lofted drive towards his area. He made an amazing effort to take the catch but it bounced out of his hands when he hit the ground awkwardly.
When he went to get up, he felt a stabbing pain in his back and he was unable to move.
He spent the next few weeks in an Adelaide hospital flat on his back. In the 1975 Cricket World Cup Final against Australia, the West Indies were deep in trouble at 3/50 when Lloyd strode to the crease. He duly made 102 from 88 balls, the only limited overs international century of his career.
Play ended at 8:40pm London time and was the longest days" play ever at Lords.
In 2005, Lloyd offered his patronage to Major League Cricket for their inaugural Interstate Cricket Cup in the United States, to be named the Sir Clive Lloyd Cup. In 2007, Lloyd"s authorised biography, Supercat, was published.
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