Steve Camacho

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Steve Camacho
Personal information
Born(1945-10-15)15 October 1945
Georgetown, British Guiana
Died2 October 2015(2015-10-02) (aged 69)
Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLegbreak googly
RelationsGeorge Learmond (grandfather)[1]
International information
National side
Test debut19 January 1968 v England
Last Test6 March 1971 v India
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class
Matches 11 76
Runs scored 640 4,079
Batting average 29.09 34.86
100s/50s 0/4 7/24
Top score 87 166
Balls bowled 18 504
Wickets 0 8
Bowling average 27.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 3/10
Catches/stumpings 4/– 47/–
Source: CricInfo, 31 October 2022

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

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[edit]

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 (.[1] He died on 2 October 2015.[2][3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Stephen Camacho". Guyana-Cricket. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
  2. ^ "Former WI batsman Camacho dies aged 69". ESPNcricinfo.com. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Portuguese in Caribbean Cricket". Guyana Chronicle. 2021-06-06. Retrieved 2023-05-14.

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