"Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, were constructed in 2004 and 2006 for use in the Stanford 20/20 and 2007 World Cup respectively, and have both been used in inter-island matches featuring Antigua and Barbuda. A number of Antigua players have represented the West Indies internationally. source: Antigua and Barbuda national cricket team A cricket team representing Antigua and Barbuda has been active since the late 1890s. The Antigua and Barbuda Cricket Association is a member of the Leeward Islands Cricket Association, which itself is a member association of the West Indies Cricket Board, and players from Antigua and Barbuda generally represent"
"Viv Richards Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards, KNH, OBE (born 7 March 1952), known as Viv Richards, is a former Antiguan cricketer, who represented the West Indies at test and international levels. He is regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time. Richards was voted one of the five Cricketers of the Century by a 100-member panel of experts in 2000, along with Sir Donald Bradman, Sir Garfield Sobers, Sir Jack Hobbs and Shane Warne. In one-day cricket, Richards was judged by ""Wisden Cricketers' Almanack"" to have played the best One Day International (ODI) innings of all time."
"Andy Roberts (cricketer) Sir Anderson Montgomery Everton Roberts, KCN (born 29 January 1951) is a former Antiguan first-class cricketer. He was a fast bowler who played Test cricket for the West Indies, twice taking seven wickets in a Test innings. In England, he played first-class cricket for Hampshire County Cricket Club and Leicestershire County Cricket Club. Roberts was the first Antiguan to play Test cricket for the West Indies, thus leading the way for many of his famous countrymen including Viv Richards, Richie Richardson and Curtly Ambrose. In October 2005, Roberts was inducted into the United States Cricket Hall of"
"his career, but he was more willing to talk to journalists after he retired. Curtly Ambrose Sir Curtly Elconn Lynwall Ambrose, KCN (born 21 September 1963) is a former cricketer from Antigua who played 98 Test matches for the West Indies. A fast bowler, he took 405 Test wickets at an average of 20.99 and topped the ICC Player Rankings for much of his career to be rated the best bowler in the world. His great height—he is tall—allowed him to make the ball bounce unusually high after he delivered it; allied to his pace and accuracy, it made him"
"designer Masaba Gupta, born in 1989. He is a supporter of Liverpool F.C. in English football's Premier League. Viv Richards Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards, KNH, OBE (born 7 March 1952), known as Viv Richards, is a former Antiguan cricketer, who represented the West Indies at test and international levels. He is regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time. Richards was voted one of the five Cricketers of the Century by a 100-member panel of experts in 2000, along with Sir Donald Bradman, Sir Garfield Sobers, Sir Jack Hobbs and Shane Warne. In one-day cricket, Richards was"
"Curtly Ambrose Sir Curtly Elconn Lynwall Ambrose, KCN (born 21 September 1963) is a former cricketer from Antigua who played 98 Test matches for the West Indies. A fast bowler, he took 405 Test wickets at an average of 20.99 and topped the ICC Player Rankings for much of his career to be rated the best bowler in the world. His great height—he is tall—allowed him to make the ball bounce unusually high after he delivered it; allied to his pace and accuracy, it made him a difficult bowler for batsmen to face. A man of few words during his"
"to score centuries in all formats of the game. Chris Gayle Christopher Henry Gayle, OD (born 21 September 1979) is a Jamaican cricketer who plays international cricket for the West Indies. Gayle captained the West Indies' Test side from 2007 to 2010. Considered one of the greatest batsmen in limited-overs cricket, also regarded as the best T20 batsman ever. Gayle has set numerous records across all three formats of cricket. He is widely acknowledged as one of the most destructive batsman in the history of the game, particularly in Twenty20. He is well known for hitting sixes; in 2012 he"
"Gravy (entertainer) Gravy, (born Labon Kenneth Blackburn Leeweltine Buckonon Benjamin in 1955) is a former entertainer, famous throughout the cricket world, for 12 years of voluntary entertaining of the crowd through a variety of antics at the Antigua Recreation Ground in St John's, Antigua. For 12 years from 1988, Gravy entertained the crowd with a variety of costumes and performances in (and sometimes above) the crowd at the stadium: ""Gravy is a performer. He cross-dresses and dances and writhes and swings from the rafters and puts on a show that you will not ever forget."" His act began by chance:"
"shots at me, and then I felt a burning on my arm"". Gravy believes it was a case of mistaken identity, and has stated ""I thought they took me for the wrong person. I don't know anybody who could point a finger at me"". Gravy (entertainer) Gravy, (born Labon Kenneth Blackburn Leeweltine Buckonon Benjamin in 1955) is a former entertainer, famous throughout the cricket world, for 12 years of voluntary entertaining of the crowd through a variety of antics at the Antigua Recreation Ground in St John's, Antigua. For 12 years from 1988, Gravy entertained the crowd with a variety"
"out of the team during 2004 and 2005, with Courtney Browne and Carlton Baugh, Jr. challenging for his position. In 2015, Jacobs also jointly holds the world record for taking seven catches in a Test innings, which he achieved against Australia in Melbourne in 2000. He shares the feat with Wasim Bari, Bob Taylor and Ian Smith. He also featured in an outstanding partnership in the record breaking innings of Brian Lara against England in which Jacobs made a hundred and Lara made 400 not out. Ridley Jacobs Ridley Detamore Jacobs (26 November 1967, Swetes, Antigua), is a former Antiguan"
"the best British-curriculum international schools in the world. John Jackson (cricketer, born 1898) John Alfred Stewart Jackson (27 December 1898 in Valparaíso, Chile – 13 March 1958 in Santiago, Chile) was a Chilean-British cricketer and school founder. A right-handed batsman and right-arm leg spin bowler, he played seven times for the Chile national cricket team against Argentina between 1922 and 1938. Earlier in his career, he played county cricket for Somerset. Jackson was educated at Cheltenham College, then served in the Rifle Brigade during World War I. After the war he went up to Jesus College, Cambridge. In the 1920"
"is now the bowling mentor for the Windies. Swetes Swetes, also spelled ""Sweet's"", is located in Saint Paul Parish on the island of Antigua, in Antigua and Barbuda. It is the sixth largest town in Antigua and Barbuda. Swetes is located in southern Antigua, to the north of Liberta on the road to the town of Old Road and the southwest coast. As of 2012, it has an estimated population of 1,849. Swetes is the birthplace of George Alexander McGuire, Patriarch of the African Orthodox Church. It is also the birthplace of Antiguan and West Indian cricket legend Curtly Ambrose,"
"life in 1922 as a messenger with the post office, and worked his way up to become Antigua's postmaster in 1947. He was knighted in 2004 for services to Antigua. In 2006 the road that runs from the capital, St John's, to Sir Vivian Richards Stadium was renamed the ""Sir Sydney Walling Highway"". Walling died at the age of 102 in Antigua on 8 October 2009. Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer paid tribute to Walling after his death. Sydney Walling Sir Sydney Walling (12 July 1907 – 8 October 2009) was an Antiguan cricketer who played for Antigua from the 1920s"
"Douglas St. John Douglas Stuart St John (February 26, 1928 – July 11, 1992) was a New Zealand first class cricketer who played for Otago and Wellington between 1946 and 1956. A right-handed batsman, St. John played 34 matches in total, scoring 1,236 runs at 20.94 with five half-centuries. St. John made his debut on January 1, 1947, against Auckland. Batting at six for Otago, he scored 28 and 31, and took two catches but could not stave off a one wicket defeat. He went on to play two more matches that season; scoring eight and eight not out against"
"soon signed for World Series Cricket, and was subsequently banned for life when he joined a ""rebel"" tour to South Africa. Albert Padmore Albert Leroy Padmore (born 17 December 1944 in Barbados) is a former West Indies cricketer, playing two Tests in 1976 and representing the West Indies in World Series Cricket. He was primarily an off-spin bowler, who was unfortunate in that his career coincided with the emergence of Andy Roberts, Michael Holding and others to give West Indies one of the finest fast bowling attacks in history. West Indies developed a strategy of playing four fast bowlers and"
"because of his celebrity status in Sri Lanka and India. Alex Mutucumarana Alex Mutucumarana (born 15 June 1979) is a cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who plays for Reed CC in the Herts Championship. He was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Mutucumarana is the first player in history to appear to three different Test playing nations. He appeared for Sri Lanka U19 and Sri Lanka A in 2009, then played for Pakistan in a T20 Match in 2011. His last international appearance was a controversial one in which he walked away from the Pakistan side"
"haemophiliac, he had a hip operation in Oxford. Louis Duffus Louis George Duffus (13 May 1904 in Melbourne, Australia – 24 July 1984 in Johannesburg, South Africa) was a South African cricketer who became the country's most respected writer on the game. He was educated in Johannesburg, being awarded a Bachelor of Commerce degree. He was a fine athlete and baseballer, as well as a cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and occasional wicketkeeper, who played in five first-class matches for Transvaal between 1923/24 and 1934/35. Meanwhile, he had established himself as a cricket journalist, accompanying the South African national"
"Fred Ridgway Frederick Ridgway (10 August 1923 – 26 September 2015), known as Fred Ridgway, was an English professional cricketer who played in five Test matches for the England cricket team on the 1951–52 tour of India. Ridgway played county cricket as a fast bowler for Kent County Cricket Club between 1946 and 1961. Ridgway was born at Stockport in Cheshire on 10 August 1923. As a county cricketer, Ridgway, although not appearing a likely successful pace bowler because of his slight build, was the mainstay of Kent County Cricket Club's opening attack for a decade after World War II,"
"Ridley Jacobs Ridley Detamore Jacobs (26 November 1967, Swetes, Antigua), is a former Antiguan cricketer, who played as a left-handed batsman for the West Indian cricket team in the 1990s and 2000s. He made his Test match debut on his 31st birthday, playing in 65 Tests in six years. In this time he took over 200 catches behind the stumps, making him only the second West Indies keeper to achieve the feat (after Jeff Dujon). In 2015, this was the 12th highest number of Test dismissals by a wicket keeper. He also played 147 ODIs. However, he was gradually pushed"
"to intimidate the England batsmen by pitching short, but maintained a splendid pace, and by persistently keeping the ball well up the pitch compelled his opponents to make strokes."" Hines Johnson Hophnie Hobah Hines Johnson (13 July 1910, Kingston, Jamaica – 24 June 1987, Miami, Florida, USA) was a West Indian cricketer. His first-class cricket career began with his debut for Jamaica in 1935 and lasted until 1951, interrupted by the Second World War. Making his international debut at the age of 37, his Test career lasted just three matches. All three were against England, and the last was in"
"than 36,000 in first-class cricket. Knighted for his contributions to cricket, today Richards is an occasional cricket commentator and team mentor. Richards was born to Malcolm and Gretel Richards in St. John's, Antigua, then part of the British Leeward Islands. He attended St. John's Boys School and then Antigua Grammar School on a scholarship. Richards discovered cricket at a young age. His brothers, Mervyn and Donald, both played the game, representing Antigua as amateurs, and they encouraged him to play. The young Viv initially practiced with his father and Pat Evanson, a neighbour and family friend, who had captained the"
"Swetes Swetes, also spelled ""Sweet's"", is located in Saint Paul Parish on the island of Antigua, in Antigua and Barbuda. It is the sixth largest town in Antigua and Barbuda. Swetes is located in southern Antigua, to the north of Liberta on the road to the town of Old Road and the southwest coast. As of 2012, it has an estimated population of 1,849. Swetes is the birthplace of George Alexander McGuire, Patriarch of the African Orthodox Church. It is also the birthplace of Antiguan and West Indian cricket legend Curtly Ambrose, who retired from the game in 1999. He"
"Alan Knott Alan Philip Eric Knott (born 9 April 1946) is a former cricketer who represented England at international level in both Tests and One-Day Internationals (ODI). Knott is widely regarded as one of the most eccentric characters in cricket, and is also regarded as one of the greatest wicket-keepers to ever play the game. He was described by cricket journalist Simon Wilde as ""a natural gloveman, beautifully economical in his movements and armed with tremendous powers of concentration"". Born in Belvedere, Kent, Knott was educated at Northumberland Heath Secondary Modern School. Inspired by his father, Knott made his Kent"
"Louis Duffus Louis George Duffus (13 May 1904 in Melbourne, Australia – 24 July 1984 in Johannesburg, South Africa) was a South African cricketer who became the country's most respected writer on the game. He was educated in Johannesburg, being awarded a Bachelor of Commerce degree. He was a fine athlete and baseballer, as well as a cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and occasional wicketkeeper, who played in five first-class matches for Transvaal between 1923/24 and 1934/35. Meanwhile, he had established himself as a cricket journalist, accompanying the South African national side on their 1929 tour of England and"
"at the start of the voting period (9 August 2007) and have played no more than five Test matches and/or 10 ODIs before the start of the voting period. Ajantha Mendis Balapuwaduge Ajantha Winslo Mendis (; born 11 March 1985 in Moratuwa) known as Ajantha Mendis is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for ODIs, Tests and T20Is for Sri Lankan national cricket team. He is known as the ""mystery spinner"" due to the unusual bowling action and widely regarded as one of the best Twenty20 bowlers in the world arena. Mendis currently holds the record for the best"
"credentials. Three of his brothers and two of his uncles played first-class cricket, one uncle, Vibart Wight, playing Test cricket as well. Leslie Wight George Leslie Wight (May 28, 1929, Georgetown, British Guiana (now Georgetown, Guyana) – January 4, 2004, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) was a West Indian cricketer who played in one Test in 1953. Wight played for British Guiana from 1949-50 to 1952-53. In the first match in 1951-52, against Barbados, he hit his first century, and went on to score 262 not out in 708 minutes, putting on 390 for the first wicket with Glendon Gibbs. He scored"
"in Antigua during the 1986 tour. He hit 84 sixes in Test cricket. His highest innings of 291 is equal seventh (along with Ramnaresh Sarwan) on the list of West Indies' highest individual scores. In 1994, Richards was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to cricket. In 1999, he was made a Knight of the Order of the National Hero (KNH) by his native country Antigua and Barbuda. The Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua, is named in his honour. It was built for use in the 2007 Cricket World Cup."
"Sydney Walling Sir Sydney Walling (12 July 1907 – 8 October 2009) was an Antiguan cricketer who played for Antigua from the 1920s to the 1950s. Despite being a successful batsman for his national team, he was never selected to play for the West Indies, perhaps because of inter-island prejudice, or simply because he lived on a small island that did not play first-class cricket at the time. In 1948 he played two matches for a Combined Leeward and Windward Islands team against British Guiana in Georgetown, top-scoring in each innings with 111, 82 and 38. He began his working"
"Easton McMorris Easton Dudley Ashton St John McMorris (born April 4, 1935 in Saint Andrew, Jamaica) is a former West Indian cricketer who played in 13 Tests from 1958 to 1966. An opening batsman, McMorris scored a Test century against India at his home ground of Sabina Park in the 1961-62 series, adding 255 for the second wicket with Rohan Kanhai. This series was his most productive: in the four matches he played he scored 349 runs at an average of 58.16, with a lowest score of 37. He toured England with the West Indies team in 1963 and 1966"
"but was less successful on the slower, greener pitches. He scored 190 not out against Middlesex in 1963, but it took 400 minutes. He was a heavy scorer for Jamaica, averaging over 60 in five domestic seasons, with a top score of 218 against Guyana in 1966-67. He captained Jamaica from 1967-68 until he retired after the 1971-72 season, including the short tour of England in 1970. Easton McMorris Easton Dudley Ashton St John McMorris (born April 4, 1935 in Saint Andrew, Jamaica) is a former West Indian cricketer who played in 13 Tests from 1958 to 1966. An opening"
"wrote of him in 1961, ""He fairly bristles with aggression, he has a glittering array of strokes, and he is capable of demoralising the most phlegmatic and painstaking bowler [but] he has too often squandered his talents."" Noel McGregor Spencer Noel McGregor (18 December 1931 – 21 November 2007) was a Test cricketer who played 25 Test matches for New Zealand between 1954–55 and 1964-65. He was the New Zealand Almanack Player of the Year in 1968. Noel McGregor was born in Dunedin and played for Otago. A batsman who liked to play his strokes, at 17 he hit the"
"never selected by the West Indies due to the strength of the bowling attack the team had. George Ferris (cricketer) George John Fitzgerald Ferris (born October 18, 1964 in Antigua) is a former first class cricketer who played for the Leeward Islands and Leicestershire. A right arm fast bowler, Ferris took 286 wickets at 25.71 in his career from 1982/83 until 1990. His cousin Hamish Anthony played ODI cricket for the West Indies. He became a regular in the Leicestershire side in the late 1980s when the other overseas Leicestershire player and fellow West Indian Winston Benjamin was on duty"
"Chris Gayle Christopher Henry Gayle, OD (born 21 September 1979) is a Jamaican cricketer who plays international cricket for the West Indies. Gayle captained the West Indies' Test side from 2007 to 2010. Considered one of the greatest batsmen in limited-overs cricket, also regarded as the best T20 batsman ever. Gayle has set numerous records across all three formats of cricket. He is widely acknowledged as one of the most destructive batsman in the history of the game, particularly in Twenty20. He is well known for hitting sixes; in 2012 he became the first player to hit a six off"