Eldine Baptiste
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| Full name | Eldine Ashworth Elderfield Baptiste | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 March 1960 Liberta, Antigua and Barbuda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 179) | 21 October 1983 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 12 April 1990 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 39) | 13 October 1983 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 15 March 1990 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1981–1987 | KwaZulu-Natal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 19 October 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eldine Ashworth Elderfield Baptiste (born 12 March 1960) is an
Cricket career
Born at
After first playing for the Leewards Islands in the 1981–82 domestic season, Baptiste was called into the West Indies side for the side's tour of India in 1983, having impressed selectors during the English summer.[2][5] He played in the World Series Cup in Australia at the beginning of 1984, and then for the West Indies against Australia on their tour of the Caribbean later in the year before being selected for the West Indies tour of England during 1984.[2][5] As a result, he did not play for Kent during the 1984 season, with the county signing Australian Terry Alderman as a replacement.[5] He played in all five Test matches during the 1984 tour of England, but although he toured Australia the following winter, he did not play in any of the international matches during the tour.[2] He was back in the ODI side for New Zealand's tour of the West Indies in early 1985, but only played in one further Test match, having to wait until 1990 to do so.[2]
After playing regularly for Kent in 1985, both Alderman and Baptiste were contracted by the county in 1986, with the Australian primarily playing in first-class matches and Baptiste, who was considered "more versatile", played mainly in one-day matches.[6] A groin injury towards the end of the following season saw him unable to complete his contract, although he played in 32 matches and took 56 first-class and 15 one-day wickets. He was replaced by Roy Pienaar in the side. Pienaar was retained for the 1988 season, although Baptiste played one more top-level English season, playing for Northants in 1991, taking 50 Championship wickets.[2][7]
Baptiste played his final international matches during
Baptiste's highest first-class score was 136 not out for Kent against Yorkshire in 1983, when he added 228 for the fifth wicket with Chris Cowdrey.[8] His best bowling figures of eight for 76 were against Warwickshire in 1987 in one of his final appearances for the side.[9][10]
Retirement
Since finishing his playing career, Baptiste has held a number of coaching positions, including with KwaZulu-Natal,
References
- ^ "The most exhilarating ODI of them all". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Eldine Baptiste". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ^ "Eldine Baptiste". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-95640-810-5
- ^ a b c d Ellis & Pennell, op. cit., p. 119.
- ^ Ellis & Pennell, op. cit., pp. 134–135.
- ^ Ellis & Pennell, op. cit., p. 140.
- ^ "Yorkshire v Kent 1983". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ^ "Warwickshire v Kent 1987". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ^ Ellis and Pennell, op. cit., p. 139.
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