Collis King

Collis Llewellyn King (born 11 June 1951) is a former West Indies first-class cricketer who played nine Test matches and 18 One Day Internationals for the West Indies cricket team between 1976 and 1980. He was a member of the squad which won the 1975 Cricket World Cup and the 1979 Cricket World Cup.

Collis King

Personal information
Full name	Collis Llewellyn King
Born	(1951-06-11) 11 June 1951 (age 73) Christ Church, Barbados
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	West Indies
Test debut (cap 158)	8 July 1976 v England
Last Test	7 August 1980 v England
ODI debut (cap 19)	26 August 1976 v England
Last ODI	30 May 1980 v England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1973–1982	Barbados
1977	Glamorgan
1983–1985	Worcestershire
1984–1990	Natal
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 9 18 125 136 Runs scored 418 280 6,770 2,738 Batting average 32.15 23.33 38.24 25.83 100s/50s 1/2 0/1 14/34 2/17 Top score 100* 86 163 127 Balls bowled 582 744 9,279 5,556 Wickets 3 11 128 108 Bowling average 94.00 48.09 34.21 34.49 5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 1/30 4/23 5/91 4/23 Catches/stumpings 5/– 6/– 98/– 41/–
Medal record Men's Cricket Representing  West Indies ICC Cricket World Cup Winner 1975 England Winner 1979 England
Source: Cricinfo, 9 September 2011

Born in Christ Church, Barbados, King played as an all-rounder, but had more success with the bat than ball, especially in Test cricket, where he scored one century and two fifties but only took three wickets – in three different innings. In ODI cricket, his highest – and swiftest – score came in the 1979 World Cup final, when he came in at 99 for 4 to hit 86 off 66 deliveries, and added 139 with Viv Richards. King also held a catch and bowled three overs for 13 runs in the match, and the West Indies won by 92 runs.^[1]

King went on both the 1982/83 and 1983/84 West Indies' rebel tours to South Africa.^[2]

In a varied first-class career, he played for his native country Barbados in the West Indies domestic competition, and also played for Glamorgan and Worcestershire in English county cricket and Natal in South Africa. In scoring 123 on his Worcestershire debut in 1983, he became the first player in more than fifty years to score a hundred in his first match for the county.^[3]

King was still playing club cricket for Yorkshire side Dunnington CC into his sixties.^[4][5]

References

1. "West Indies retain their title". Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
2. Ashley Gray, The Unforgiven: Missionaries or Mercenaries?, Pitch Publishing, Worthing, 2020, pp. 157–71.
3. "Hundred in First Match for Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 September 2007.
4. "About Dunnington Cricket Club". DCC. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
5. "Collis King's statistics while playing for Dunnington CC". Archived from the original on 19 July 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2013.

Preceded by Sarfraz Nawaz	Nelson Cricket Club Professional 1974–1975	Succeeded by Harold Gibson