Clive Lloyd

Personal information

Full name

Clive Hubert Lloyd

Born

31 August 1944 (age 72)
Georgetown, Demerara, British Guiana

Nickname

Big C, Hubert, Super Cat

Height

6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)

Batting style

Left-hand batsman

Bowling style

Right-arm medium

Role

Batsman

Relations

Lance Gibbs (cousin)

International information

National side

West Indies

Test debut (cap 125)

13 December 1966 v India

Last Test

30 December 1984 v Australia

ODI debut (cap 9)

5 September 1973 v England

Last ODI

6 March 1985 v Pakistan

Domestic team information

Years

Team

1968–1986

Lancashire

1964–1983

Guyana/British Guiana

Career statistics

Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	110	87	490	378
Runs scored	7,515	1,977	31,232	10,915
Batting average	46.67	39.54	49.26	40.27
100s/50s	19/39	1/11	79/172	12/69
Top score	242*	102	242*	134*
Balls bowled	1,716	358	9,699	2,926
Wickets	10	8	114	71
Bowling average	62.20	26.25	36.00	27.57
5 wickets in innings	0	0	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	0	0	0
Best bowling	2/13	2/4	4/48	4/33
Catches/stumpings	90/–	39/–	377/–	146/–

Source: CricketArchive, 24 January 2009

Clive Hubert Lloyd CBE AO (born 31 August 1944) is a former West Indies cricketer. In 1971 he was named Wisden Cricketer of the Year. 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 Port of Spain in 1983–84). 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 ICC match referee from 2001–2006.

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