Everton Weekes

Sir Everton Weekes de Courcy KCMG, OBE ( born February 26, 1925 in St Michael, Barbados ) is a former West Indian cricketer. He was known along with Clyde Walcott and Frank Worrell as the "Three Ws ".

Career

Everton Weekes denied during his career for the team of West Indies 48 encounters in Test cricket when he scored a total of 4455 runs ( 58.61 runs per wicket ). He is one of only seven West Indian players during their Test career achieved an average of at least 50 runs per wicket. His Test debut, he celebrated in January 1948 against England in Bridgetown, Barbados. Everton Weekes was the first cricketer ever, who scored in five consecutive tests each a Century ( at least 100 runs ). Weekes took just nine test innings to reach 1000 test runs. Only the Englishman Herbert Sutcliffe succeeded faster the 1000 runs mark to crack. Later in his career he was affected greatly in its performance due to injuries. He made ​​especially a persistent thigh injury to create. His Test career he finished after a test against Pakistan, which was held in March 1958 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.

Others

1995 Everton Weekes Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George. In January 2009, he was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.