Winston Benjamin

Winston Keithroy Matthew Benjamin (born 31 December 1964) is a former Antiguan cricketer who played 21 Tests and 85 One Day Internationals for the West Indies. He is also the father of world champion athlete Rai Benjamin.

Domestic career
Benjamin originally burst on the scene in 1985 when he was given a Viv Richards scholarship to England in 1985. He played at Chester Boughton Hall Cricket Club in the highly rated Liverpool Competition and finished the season with 106 wickets at an average of 7.57, a best of 8-20 and five or more wickets on eleven occasions. Chester Boughton Hall finished the season as champions.

This drew the attention of Leicestershire in the County Championship where he played from 1986 to 1993 before moving to Hampshire from 1994 to 1996.

International career
He made his Test debut against India at Delhi on the 1987–88 tour.  After eight Tests he was left out of the team until 1993, when he played consistently for two years, but he was dropped again after Australia's 1994–95 tour and never returned to the side.

He played more regularly in the shorter format of the game, and was a fixture in the side from his debut against Pakistan at Peshawar in 1986–87 until West Indies` 1995 tour of England.

Coaching career
After his playing career at the highest level was over, he acted as coach for the Leeward Islands, but was sacked in June 2005. Now he is a coach for a leeward island (Antigua) at the Clare Hall Secondary School.

International record

ODI 5 Wicket hauls

International awards

One Day International Cricket

Man of the Match awards

References

Category:1964 births
Category:Living people
Category:Antigua and Barbuda cricketers
Category:West Indies Test cricketers
Category:West Indies One Day International cricketers
Category:Hampshire cricketers
Category:Leeward Islands cricketers
Category:Leicestershire cricketers
Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for Antigua and Barbuda
Category:Cricketers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Category:Cheshire cricketers