Gordon Greenidge
This attracted the attention of Hampshire and Warwickshire County Cricket Clubs, who offered Greenidge a trial.He did not recollect the innings saying "I middled every ball and yet hardly saw one delivery clearly...I can't remember a single shot but when I returned to the pavilion rather later than I had anticipated, I discovered I had made 273 not out".[12] He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1985 New Year Honours for services to cricket.[15] He played as an opening batsman and he began his Test career in 1974 against India at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, scoring 93 and 107 on debut.[16] It took four more years to score an ODI century when he made 106 not out against India at Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham.The 1975–76 West Indian tour of Australia was considered by Greenidge as "personal nightmare so painful that I have spent my life since trying to erase it from my memory".[17] Greenidge scored a total of 11 runs in four Test innings and the West Indies lost the series 5–1.The innings was described as "a sadistic uncle enjoying an afternoon's beach cricket against his nieces and nephews back home in Barbados"."[32] In New Zealand in 1987, Greenidge scored his third Test double century in Auckland to lead the West Indies to a 10-wicket victory.In that game, he achieved that milestone as captain, with his century eventually going in vain as West Indies lost that match.[37] This performance ensured his selection for the subsequent tour of England, which he announced would be his farewell series before retirement: unfortunately, he suffered a knee injury while fielding during the second match of the ODI series, was unable to open the batting (he was held back to 8th in the order), and was unable to play in either the third ODI or the subsequent Tests.Described by ESPNcricinfo as "brooding and massively destructive",[39] he was among the 55 initial inductees of the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in 2009.[40] Clive Lloyd described Gordon Greenidge as "a very fine player of the moving ball and one of the hardest hitters in my experience.Under his guidance, the Bangladesh men's cricket team won the 1997 ICC Trophy beating 22 other nations.Carl also portrayed his father in the 2021 Indian film 83 which depicts the events of the 1983 Cricket World Cup.[46] He received honourary Bangladeshi citizenship for his contribution as a coach of the Bangladesh National Cricket Team.
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