Desmond Lewis

Desmond Lewis

Cricket information
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	-
International information
National side	West Indian
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class Matches 3 36 Runs scored 259 1,623 Batting average 86.33 31.82 100s/50s 0/3 0/12 Top score 88 96 Balls bowled 0 0 Wickets 0 0 Bowling average - - 5 wickets in innings 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling -/- -/- Catches/stumpings 8/0 67/11
Source: [1]

Desmond Michael Lewis (born February 21, 1946, Kingston, Jamaica) is a former West Indian cricketer who played in three Tests in 1971.

Lewis began his first-class career on the brief Jamaican tour of England in 1970. A few months later he scored 96 and 67 not out for Jamaica in the first match of India's tour of the West Indies in 1970-71. He replaced Mike Findlay as the West Indies' wicket-keeper after the Second Test. On his Test debut, batting at number seven, Lewis scored 81 not out, putting on 84 for the ninth wicket with Lance Gibbs. He opened the batting in the last two Tests, scoring 88 (putting on 166 for the second wicket with Rohan Kanhai), 14, 72, and then 4 not out, going in at number nine. Wisden referred to him as "an obdurate customer". In 1970-71 he scored 652 runs at 65.20 with seven fifties.

Findlay returned to the Test team when New Zealand toured in 1971-72, and Lewis played no more Tests. He continued to play for Jamaica until 1975-76.

External links

• Cricinfo profile
• Desmond Lewis at Cricket Archive