Faoud Bacchus

Faoud Bacchus

Personal information
Full name	Sheik Faoud Ahamul Fasiel Bacchus
Born	(1954-01-31) 31 January 1954 Georgetown, Guyana
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm medium pace
International information
National side	West Indies
Test debut (cap 171)	15 April 1978 v Australia
Last Test	30 January 1982 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 23)	22 February 1978 v Australia
Last ODI	25 June 1983 v India
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1971–1980	Demerara
1972–1983	Guyana
1984–1985	Western Province
1985–1986	Border
1985–1986	Impalas
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs FC LA Matches 19 29 111 66 Runs scored 782 612 5,944 1,871 Batting average 26.06 26.60 35.17 33.41 100s/50s 1/3 0/3 8/37 1/12 Top score 250 80* 250 132 Balls bowled 6 0 470 96 Wickets 0 – 8 6 Bowling average – – 24.62 16.50 5 wickets in innings 0 – 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 – 0 0 Best bowling 0/3 – 2/18 3/28 Catches/stumpings 17/– 10/– 88/– 18/–
Source: Cricket Archive, 17 October 2010

Sheik Faoud Ahamul Fasiel Bacchus (born 31 January 1954) is a cricket player for the West Indies and the United States.

A right-handed batsman, he made his Test match debut for the West Indies aged 24 in the 1977/78 series against Australia, but his best achievements were in the 1978/79 series against India, where he scored 96 in the second Test and 250 in the 6th Test. However, he only averaged 26 after 19 Tests, making seven ducks, and was dropped from the side after the 1981/82 tour of Australia. He also played 29 One Day Internationals for the West Indies between 1977 and 1983, with a high score of 80 and an average of 26.

Bacchus also captained the United States in the 1997 and 2001 ICC Trophy tournaments.

External links

• Cricinfo biography
• Cricket Archive biography