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Winston Alfred English (born 13 September 1943) is a former Guyanese cricketer who played first-class cricket for Guyana from 1967 to 1970.

Winston English

Personal information
Full name	Winston Alfred English
Born	(1943-09-13) 13 September 1943 (age 78) Georgetown, British Guiana
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Left-arm fast
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1966-67 to 1969-70	Guyana
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 12 Runs scored 479 Batting average 43.54 100s/50s 1/3 Top score 112 Balls bowled 2148 Wickets 27 Bowling average 33.92 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 4/111 Catches/stumpings 8/–
Source: Cricinfo, 7 July 2019

A middle-order batsman and fast bowler, English had a fine first-class debut when he took 4 for 111 against Barbados in the 1966–67 Shell Shield, including the wickets of the Test batsmen Seymour Nurse and Gary Sobers.[1] He played in a team of young players for a West Indies President's XI in the opening first-class match of the English tour of the West Indies in 1967–68. He captained Guyana in the final match of the Shell Shield in 1968–69, scoring 112 and top-scoring for his team.[2] He played as the professional for Haslingden in the Lancashire League in 1969 and 1970.[3] After playing two more matches for Guyana in 1969–70 he went to live in the USA.[4]

References

External links

• Winston English at ESPNcricinfo
• Winston English at CricketArchive
• Winston English at Guyana Cricket

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