Steve Camacho
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| Born | 15 October 1945 Georgetown, British Guiana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 2 October 2015 (aged 69) Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Legbreak googly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | George Learmond (grandfather)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut | 19 January 1968 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 6 March 1971 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 31 October 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
George Stephen Camacho (15 October 1945 – 2 October 2015) was a West Indian international cricketer who played in eleven Test matches from 1968 to 1971 as an opening batsman and occasional leg-spin bowler.
Camacho was part of the West Indian Test side for four series: 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969, 1970–71. His final tour was to England in 1973: in only the second game, his cheekbone was fractured by a bouncer from Hampshire's Andy Roberts and he left the side, never to play another Test.
After retirement
[edit]After retirement in 1979, Camacho served West Indies cricket as selector then secretary and later as chief executive of the West Indies Cricket Board. He was the author of a book Cricket at Bourda: Celebrating the Georgetown Cricket Club (.[1] He died on 2 October 2015.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Stephen Camacho". Guyana-Cricket. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
- ^ "Former WI batsman Camacho dies aged 69". ESPNcricinfo.com. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ "Portuguese in Caribbean Cricket". Guyana Chronicle. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
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