Keith Boyce

Keith Boyce

Personal information
Full name	Keith David Boyce
Born	(1943-10-11)11 October 1943 Castle, St Peter, Barbados
Died	11 October 1996(1996-10-11) (aged 53) Bridgetown, Barbados
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
International information
National side	West Indies
Test debut	19 March 1971 v India
Last Test	31 January 1976 v Australia
ODI debut	5 September 1973 v England
Last ODI	20 December 1975 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1964–1975	Barbados
1966–1977	Essex
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs FC LA Matches 21 8 285 165 Runs scored 657 57 8,800 2,441 Batting average 24.33 14.25 22.39 17.81 100s/50s 0/4 0/0 4/46 1/7 Top score 95* 34 147* 123 Balls bowled 3,501 470 44,087 7,841 Wickets 60 13 852 268 Bowling average 30.01 24.07 25.02 16.05 5 wickets in innings 2 0 35 3 10 wickets in match 1 0 7 0 Best bowling 6/77 4/50 9/61 8/26 Catches/stumpings 5/– 0/– 215/– 44/–
Source: Cricket Archive, 17 October 2010

Keith David Boyce (11 October 1943 – 11 October 1996) was a cricketer who played 21 Tests and 8 One Day Internationals for the West Indies between 1971 and 1976. He died from the effects of chronic cirrhosis of the liver, while sitting in a chair at a pharmacist's in Speightstown, Barbados, in 1996.

Boyce was the first man to take eight wickets in a List A match; he achieved the feat when he took 8-26 for Essex against Lancashire in 1971. No other player dismissed eight batsmen in a one-day innings until Kent's Derek Underwood claimed 8-31 against Scotland sixteen years later.

Boyce had been recruited for Essex by Trevor Bailey, and in 1974 was Wisden's Cricketer of the Year. Following an injury, he returned to his home island of Barbados, where he suffered several personal setbacks. He was married twice, and had two daughters.

External links

• Keith Boyce at Cricket Archive
• Keith Boyce at Cricinfo