Randall Lyon
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| Full name | John Randall Lyon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 March 1952 Trinidad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1973-74 to 1977-78 | North Trinidad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1975-76 to 1982-83 | Trinidad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricket Archive, 29 June 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John Randall Lyon (born 4 March 1952, Trinidad) is a former Trinidad cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1974 to 1983. He toured India in 1978-79 with the West Indian team but did not play Test cricket.
A wicket-keeper and lower-order batsman, Randall Lyon made his first-class debut for North Trinidad in the Texaco Cup in the 1973-74 season. He first played for Trinidad in the 1975-76 Shell Shield, when he led the competition's fielding statistics with 11 dismissals, including five stumpings off the spin bowling of Raphick Jumadeen and Inshan Ali.[1] He continued to play for Trinidad in 1976-77 and 1977-78, making his only first-class fifty against Barbados in 1977-78.[2]
With most of the senior West Indian cricketers playing World Series Cricket in Australia in the 1978-79 season,[3] Lyon was one of several inexperienced players to be selected for the tour of India. He played in most of the first-class matches outside the Tests. He continued to play for Trinidad until the end of the 1982-83 season.
Until Brendan Nash, Australia born played in 2008, Lyon was the last white West Indies cricketer to represent the West Indies, until 2020.Joshua DaSilva of Trinidad West Indies birth, white, now represents the West Indies ,in 2021.[4] He lives in Trinidad, where he has coached young wicket-keepers.[5]
References
- ^ Shell Shield 1975-76 Fielding dismissals
- ^ Barbados v Trinidad 1977-78
- ^ Wisden 1980, p. 980.
- ^ Different backgrounds, common debut Retrieved 29 June 2014.
- ^ Sir Frank Worrell Development Centre opened in Trinidad Retrieved 29 June 2014.