Rudi Webster
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Full name | Rudi Valentine Webster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Marchfield, Saint Philip, Barbados | 10 June 1939|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Opening bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1961–1964 | Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1962–1966 | Warwickshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1966-67–1967-68 | Otago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 11 December 2019 |
Rudi Valentine Webster (born 10 June 1939) is a former Barbadian cricketer who played for Scotland, Warwickshire and Otago from 1961 to 1968. He was born in Marchfield, Saint Philip, Barbados.
Rudi Webster appeared in 70 first-class matches as a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast medium bowler. He played his first first-class match for Scotland in 1961, while studying medicine at the University of Edinburgh.[1] Playing against the Marylebone Cricket Club, he took 11 wickets in the match, including a wicket with the first ball he bowled in each innings.[2][3] In 1963, playing for Warwickshire after his medical studies finished for the year, he took 77 wickets in 17 matches in the County Championship at an average of 17.44, forming the fieriest opening attack in the competition with another student, Roger Edmonds.[4] In his first Championship match in 1964, after completing his medical studies, he took 7 for 6 and 5 for 52 in Warwickshire's victory over Yorkshire.[5][6]
Webster managed the West Indian team that played World Series Cricket between 1977 and 1979.[2] From the late 1970s to the mid-1980s he was a successful team motivator with the premiership teams Carlton and Richmond in the Victorian Football League.[7] He later worked with international cricket teams as a sports psychologist.[8][9] He has written two books on the subject: Winning Ways: In Search of Your Best Performance (1985) and Think Like a Champion (2013).[10]
He served as Barbados's Ambassador to the United States from 1991 to 1995.
See also
References
- ^ Rudi Webster at CricketArchive
- ^ a b Mukherjee, Abhishek. "Rudi Webster's world record: Wicket with first ball in each innings on First-Class debut". Cricket Country. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- ^ "Scotland v MCC 1961". Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- ^ Wisden 1964, pp. 586–87.
- ^ "Warwickshire v Yorkshire 1964". Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- ^ Wisden 1965, pp. 600–1.
- ^ De Bolfo, Tony. "Packer Whacker a throwback to Punchy Perc". Carlton FC. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- ^ Veera, Sriram (27 June 2011). "Sammy welcomes sports psychologist Webster". Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- ^ Alter, Jamie (7 October 2006). "Chappell praises psychologist Webster". Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- ^ "Think Like A Champion". HarperCollins. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
External links
- Rudi Webster at ESPNcricinfo
- Rudi Webster at CricketArchive