Carlisle Best

Carlisle Best

Personal information
Full name	Carlisle Alonza Best
Born	(1959-05-14) 14 May 1959 Richmond Gap, Saint Michael, Barbados
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break Right-arm medium pace
Role	Batsman
Relations	Tino Best (nephew)
International information
National side	West Indies
Test debut	21 February 1986 v England
Last Test	23 November 1990 v Pakistan
ODI debut	4 March 1986 v England
Last ODI	16 January 1992 v India
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1979–1994	Barbados
1993–1994	Western Province
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs FC LA Matches 8 24 90 79 Runs scored 342 473 5,439 1,942 Batting average 28.50 24.89 38.85 29.87 100s/50s 1/1 1/2 13/24 2/12 Top score 164 100 179 137* Balls bowled 30 19 1,642 682 Wickets 0 0 24 14 Bowling average – – 32.16 40.78 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 0/2 0/4 3/29 2/22 Catches/stumpings 8/– 5/– 107/– 21/–
Source: Cricket Archive, 19 October 2010

Carlisle Alonza Best (born 14 May 1959) played eight Tests and 24 One Day Internationals for the West Indies. He is the uncle of fast bowler Tino Best.

Best hooked his third ball in Test cricket for six off the bowling of Ian Botham at Kingston, Jamaica, in February 1986.