Neil Williams (cricketer)

Neil Williams

Personal information
Full name	Neil Fitzgerald Williams
Born	(1962-07-02)2 July 1962 St Vincent, Windward Islands
Died	27 March 2006(2006-03-27) (aged 43) Kingstown, St. Vincent
Batting	Right-handed batsman (RHB)
Bowling	Right Arm Fast-Medium (RFM)
International information
National side	English
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class Matches 1 255 Runs scored 38 4,457 Batting average 38.00 18.64 100s/50s –/– –/13 Top score 38 77 Balls bowled 246 37,485 Wickets 2 675 Bowling average 74.00 30.29 5 wickets in innings – 22 10 wickets in match – 2 Best bowling 2/148 8/75 Catches/stumpings –/– 67/–
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Neil Fitzgerald Williams (2 July 1962 – 27 March 2006) was an England cricketer, who played first-class cricket for both Middlesex and Essex. In a first-class career spanning over seventeen years, he took 675 wickets and scored 4,457 runs.

Life and career

Williams was born in St Vincent. He also played first-class cricket for the Windward Islands cricket team and for the Tasmania cricket team.

Williams played in one Test match in 1990 when, on the day of the match, Chris Lewis was injured and he was hurriedly drafted in. He took 2 for 148, taking the wickets of Sachin Tendulkar and Mohammad Azharuddin, and made 38 useful runs as nightwatchman.

Williams died of pneumonia, in st.vincent, three weeks after suffering a stroke, on 27 March 2006. He was 43 years old.

See also

• One Test Wonder

External links

• Cricinfo Obituary
• Cricket Archive