Steve Camacho

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Steve Camacho
Personal information
Born (1945-10-15)October 15, 1945
Georgetown, British Guiana
Died October 2, 2015(2015-10-02) (aged 69)
Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak googly
Relations George Learmond (grandfather)[1]
International information
National side
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class
Matches 11 76
Runs scored 640 4,079
Batting average 29.09 34.86
100s/50s -/4 7/24
Top score 87 166
Balls bowled 18 -
Wickets - 8
Bowling average - 27.00
5 wickets in innings - -
10 wickets in match - -
Best bowling - 3/10
Catches/stumpings 4/- 47/-
Source: [1]

George Stephen (Steve) Camacho (October 15, 1945 – October 2, 2015) was a West Indian cricketer who played in eleven Tests from 1968 to 1971 as an opening batsman and occasional leg-spin bowler.

Career[edit]

Camacho was part of the West Indian Test side for four series: 1967-68, 1968-69, 1969, 1970-71. His final tour was to England in 1973: in only the second game, his cheekbone was fractured by a bouncer from Hampshire's Andy Roberts and he left the side, never to play another Test.

After retirement[edit]

After retirement in 1979, Camacho served West Indies cricket as selector then secretary and later as chief executive of the West Indies Cricket Board. He was the author of a book Cricket at Bourda: Celebrating the Georgetown Cricket Club (2007, ISBN 978-9769507586; ISBN 976950758X).[1] He died on October 2, 2015.[2]

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