Chris Lewis, who was born in Georgetown in Guyana but went to the same London school as Philip DeFreitas, was one of the stars of the first under 19 World Cup in Australia in 1987 and played an important role when England fought a strong West Indies side to a 2-2 draw in 1991. He never became the world-class all-rounder England hoped for and faded from Test cricket as he embarked on a merry-go-round of county clubs which took him from Leicestershire, to Nottinghamshire, to Surrey and back to Leicestershire. He was plucked from near-obscurity to join Graham Gooch's team in the West Indies in 1989-90, replacing the injured Middlesex fast bowler Ricky Ellcock. He made his debut in the Edgbaston Test against New Zealand in 1990, scoring 32 and taking 3-76 in the second innings. He played just one Test on the Ashes tour that followed, but took important wickets and scored many of the late-order runs as England often batted all the way down to number 11. He was at number ten in the order when he scored 65 at Edgbaston, in which he also had innings figures of 6-111. He scored 47 not out at the Oval. A score of 111 in Madras in 1992-93 looked like his final breakthrough, but after that his form declined. In West Indies in 1993-94 he was asked to replace Devon Malcolm as the fast bowling spearhead, but with little success. Called in amid a spate of injuries at Adelaide in 1994-95 he seemed to have rediscovered his form, but he drifted out of the team at home the following year. He was a member of the team which reached the World Cup final in 1992, taking 3-30 against West Indies in Melbourne. (Bob Harragan)