Winston Benjamin is pictured above during the West Indies tour to England in 1995.
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Date |
Test |
Venue |
Opp. |
1st Inns |
2nd Inns |
Batting |
Ct |
Result |
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25/11/87 |
1 |
Delhi |
Ind |
7-0-17-1 |
23-3-76-1 |
19 & dnb |
1 |
Won |
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02/04/88 |
1 |
Georgetown |
Pak |
31-3-99-1 |
dnb |
2 & 0 |
0 |
Lost |
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14/04/88 |
2 |
Port-of-Spain |
Pak |
8-0-32-3 |
32-9-73-3 |
0 & 16 |
0 |
Draw |
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22/04/88 |
3 |
Bridgetown |
Pak |
14-3-52-3 |
15-1-37-2 |
31 & 40* |
1 |
Won |
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30/06/88 |
3 |
Manchester |
Eng |
13-4-31-2 |
4-1-6-1 |
dnb & dnb |
0 |
Won |
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21/07/88 |
4 |
Leeds |
Eng |
9-2-27-2 |
5-4-2-2 |
9 & dnb |
0 |
Won |
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04/08/88 |
5 |
The Oval |
Eng |
14-2-33-1 |
22-4-52-4 |
0 & dnb |
0 |
Won |
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25/03/89 |
1 |
Georgetown |
Ind |
11-2-27-0 |
dnb |
7 & dnb |
0 |
Draw |
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23/04/93 |
2 |
Bridgetown |
Pak |
19-5-55-2 |
17-7-30-3 |
0 & dnb |
2 |
Won |
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01/05/93 |
3 |
St. John's |
Pak |
20-4-53-3 |
dnb |
12 & dnb |
0 |
Draw |
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08/12/93 |
1 |
Moratuwa |
SL |
20-8-46-4 |
6-5-5-1 |
2 & dnb |
0 |
Draw |
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19/02/94 |
1 |
Kingston |
Eng |
19.1-7-43-0 |
20-3-56-3 |
38 & dnb |
0 |
Won |
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17/03/94 |
2 |
Georgetown |
Eng |
26-9-62-1 |
16-4-44-0 |
44 & dnb |
0 |
Won |
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25/03/94 |
3 |
Port-of-Spain |
Eng |
24-3-66-3 |
dnb |
10 & 35 |
1 |
Won |
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08/04/94 |
4 |
Bridgetown |
Eng |
22-4-76-3 |
22-3-58-0 |
8 & 3 |
0 |
Lost |
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16/04/94 |
5 |
St. John's |
Eng |
41.1-15-93-2 |
dnb |
dnb & dnb |
1 |
Draw |
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03/02/95 |
1 |
Christchurch |
NZ |
33-4-94-1 |
5-1-12-0 |
85 & dnb |
1 |
Draw |
| |
31/03/95 |
1 |
Bridgetown |
Aus |
23.2-6-71-3 |
dnb |
14 & 26 |
1 |
Lost |
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08/04/95 |
2 |
St. John's |
Aus |
15-2-40-2 |
24-2-72-2 |
4 & dnb |
0 |
Draw |
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21/04/95 |
3 |
Port-of-Spain |
Aus |
6-3-13-1 |
5-0-15-0 |
7 & dnb |
0 |
Won |
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29/04/95 |
4 |
Kingston |
Aus |
24-3-80-1 |
dnb |
7 & 51 |
1 |
Lost |
Summary of all matches
| M |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
100s |
50s |
W |
BB |
Ave |
5w |
Ct |
| 21 |
470 |
85 |
18.80 |
0 |
2 |
61 |
4-46 |
27.02 |
0 |
9 |
Photo of Winston Benjamin taken by G.H. on 26th. February 1994 in Kingston, Jamaica.
| The only word to sum up the cricket of Antiguan Winston Benjamin is
'languid'. Whether as a hard-hitting batsman or as a fast-medium bowler
bordering on outright fast he always gave the impression he was toying
with the opposition. Lesser mortals had to work at their game. To
Benjamin it came naturally. He particularly liked hitting straight sixes
over the bowler's head. His flashes of brilliance left many feeling he
could have done so much more at Test level, but in the end he was a
bit-part player to the greats. Probably his best series was when
Pakistan visited the islands in 1988. He took 5 wickets in an innings
and scored 31 and 40 not out in Barbados. Benjamin played in the World
Cups of 1987, where he took 3-69 against Pakistan at Karachi, also in
1992, when his best figures were 3-27 against Zimbabwe. He toured
England, Australia, Pakistan and India and took part in numerous ODIs in
competitions in Sharjah. In England in 1988 he took five wickets at
Headingley and had figures of 4-52 at the Oval. He was in the West
Indies side for the England tour of 1995. He played in ODIs but did not
feature in a Test match. Benjamin made his debut for the Leeward Islands
in 1985-86 and played English county cricket for Leicestershire from
1986, often batting as high as number six. He also played for Cheshire
in 1985. (Bob Harragan) |