• spinners, 20-year-old Alf Valentine and 21-year-old Sonny Ramadhin, who had only played two first-class matches each. Valentine in particular was a surprising...
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    British botanist James W. Valentine (1926–2023), American evolutionary biologist Alf Valentine, cricketer Bobby Valentine, former baseball manager of...
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    Indian in Tests and ODIs, having taken 519 and 227 wickets respectively. Alf Valentine and Jerome Taylor are the only other Jamaicans to have taken 100 or...
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    the best bowling figures for a West Indian in his first Test since Alf Valentine in 1950. Under his captaincy West Indies won the 2012 and 2016 ICC WorldTwenty20...
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  • Valentine took 4 for 48 and 3 for 79. Wisden in 1951 named four West Indian players as Cricketer of the Year. They were Sonny Ramadhin, Alf Valentine...
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  • Look up Alf in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Alf is a given name, nickname (also Alfie) and surname. The male name Alf or Alv is derived from álf, the...
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    prominent[according to whom?] Jamaican cricketers include George Headley, Allan Rae, Alf Valentine, Collie Smith, Lawrence Rowe, Michael Holding, Jeff Dujon, Courtney...
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  • 1945/46 Cuan McCarthy for South Africa v England in Durban in 1948 Alf Valentine for the West Indies v England in Manchester in 1950 Ram Ramchand for...
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  • such an average is a liability unless an exceptional bowler such as Alf Valentine, B. S. Chandrasekhar or Glenn McGrath were. Career records for batting...
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  • 3-0 with two matches drawn. West Indies' spinners Sonny Ramadhin and Alf Valentine were unable to repeat the success they had on the 1950 tour, and though...
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  • England for the first time at Lord's on 29 June 1950. Ramadhin and Alf Valentine were the architects of the victory which inspired a calypso by Lord...
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  • tour to England at the age of 21. He made his test debut, along with Alf Valentine, in the first Test of that same Test series against England which started...
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  • "Local actor Alf' Humphreys passes". www.baytoday.ca. "R.I.P. 'My Bloody Valentine' Star Alf Humphreys Has Died". bloody-disgusting.com. Alf Humphreys at...
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    Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica, for the fifth and final Test, after Alf Valentine had fallen ill. Sobers was selected as a bowler, despite only mediocre...
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  • Wickets Bowler Match Record Date Reference 50 Alf Valentine 8 31 December 1951 100 19 24 February 1954 Andy Roberts 22 July 1976 150 33 5 June 1980 200...
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  • Langridge Reg Simpson Bert Sutcliffe 1951 Godfrey Evans Sonny Ramadhin Alf Valentine Everton Weekes Frank Worrell 1952 Bob Appleyard Tom Dollery Jim Laker...
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    Gil Langley dropped the catch. Benaud went on to dismiss tail-ender Alf Valentine for his first Test wicket, conceding 14 runs from 4.3 overs. Benaud...
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  • Jones Roy Marshall Allan Rae Sonny Ramadhin Ken Rickards John Trim Alf Valentine Clyde Walcott Everton Weekes Frank Worrell All of the players except...
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    win in England, assisted by the spin bowling of Sonny Ramadhin and Alf Valentine. He scored a century in both innings of two Tests in the series against...
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  • Indies player on debut until his 10/97 was bettered by spin bowler Alf Valentine. Johnson was 40 years old when he played his final Test. Johnson made...
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  • 1950 1961 43 58 14 361 44 8.20 13939 813 4579 158 7/49 28.98 9 - 71 Alf Valentine 1950 1962 36 51 21 141 14 4.70 12953 789 4215 139 8/104 30.32 13 - 72...
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  • My Bloody Valentine is a 1981 Canadian slasher film directed by George Mihalka and written by John Beaird. It stars Paul Kelman, Lori Hallier, and Neil...
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    first victory, over the West Indies. He sealed the win by stumping Alf Valentine in what was his final Test. Born 24 September 1924 at Port of Spain...
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    bamboozled by the leg spin and left arm orthodox of Sonny Ramadhin and Alf Valentine, who took 59 wickets between them in four Tests against England. Miller...
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  • their great spinning duo, Sonny Ramadhin and Alf Valentine. England won the first Test by 202 runs, but Valentine and Ramadhin's bowling would win the series...
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  • Calypso" also immortalised the spin bowling pair of Sonny Ramadhin and Alf Valentine. The calypso begins thus: Cricket lovely Cricket, At Lord's where I...
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  • Ramadhin and Alf Valentine. Towards the end of the season Barrington could afford to relax and he hit three more hundreds. With no tour in sight Alf Gover offered...
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    Johnston 1 December 1950  Australia  England 2 11 35 5 Australia won 13 Alf Valentine 9 November 1951  West Indies  Australia 2 25 99 5 Australia won 14 Doug...
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  • leg-breaks and outperformed Alf Valentine, the established West Indies and Jamaica spinner. He was then selected alongside Valentine for the fifth and final...
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  • and his figures were the second best by a West Indian debutante after Alf Valentine took eight wickets in 1950. Saint Lucia annually hosts games in the...
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