Robin Bynoe
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Michael Robin Bynoe is a former West Indian cricket
er who played in four Tests
from 1959 to 1967.
Bynoe had played only two first-class
matches when he was picked for the West Indies tour of India and Pakistan in 1958-59. He had limited success on the tour, with a highest score in the first-class matches of only 76, but was picked for the final Test match, aged 18, when he opened the innings with Gerry Alexander
. He was out for one run and took one catch.
In the limited first-class cricket in the West Indies in the late 1950s and early 1960s, Bynoe's appearances were only sporadic and it was 1963-64 when he made his first first-class century, 120 for Barbados against Jamaica.
Centuries in the next two West Indian seasons led to a second call up for a tour to India, this time the 1966-67 tour. Again, Bynoe had limited success in the first-class games, but this time he played in all three Tests as the opening partner to Conrad Hunte
. Only in the third match, at Chepauk
, Madras (now Chennai
), did he make any impact, scoring 48 and 36 and taking his only Test wicket.
Thereafter Bynoe's first-class cricket was confined to Barbados, for whom he played until 1971-72, making his highest score of 190 against Trinidad and Tobago
in his final season. He toured England with the Barbados team in 1969, but had not been picked for the West Indies team that was in England earlier that season.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who played in four Tests
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
from 1959 to 1967.
Bynoe had played only two first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
matches when he was picked for the West Indies tour of India and Pakistan in 1958-59. He had limited success on the tour, with a highest score in the first-class matches of only 76, but was picked for the final Test match, aged 18, when he opened the innings with Gerry Alexander
Gerry Alexander
Franz Copeland Murray "Gerry" Alexander was a Jamaican cricketer who played 25 Tests for the West Indies...
. He was out for one run and took one catch.
In the limited first-class cricket in the West Indies in the late 1950s and early 1960s, Bynoe's appearances were only sporadic and it was 1963-64 when he made his first first-class century, 120 for Barbados against Jamaica.
Centuries in the next two West Indian seasons led to a second call up for a tour to India, this time the 1966-67 tour. Again, Bynoe had limited success in the first-class games, but this time he played in all three Tests as the opening partner to Conrad Hunte
Conrad Hunte
Sir Conrad Cleophas Hunte, KA was a Barbadian cricketer. Hunte played 44 Test matches as an opening batsman for the West Indies.-Early life and career:...
. Only in the third match, at Chepauk
Chepauk
Chepauk is a locality in Chennai , in India. The name Chepauk is popularly used to refer to the M. A. Chidambaram International Cricket Stadium also known as Chepauk Stadium. It is also home to the Chepauk palace, built in the Indo-Saracenic style...
, Madras (now Chennai
Chennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
), did he make any impact, scoring 48 and 36 and taking his only Test wicket.
Thereafter Bynoe's first-class cricket was confined to Barbados, for whom he played until 1971-72, making his highest score of 190 against Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago cricket team
The Trinidad and Tobago cricket team is the representative cricket team of the country of Trinidad and Tobago.The team takes part in inter-regional cricket competitions in the Caribbean, such as the Regional Four Day Competition and the WICB Cup, with the best players selected for the West Indies...
in his final season. He toured England with the Barbados team in 1969, but had not been picked for the West Indies team that was in England earlier that season.