Elquemedo willett biography of barack

  • Elquemedo Willett, born , Charlestown, Nevis, teams Leeward Islands, Combined Leeward and Windward Islands, West Indians, West Indies.
  • Willett, a slow left-arm spinner, debuted as a year-old against Australia in His cricket career spans 50 years, from local to.
  • NIA official expresses gratitude for donation of books to public library, sports museum featuring Elquemedo T. Willett's cricketing prowess,

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    Elquemedo Willett celebrates 50 years since becoming first leeward Islander to make West Indies cricket team

    St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN) &#; Today (March 9) marks 50 years since Nevisian cricketer Elquemedo Tonito Willett (MBE) broke barriers by becoming the first person from the Leeward Islands to make it to the West Indies cricket team.

    Willett, a slow left-arm spinner, debuted as a year-old against Australia in  

    His cricket career spans 50 years, from local to Masters Cricket level tournaments.

    Besides playing cricket, Willett coached most primary school students on Nevis and ended his coaching career at the Charlestown Primary.

    The island of Nevis has commemorated their hero in multiple ways, including;

    • a bust and an exhibit of Willett in the Nevis Sports Museum
    • the once-called Grove Park was renamed the Elquemedo T. Willett Park in in his honour
    • in December , Willett was knighted, being awarded the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
    • in December , he was given
    • elquemedo willett biography of barack

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      Career Stats

      Batting

      Other First-Class matches in West Indies, /71 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 - -
      Shell Shield, /71 4 8 3 52 21 0 0 2 - -
      India in West Indies, /71 1 2 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0
      Other First-Class matches in West Indies, /72 1 1 0 12 12 0 0 0 - -
      Shell Shield, /72 4 8 3 37 16* 0 0 2 - -
      New Zealand in West Indies and Bermuda, /72 1 1 0 5 5 0 0 0 - 0
      Other First-Class matches in West Indies, 2 1 1 23 23* - 0 0 0 - -
      Shell Shield, /73 4 8 2 47 0 0 0 - -
      Australia in West Indies, /73 5 8 4 55 17* 0 0 2 - -
      West Indies in England, 12 10 6 56 0 1 1 - -
      Shell Shield, /74 4 7 0 30 9 0 0

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      Hon. Troy Liburd, Minister of Sports in the Nevis Island Administration (r), presenting a $50, cheque to Mr. Carlisle Powell, President of the Nevis Cricket Association, on March 01, , for a gala on March 09, , in honour of Elquemedo T. Willett for his historic cricketing accomplishment 50 years ago

      NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (March 06, ) &#; The Ministry of Sports in the Nevis Island ledning (NIA) handed over a cheque in the amount of $50, to the Nevis Cricket Association following a request to assist the association in hosting a gala in honour of the island’s history making cricketer Mr. Elquemedo Tonito Willett.

      In presenting the cheque to the association’s president Mr. Carlisle Powell at a handing over ceremony at the Elquemedo T. Willett Park in Charlestown on March 01, , Minister of Sports Hon. Troy Liburd noted that the NIA fryst vatten pleased to partner with the association to honour Mr. Willett for his cricketing accomplishments for all of Nevis.

      “As Nevisians we