Carlisle Alonza Best was born on 14 May 1959 and is a Barbadian former cricketer who played eight Tests and 24 One Day Internationals for the West Indies.
13 Facts About Carlisle Best
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Carlisle Best represented the West Indies at the 1987 World Cup.
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Over his career, Carlisle Best made one century in each international format, and captained West Indies B on a tour of Zimbabwe.
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Carlisle Best was known for his unusual habit of commentating on himself while batting.
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Carlisle Best first came to attention when he scored more than 800 runs in the Barbados leagues in 1976, while still a schoolboy.
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Carlisle Best is still the only West Indian to achieve this feat.
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Carlisle Best made his One Day International debut, against England, in the series that followed the Test cricket: he made 10.
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An opportunity to captain was granted in late 1986, when Carlisle Best was appointed to lead a West Indies B team tour of Zimbabwe.
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Carlisle Best was selected for the West Indies squad for the [one-day] 1987 Cricket World Cup and made the team for two of West Indies' six matches, scoring 23 runs at an average of 11.5, with a high score of 18.
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Carlisle Best cemented his place in the one-day side in late 1989, playing 15 matches in just over a year, the highlight of which statistically was an innings of exactly 100, made off 119 balls against England.
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Carlisle Best made a century in Guyana in the corresponding one-day international series.
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Since retiring from cricket, Carlisle Best has worked in public relations for the Central Bank of Barbados.
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Carlisle Best writes about cricket occasionally for Nationnews, and has been a radio presenter, co-presenting the Best and Mason radio show for the Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation from 1995 to 2010.