11 Facts About Colin Croft

Colin Everton Hunte Croft was born on 15 March 1953 and is a former West Indian international cricketer.

Colin Croft was renowned for bowling wide of the crease over the wicket and angling the ball in to right-handers.

Colin Croft collided with Goodall at the end of his bowling run-up during the fourth day's play after knocking a bail off the stumps with a previous delivery, unhappy at being no-balled frequently and having a caught-behind appeal turned down.

Lance Gibbs arranged for Colin Croft to go to Warwickshire on a coaching scholarship in 1972 where he played two games in the second eleven.

In 1982 Colin Croft accepted a place on the rebel tour of apartheid-divided South Africa, in violation of an international ban on sports tours of the country.

However, there was controversy when Colin Croft was ejected from a whites only seating compartment on a train out of Johannesburg.

All the players who took part in the tour were banned for life from international cricket, thus marking the end of Colin Croft's cricket playing career.

Colin Croft moved to the United States to avoid recriminations at home.

Colin Croft has continued his sports journalism career everywhere that cricket is played, covering West Indies tours since 1994.

Colin Croft continued his analyst's role during the West Indies tour of England the same year.

Colin Croft regularly appears as a studio guest on Sky Sports when West Indies are playing.