Austin Ciaz Matthew White (born 14 February 1959) is a former
West Indian
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cricket
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er. White was a right-handed
batsman
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who bowled right-arm
fast-medium
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. He was born on
Montserrat.
White first played for
Montserrat against
St Kitts
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in the 1976 Hesketh Bell Shield.
In that same year he made his Youth
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debut for
West Indies Young Cricketers against
England Young Cricketers
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.
He followed this match up by making his Youth
One Day International debut against the same opposition.
He made further appearances for West Indies Young Cricketers in 1978 during their tour of England, making two further Youth Test match appearances and a single Youth One Day International appearance.
In 1979, he made his
first-class debut for the
Leeward Islands against the
Windward Islands
french: Îles du Vent
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.
In that same year, he made his
List A debut for the team against
Barbados
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in the 1978/79
Geddes Grant/Harrison Line Trophy.
In 1980, he made a single List A appearance for the Leeward Islands against
Guyana,
before following this up the following year with a single first-class appearance against a touring
England XI.
In that same year, he made two List A appearances against
Jamaica
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and
Trinidad and Tobago
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in the 1980/81 Geddes Grant/Harrison Line Trophy.
In 1982, he made a single first-class appearance in the 1981/82
Shell Shield
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against Trinidad and Tobago,
as well as making two List A appearances in that seasons Geddes Grant/Harrison Line Trophy against Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados.
He made two final first-class appearances for the Leeward Islands in 1983 against Barbados and the touring
Indians,
as well as two further List A appearances against Barbados and Guyana.
In four first-class matches, he scored a total of 78 runs at an
average
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of 8.66, with a high score of 19. With the ball, he took 5 wickets at a
bowling average of 73.40, with best figures of 2/63. In List A cricket, he made eight appearances, scoring 21 runs at an average of 7.00, with a high score of 17. With the ball, he took 4 wickets at a bowling average of 33.71, with best figures of 4/51.
He continued to play minor matches for Montserrat during the four-year period in which he played for the Leeward Islands. He continued to play for Montserrat until 1985, with his final recorded match for his home island coming against St Kitts in the 1985 Nissan Leeward Islands Tournament.
References
External links
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1959 births
Living people
Montserratian cricketers
Leeward Islands cricketers