Sheik Faoud Ahamul Fasiel Bacchus (born 31 January 1954) is a former

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er who played for the

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and the

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Early career

A right handed batsman, he made his

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debut for the West Indies at 24 years old in the 1977/78 series against

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. His best series was in 1978/79 against

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, where he scored 96 in the second Test and 250 in the sixth Test, although overall he

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26.06 in his 19 Test matches and was dropped from the side after the 1981/82 tour of Australia. He also played 29

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s for the West Indies between 1977 and 1983, with a high score of 80 and an average of 26.60, winning two man of the match awards. Bacchus' West Indies came to an end after he joined the rebel tour to South Africa in 1983–84, defying the international sporting boycott of the

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state.

US career

After migrating to the US, he continued playing at a professional level, captaining the

in the

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and

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tournaments. At the

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in Buenos Aires, the United States Cricket Team won its first international championship. Bacchus, captain, was named "Man of the Match" for making the highest individual score with 83 runs. He joined the West Indies Over-50s World Cup squad to compete in South Africa against 11 other nations in 2020. Bacchus also coached for the US team.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bacchus, Faoud 1954 births Living people American cricket captains American cricket coaches Border cricketers Coaches of the United States national cricket team Cricketers at the 1983 Cricket World Cup Demerara cricketers Guyana cricketers Guyanese cricket coaches Guyanese emigrants to the United States Indo-Guyanese people Sportspeople from Georgetown, Guyana West Indies One Day International cricketers West Indies Test cricketers Western Province cricketers