Roderick Orville Estwick (born June 28, 1961) is a former Barbadian first-class cricketer. A fast bowler, he played for

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from 1982–83 to 1986–87, toured

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with a Young

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team in 1983–84, and played for

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from 1987–88 to 1989–90. He won the ''South African Cricket Annual'' Cricketer of the Year award in 1988 after taking 36 wickets at 16.41 in his first season in

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, including 4 for 47 and 4 for 63 to help Transvaal defeat

Orange Free State The Orange Free State ( nl, Oranje Vrijstaat; af, Oranje-Vrystaat;) was an independent Boer sovereign republic under British suzerainty in Southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, which ceased to exist after it was defeat ...

in the final of the Castle Currie Cup. Earlier in the season he had taken 4 for 45 and 5 for 17 against Orange Free State. His best first-class bowling figures were 6 for 68 against

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in 1983–84.Leeward Islands v Barbados 1983–84
/ref> His highest score was 43 not out in the 1987–88 Castle Currie Cup final, when, batting at number 11, he added 74 for the tenth wicket with

Ray Jennings Raymond Vernon Jennings (born 9 August 1954) is a former South African cricketer. He was one of South Africa's leading wicket-keepers during the suspension of the South African national team from international cricket during the apartheid era. ...

. He played as the professional for

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in the Lancashire League from 1982 to 1984. He is the half-brother of West Indian cricketer

Sylvester Clarke Sylvester Theophilus Clarke (11 December 1954 – 4 December 1999) was a Barbadian cricketer who played 11 Test matches and 10 One Day Internationals for the West Indian cricket team. Early life Born in Christ Church, Barbados, to Ashton and M ...

. He is currently one of the Assistant Coaches to the Regional West Indies Senior Team. In June 2018, he was named as one of the two team coaches of the Cricket West Indies B Team squad for the inaugural edition of the

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tournament.

References

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