Berkeley Bertram McGarrell Gaskin (21 March 1908 - 2 May 1979) was a

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er and administrator who played in two

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s in 1947-48. Gaskin played

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as a medium-pace bowler and lower-order batsman for

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from 1929 to 1953, captaining the side from 1950–51 to 1952–53. His best bowling figures were 7 for 58 against

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in 1950–51. He managed the West Indies side on three overseas tours: to India and Pakistan in 1958–59, to England in 1963, and to Australia and New Zealand in 1968–69. He was President of the Guyana Cricket Association at the time of his death, and had also served as a West Indies selector.

Tony Cozier Winston Anthony Lloyd Cozier (10 July 1940 – 11 May 2016) was a Barbadian cricket journalist, writer, and radio commentator on West Indian cricket for over fifty years. Scyld Berry wrote that he was both the voice and the conscience of West I ...

, "Berkeley Gaskin – Devoted Administrator", ''

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'', July 1979, p. 39. He worked as a senior official in the Guyanese civil service.

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