Sir Clive Hubert Lloyd (born 31 August 1944) is a Guyanese-

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former

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er who played for the

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. As a boy he went to Chatham High School in Georgetown. At the age of 14 he was captain of his school cricket team in the Chin Cup inter-school competition. One of his childhood memories is of sitting in a tree outside the ground overlooking the sightscreen watching

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score two centuries for West Indies v Pakistan. In 1971 he was named a

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. He captained the West Indies between 1974 and 1985 and oversaw their rise to become the dominant

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-playing nation, a position that was only relinquished in the latter half of the 1990s. He is one of the most successful Test captains of all time: during his captaincy the side had a run of 27 matches without defeat, which included 11 wins in succession (

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acted as captain for one of the 27 matches, against Australia at Port of Spain in 1983–84). He was the first West Indian player to earn 100 international caps. Lloyd captained the West Indies in three

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, winning in 1975 (with Lloyd scoring a century) and

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while losing the 1983 final to

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. Lloyd was a tall, powerful middle-order batsman and occasional medium-pace bowler. In his youth he was also a strong cover point fielder. He wore his famous glasses as a result of being poked in the eye with a ruler. '' Wide World of Sports'' Cricket Yearbook 1985 – "Farewell Super Cat" written by

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, pp: 110–13, PBL Marketing, Pty Ltd, 1985. ISSN 0813-7439 His Test match debut came in 1966. Lloyd scored 7,515 runs at Test level, at an average of 46.67. He hit 70 sixes in his Test career, which is the 14th highest number of any player. He played for his home nation of Guyana in West Indies domestic cricket, and for

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(he was made captain in 1981) in England. He is a cousin of spin bowler

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. Since retiring as a player, Lloyd has remained heavily involved in cricket, managing the West Indies in the late 1990s, and coaching and commentating. He was an ICC match referee from 2001 to 2006. In 2009, Lloyd was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. He was knighted in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to cricket.

Career

Lloyd made his Test debut on 13 December, 1966 against

. He scored 82 in the first innings and 78

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in the second. In 1971–72, Lloyd suffered a back injury while playing for a

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team at the

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. He was fielding in the covers when

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hit a lofted drive towards his area. He made an effort to take the catch but it bounced out of his hands when he hit the ground awkwardly. When he went to get up, he felt a stabbing pain in his back and he was unable to move. He spent the next few weeks in an Adelaide hospital flat on his back. In the 1975 Cricket World Cup Final against Australia, the

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were deep in trouble at 3/50 when Lloyd strode to the crease. He duly made 102 from 85 balls, the only

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international century of his career. With Rohan Kanhai he added 149 for the West Indies to win by 17 runs. Play ended at 8:40pm and was the longest day's play ever at Lord's. On 22 January 1985, Lloyd was made an honorary Officer of the

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for his services to the sport of cricket, particularly in relation to his outstanding and positive influence on the game in Australia. In 2005, Lloyd offered his patronage to

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for their inaugural Interstate Cricket Cup in the

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, to be named the Sir Clive Lloyd Cup. His son, Jason Clive Lloyd, is a goalkeeper for the

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. In 2007, Lloyd's authorised biography, ''Supercat'', was published. It was written by the cricket journalist Simon Lister. In 2022, Lloyd received a knighthood at an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle. Clive is regarded as one of the greatest captains in the history of the game.

Personal life

Lloyd is a fan of English football club Everton FC.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lloyd, Clive 1944 births Living people Sportspeople from Georgetown, Guyana Cricketers at the 1975 Cricket World Cup Cricketers at the 1979 Cricket World Cup Cricketers at the 1983 Cricket World Cup Guyanese cricketers Lancashire cricket captains Lancashire cricketers West Indies One Day International cricketers West Indies Test cricketers West Indian cricketers of 1970–71 to 1999–2000 West Indian cricketers of 1945–46 to 1969–70 West Indies Test cricket captains World Series Cricket players International Cavaliers cricketers Cricket match referees Honorary Officers of the Order of Australia Recipients of the Chaconia Medal Wisden Leading Cricketers in the World Afro-Guyanese people Guyana cricketers Cricket players and officials awarded knighthoods Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom