Jack Mollinson Noreiga (15 April 1936 – 8 August 2003) was a
West Indian
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cricket
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er who played in four
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in 1971.
An off-spinner, he took 9 for 95 in
India
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's first innings in the Second Test in Port of Spain in 1970-71. He remains the only West Indian to take nine wickets in a Test innings.
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2003 deaths
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