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Full name Derick Recaldo Parry
Born December 22, 1954, Cotton Ground, Nevis
Current age 53 years 332 days
Major teams West Indies,Cambridgeshire,Combined Islands,Leeward Islands
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
12
20
3
381
65
22.41
0
3
1
4
0
ODIs
6
5
1
61
32
15.25
77
79.22
0
0
8
0
First-class
77
119
24
2552
96
26.86
0
14
50
0
List A
36
29
7
336
43
15.27
0
0
14
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
12
17
1909
936
23
5/15
6/92
40.69
2.94
83.0
0
1
0
ODIs
6
6
330
259
11
3/47
3/47
23.54
4.70
30.0
0
0
0
First-class
77
16086
7268
251
9/76
28.95
2.71
64.0
12
1
List A
36
1722
1018
39
5/34
5/34
26.10
3.54
44.1
2
1
0
Career statistics
Test debut
West Indies v Australia at Port of Spain, Mar 3-5, 1978 scorecard
Last Test
New Zealand v West Indies at Dunedin, Feb 8-13, 1980 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
West Indies v Australia at Castries, Apr 12, 1978 scorecard
Last ODI
Pakistan v West Indies at Lahore, Dec 19, 1980 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1975/76 - 1981/82
List A span
1976/77 - 1986
Profile
Derick Parry was an offspinner whose batting was almost good enough to classify him as an allrounder - he ended with a career average of 26.86 without ever making a hundred. He didn't pull up too many trees in his 12-Test career, but the fourth Test in Trinidad against Australia in 1977-78 was his finest hour by a long way. Parry dug West Indies out of a hole with a Test-best 65 in the second innings, then took 5 for 15 - the last four all bowled - as Australia collapsed to 94 all out. It was Parry's only five-for, and it gave West Indies the Frank Worrell Trophy. His chance came about because of the Packer defections. His debut started poorly - he was dismissed first ball, and then his first delivery was a wide. But he rallied with a second-innings fifty, and was selected to tour India in 1978-79 but didn't enjoy a happy trip. He managed 170 runs in the six Tests and took nine wickets, but nevertheless remained in the squad for trips to Australia and New Zealand, England, and Pakistan. The return of the World Series players and the plethora of fast bowlers ended his international career, and his disenchantment caused him to throw in his lot with the rebel West Indies side which toured South Africa in 1982-83 and 1983-84. He received a life ban from the West Indies board, although he played for Cambridgeshire for several seasons.
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