Randall Lyon
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| Full name | John Randall Lyon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 March 1952 Trinidad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1973-74 to 1977-78 | North Trinidad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1975-76 to 1982-83 | Trinidad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricket Archive, 29 June 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John Randall Lyon (born 4 March 1952, Trinidad) is a former Trinidad cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1974 to 1983. He toured India in 1978-79 with the West Indian team but did not play Test cricket.
A wicket-keeper and lower-order batsman, Randall Lyon made his first-class debut for North Trinidad in the Texaco Cup in the 1973-74 season. He first played for Trinidad in the 1975-76 Shell Shield, when he led the competition's fielding statistics with 11 dismissals, including five stumpings off the spin bowling of Raphick Jumadeen and Inshan Ali.[1] He continued to play for Trinidad in 1976-77 and 1977-78, making his only first-class fifty against Barbados in 1977-78.[2]
With most of the senior West Indian cricketers playing World Series Cricket in Australia in the 1978-79 season,[3] Lyon was one of several inexperienced players to be selected for the tour of India. He played in most of the first-class matches outside the Tests. He continued to play for Trinidad until the end of the 1982-83 season.
Until Brendan Nash played in 2008, Lyon was the last white cricketer to represent the West Indies.[4] He lives in Trinidad, where he has coached young wicket-keepers.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Shell Shield 1975-76 Fielding dismissals
- ^ Barbados v Trinidad 1977-78
- ^ Wisden 1980, p. 980.
- ^ Different backgrounds, common debut Retrieved 29 June 2014.
- ^ Sir Frank Worrell Development Centre opened in Trinidad Retrieved 29 June 2014.