Clyde Walcott, one of the great ‘three Ws’ of West Indies cricket together with Frank Worrell and Everton Weekes, has died at the age of 80. The former batsman died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Barbados on Saturday, the West Indies Cricket Board said on its website. Walcott played 44 Tests between 1948 and 1960, scoring 3,798 runs at an average of 56.68 including 15 centuries. The Barbadian held the post of team manager when West Indies won the World Cup in 1975 and 1979 and became president of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in the 1990s. “Clyde had a powerful physique and his batting was based on power and strength,” said Weekes, the sole survivor of the ‘three Ws’. Worrell died in 1967. “He hit the ball harder than any of us,” Weekes told the BBC. “Whenever I batted with him, I enjoyed it and we had some great times together on and off the field.” Walcott first made the headlines as a 20-year-old when he shared an unbroken 574-run fourth wicket partnership with Worrell for Barbados against Trinidad. Walcott was also named Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1958.
