Cyril Christiani
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Cyril Marcel Christiani was a West Indian cricket
er who played in four Tests
in 1934-35
. He played wicketkeeper in all four Tests of the 1934-35 series.
Christiani died in 1938 of malaria. He had three brothers who played first-class cricket for British Guiana, one of whom was the Test cricketer Robert Christiani
.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who played in four Tests
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
in 1934-35
English cricket team in West Indies in 1934-35
The English cricket team in the West Indies in 1934-35 was a cricket touring party sent to the West Indies under the auspices of the MCC for a tour lasting for two-and-a-half months in 1934-35...
. He played wicketkeeper in all four Tests of the 1934-35 series.
Christiani died in 1938 of malaria. He had three brothers who played first-class cricket for British Guiana, one of whom was the Test cricketer Robert Christiani
Robert Christiani
Robert Julian Christiani was a West Indian cricketer who played in 22 Tests from 1947-48 to 1953-54.His brother Cyril also played Test cricket....
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