Ray Wynter
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Ray Ricardo Wynter is a West Indian cricket
er who played first-class and one day cricket for the Jamaican team from 1975 until 1982. A right-hand bat and a "promising" right-arm fast-medium opening bowler, Wynter played 30 matches in all. After seven years at Jamaica, he participated in a rebel tour
of South Africa
with the West Indies XI and, as a result, he, along with all the other players on the tour, subsequently received a lifetime ban from cricket.
's capital, Kingston
, Ray Wynter played his first major cricket match on 25 February 1975 for Jamaica's Under-19 team against Leeward Islands
, scoring nine runs in the second inning and taking 2/34 before the match was drawn. He began playing first-class cricket on 16 January 1976 against a combined Leeward and Windward Islands
team. His first season saw him appearing in five first-class matches, scoring only 13 runs at 3.25, however he found success with the ball, taking 10 wickets at 25.50, with a career best of 5/48 which he would not again reach. Wynter played only one List-A match in his first season, with no runs off the bat, but with two wickets with the ball at 13.50.
and a score of five not out
to leave him with an average of 5.00 from the bat in first-class matches. His bowling in the same format again featured poor returns, with just a single wicket at 81.00. He was not required to bat in the List-A matches of this season, however his one-day bowling figures improved with four wickets at 14/50 including a career best 3/15.
During the winter of 1978/79, Wynter did not feature in any first-class matches, and he did not bat in his one List-A appearance, though he did take one wicket for 18 runs. The 1979/80 season saw Wynter return for one match, scoring 12 runs and a duck to leave him with a season average of 6.00, a career best thus far. His bowling returned two wickets at 42.00 each in these first-class matches, though he did not play any one-day cricket that season. Wynter's appearances became more sporadic in the 1980/81 season, where he did not make a first-class appearance. In his two first class matches he scored seven runs at 3.50, and found success with the ball, with three wickets at 14.33, his best figures since 1976.
, and he also caught Jimmy Cook
off the bowling of Franklyn Stephenson
.
For taking part in the rebel tour, Wynter received a life ban from professional cricket. He subsequently settled in the United States
.
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 first-class and one day cricket for the Jamaican team from 1975 until 1982. A right-hand bat and a "promising" right-arm fast-medium opening bowler, Wynter played 30 matches in all. After seven years at Jamaica, he participated in a rebel tour
South African rebel tours
The South African rebel tours were a series of seven cricket tours staged between 1982 and 1990. They were known as the rebel tours because South Africa was throughout this period banned from international cricket due to the apartheid regime...
of South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
with the West Indies XI and, as a result, he, along with all the other players on the tour, subsequently received a lifetime ban from cricket.
Early career
A native of JamaicaJamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
's capital, Kingston
Kingston, Jamaica
Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island...
, Ray Wynter played his first major cricket match on 25 February 1975 for Jamaica's Under-19 team against Leeward Islands
Leeward Islands
The Leeward Islands are a group of islands in the West Indies. They are the northern islands of the Lesser Antilles chain. As a group they start east of Puerto Rico and reach southward to Dominica. They are situated where the northeastern Caribbean Sea meets the western Atlantic Ocean...
, scoring nine runs in the second inning and taking 2/34 before the match was drawn. He began playing first-class cricket on 16 January 1976 against a combined Leeward and Windward Islands
Windward Islands
The Windward Islands are the southern islands of the Lesser Antilles, within the West Indies.-Name and geography:The Windward Islands are called such because they were more windward to sailing ships arriving in the New World than the Leeward Islands, given that the prevailing trade winds in the...
team. His first season saw him appearing in five first-class matches, scoring only 13 runs at 3.25, however he found success with the ball, taking 10 wickets at 25.50, with a career best of 5/48 which he would not again reach. Wynter played only one List-A match in his first season, with no runs off the bat, but with two wickets with the ball at 13.50.
1976–1981 seasons
Wynter's second season, over the winter of 1976/77, saw little improvement with the bat, scoring 16 runs from four matches at 4.00, 13 of those in one inning. He also performed poorly with the ball, four wickets at 75.00 with a best of 2/28. His single List-A match of this season also saw a poor batting return of 2 runs, and his bowling returned one wicket at 38.00. The winter of 1977/78 saw Wynter play in only two matches, registering three ducksDuck (cricket)
In the sport of cricket, a duck refers to a batsman's dismissal for a score of zero.-Origin of the term:The term is a shortening of the term "duck's egg", the latter being used long before Test cricket began...
and a score of five not out
Not out
In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...
to leave him with an average of 5.00 from the bat in first-class matches. His bowling in the same format again featured poor returns, with just a single wicket at 81.00. He was not required to bat in the List-A matches of this season, however his one-day bowling figures improved with four wickets at 14/50 including a career best 3/15.
During the winter of 1978/79, Wynter did not feature in any first-class matches, and he did not bat in his one List-A appearance, though he did take one wicket for 18 runs. The 1979/80 season saw Wynter return for one match, scoring 12 runs and a duck to leave him with a season average of 6.00, a career best thus far. His bowling returned two wickets at 42.00 each in these first-class matches, though he did not play any one-day cricket that season. Wynter's appearances became more sporadic in the 1980/81 season, where he did not make a first-class appearance. In his two first class matches he scored seven runs at 3.50, and found success with the ball, with three wickets at 14.33, his best figures since 1976.
Tour of South Africa
The 1981/82 season was Wynter's last for Jamaica. He appeared in five first-class matches, scoring 15 runs at a career best 15.00. He also reached career best figures with the ball, taking 14 wickets at 32.85. He also scored 13 runs at 6.50 from five List-A matches, and took four wickets at 46.00. Over the winter of 1982/83, Wynter left Jamaica and controversially toured South Africa with the West Indies XI, drawing heavy criticism due to the tour's breaking a sports ban then in existence against South Africa as punishment for its racial policy of apartheid. Wynters played one first-class match on 28 February 1983, scoring nine runs and a not out duck, which left him with an average of 9.00. He also took two wickets at 29.50, those of Kevin McKenzie and Garth le RouxGarth Le Roux
Garth Stirling Le Roux in Kenilworth, Cape Town is a former South African first class cricketer. He went to Wynberg Boys High School, graduating in 1973....
, and he also caught Jimmy Cook
Jimmy Cook
Stephen James Cook is a former South African cricketer who played in three Tests and four ODIs from 1991 to 1993. His son Stephen Cook currently plays for Gauteng....
off the bowling of Franklyn Stephenson
Franklyn Stephenson
Franklyn DaCosta Stephenson, born at Saint James, Barbados on 8 April 1959, is a former cricketer who had a first-class career for teams in four continents...
.
For taking part in the rebel tour, Wynter received a life ban from professional cricket. He subsequently settled in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
External links
- Player Profile: Ray Wynter from Cricket Archive