Lester King

Born 1939-02-27, St Catherine
Teams New Zealand Governor-General's XI, West Indians, Jamaica, Jamaica Invitation XI, Sir FMM Worrell's XI, CC Hunte's XI, The Rest, Bengal, Maharashtra Chief Minister's XI, East Zone, Bombay Governor's XI, MA Chidambaram's XI, West Indies
Batting RHB (No. 9)
Player Role Bowler (Lower order batsman; Opening bowler)
Bowling Right-arm fast (Opening)

Career Stats

Matches 62
Runs 1404
Wickets 142
Batting average 20.64
Bowling average 31.42

Stats

Career Stats

Batting

Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100s	50s	0s
Test
1962-1968	2	4	0	41	20	10.25	0	0	1
First-class
1961-1969	62	87	19	1404	89	20.64	0	6	7
List A one-day
1963-1963	1	1	0	8	8	8.00	0	0	0

Bowling

Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10	Inns	Dis	Ct	St	Max Dis
Test
1962-1968	2	4	476	154	9	5/46	7/64	17.11	1.94	52.8	0	1	0	4	2	2	0	1 (1ct 0st)
First-class
1961-1969	62	112	9742	4463	142	5/46	7/64	31.42	2.74	68.6	2	3	0	115	38	38	0	2 (2ct 0st)
List A one-day
1963-1963	1	1	72	35	3	3/35	3/35	11.66	2.91	24.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0

Competitions Stats

Batting

Competition	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	RR	DR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s	Bnd%	Dot	Dot%

Pentangular Tournament, 1961/62	1	2	1	6	5	6.00	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	0	-	-	-
India in West Indies, 1961/62	2	3	0	25	13	8.33	-	-	-	0	0	1	-	-	-	-	-
Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup Tournament, 1962/63	1	2	0	52	35	26.00	-	-	-	0	0	0	4+	2+	-	-	-
Defence Fund Match, 1962/63	2	2	0	14	14	7.00	-	-	-	0	0	1	-	-	-	-	-
Duleep Trophy, 1962/63	1	2	0	4	4	2.00	-	-	-	0	0	1	-	0	-	-	-
Ranji Trophy, 1962/63	2	4	0	68	32	17.00	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
West Indies in England, 1963	19	23	7	210	27*	13.12	-	-	-	0	0	4	-	-	-	-	-
Other First-Class matches in West Indies, 1963/64	2	4	0	46	15	11.50	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
International Cavaliers in West Indies, 1963/64	3	3	1	114	75	57.00	-	-	-	0	1	0	-	-	-	-	-
Regional Tournament, 1963/64	3	6	1	130	89	26.00	-	-	-	0	1	0	-	-	-	-	-
Sir FMM Worrell's XI in England, 1964	2	2	1	60	46*	60.00	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
International Cavaliers in West Indies, 1964/65	2	2	0	21	19	10.50	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Australia in West Indies, 1964/65	1	2	0	79	77	39.50	-	-	-	0	1	0	-	-	-	-	-
West Indies in India and Ceylon, 1966/67	7	10	5	169	39	33.80	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Shell Shield, 1966/67	4	5	0	171	58	34.20	-	-	-	0	3	0	-	-	-	-	-
England (Marylebone Cricket Club) in West Indies, 1967/68	2	4	0	46	20	11.50	53+	3.16*	26.5*	0	0	0	4+	1+	9.43*	43+	81.1*
West Indies in Australia and New Zealand, 1968/69	9	12	3	197	39*	21.88	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-

Bowling

Competition	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10	Dot	Dot%

Pentangular Tournament, 1961/62	1	1	269	129	4	4/129	4/129	32.25	2.87	67.2	1	0	0	-	-
India in West Indies, 1961/62	2	4	360	161	8	5/46	7/64	20.12	2.68	45.0	0	1	0	-	-
Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup Tournament, 1962/63	1	2	294	114	7	4/53	7/114	16.28	2.32	42.0	1	0	0	-	-
Defence Fund Match, 1962/63	2	4	264	136	6	3/25	5/92	22.66	3.09	44.0	0	0	0	-	-
Duleep Trophy, 1962/63	1	1	72	57	0	-	-	-	4.75	-	0	0	0	-	-
Ranji Trophy, 1962/63	2	3	288	192	6	5/146	6/161	32.00	4.00	48.0	0	1	0	-	-
West Indies in England, 1963	19	36	3035	1319	50	5/47	7/70	26.38	2.60	60.7	0	1	0	-	-
Other First-Class matches in West Indies, 1963/64	2	4	132	65	2	2/17	2/40	32.50	2.95	66.0	0	0	0	-	-
International Cavaliers in West Indies, 1963/64	3	6	462	171	7	2/24	3/46	24.42	2.22	66.0	0	0	0	-	-
Regional Tournament, 1963/64	3	5	492	259	4	2/63	2/76	64.75	3.15	123.0	0	0	0	-	-
Sir FMM Worrell's XI in England, 1964	2	4	192	99	5	3/32	4/63	19.80	3.09	38.4	0	0	0	-	-
International Cavaliers in West Indies, 1964/65	2	3	276	141	5	3/31	4/78	28.20	3.06	55.2	0	0	0	-	-
Australia in West Indies, 1964/65	1	1	180	120	1	1/120	1/120	120.00	4.00	180.0	0	0	0	-	-
West Indies in India and Ceylon, 1966/67	7	12	816	364	12	3/16	3/37	30.33	2.67	68.0	0	0	0	-	-
Shell Shield, 1966/67	4	8	830	404	10	3/90	4/147	40.40	2.92	83.0	0	0	0	-	-
England (Marylebone Cricket Club) in West Indies, 1967/68	2	4	512	195	5	3/80	3/105	39.00	2.28	102.4	0	0	0	229+	80.6*
West Indies in Australia and New Zealand, 1968/69	9	15	1340	572	13	3/83	3/83	44.00	2.56	103.0	0	0	0	-	-

Recurring_events Stats

Batting

Event	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	RR	DR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s	Bnd%	Dot	Dot%

West Indies Regional Tournament	4	8	2	136	89	22.66	-	-	-	0	1	0	-	-	-	-	-
India tour	2	3	0	25	13	8.33	-	-	-	0	0	1	-	-	-	-	-
Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup Tournament	1	2	0	52	35	26.00	-	-	-	0	0	0	4+	2+	-	-	-
India FC miscellaneous	2	2	0	14	14	7.00	-	-	-	0	0	1	-	-	-	-	-
Duleep Trophy	1	2	0	4	4	2.00	-	-	-	0	0	1	-	0	-	-	-
Ranji Trophy	2	4	0	68	32	17.00	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
West Indies tour	35	45	15	576	39*	19.20	-	-	-	0	0	4	-	-	-	-	-
West Indies FC miscellaneous	2	4	0	46	15	11.50	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
International Cavaliers tour	5	5	1	135	75	33.75	-	-	-	0	1	0	-	-	-	-	-
Sir FMM Worrell's XI tour	2	2	1	60	46*	60.00	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Australia tour	1	2	0	79	77	39.50	-	-	-	0	1	0	-	-	-	-	-
West Indies Championship	4	5	0	171	58	34.20	-	-	-	0	3	0	-	-	-	-	-
England tour	2	4	0	46	20	11.50	53+	3.16*	26.5*	0	0	0	4+	1+	9.43*	43+	81.1*

Bowling

Event	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10	Dot	Dot%

West Indies Regional Tournament	4	6	761	388	8	4/129	4/129	48.50	3.05	95.1	1	0	0	-	-
India tour	2	4	360	161	8	5/46	7/64	20.12	2.68	45.0	0	1	0	-	-
Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup Tournament	1	2	294	114	7	4/53	7/114	16.28	2.32	42.0	1	0	0	-	-
India FC miscellaneous	2	4	264	136	6	3/25	5/92	22.66	3.09	44.0	0	0	0	-	-
Duleep Trophy	1	1	72	57	0	-	-	-	4.75	-	0	0	0	-	-
Ranji Trophy	2	3	288	192	6	5/146	6/161	32.00	4.00	48.0	0	1	0	-	-
West Indies tour	35	63	5191	2255	75	5/47	7/70	30.06	2.60	69.2	0	1	0	-	-
West Indies FC miscellaneous	2	4	132	65	2	2/17	2/40	32.50	2.95	66.0	0	0	0	-	-
International Cavaliers tour	5	9	738	312	12	3/31	4/78	26.00	2.53	61.5	0	0	0	-	-
Sir FMM Worrell's XI tour	2	4	192	99	5	3/32	4/63	19.80	3.09	38.4	0	0	0	-	-
Australia tour	1	1	180	120	1	1/120	1/120	120.00	4.00	180.0	0	0	0	-	-
West Indies Championship	4	8	830	404	10	3/90	4/147	40.40	2.92	83.0	0	0	0	-	-
England tour	2	4	512	195	5	3/80	3/105	39.00	2.28	102.4	0	0	0	229+	80.6*

Season Stats

Batting

Season	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	RR	DR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s	Bnd%	Dot	Dot%
Test
1961/62	1	2	0	13	13	6.50	-	-	-	0	0	1	-	-	-	-	-
1967/68	1	2	0	28	20	14.00	53	3.16	26.5	0	0	0	4	1	9.43	43	81.1
First-class
1961/62	3	5	1	31	13	7.75	-	-	-	0	0	1	-	-	-	-	-
1962/63	6	10	0	138	35	13.80	-	-	-	0	0	2	-	-	-	-	-
1963	18	22	7	202	27*	13.46	-	-	-	0	0	4	-	-	-	-	-
1963/64	8	13	2	290	89	26.36	-	-	-	0	2	0	-	-	-	-	-
1964	2	2	1	60	46*	60.00	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
1964/65	3	4	0	100	77	25.00	-	-	-	0	1	0	-	-	-	-	-
1966/67	11	15	5	340	58	34.00	-	-	-	0	3	0	-	-	-	-	-
1967/68	2	4	0	46	20	11.50	53+	3.16*	26.5*	0	0	0	4+	1+	9.43*	43+	81.1*
1968/69	9	12	3	197	39*	21.88	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
List A one-day
1963	1	1	0	8	8	8.00	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-

Bowling

Season	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10	Dot	Dot%	Inns	Dis	Ct	St	Max Dis
Test
1961/62	1	2	192	64	7	5/46	7/64	9.14	2.00	27.4	0	1	0	-	-	2	0	0	0	0
1967/68	1	2	284	90	2	2/79	2/90	45.00	1.90	142.0	0	0	0	229	80.6	2	2	2	0	1 (1ct 0st)
First-class
1961/62	3	5	629	290	12	5/46	7/64	24.16	2.76	52.4	1	1	0	-	-	5	3	3	0	2 (2ct 0st)
1962/63	6	10	918	499	19	5/146	7/114	26.26	3.26	48.3	1	1	0	-	-	11	1	1	0	1 (1ct 0st)
1963	18	35	2963	1284	47	5/47	7/70	27.31	2.60	63.0	0	1	0	-	-	35	10	10	0	2 (2ct 0st)
1963/64	8	15	1086	495	13	2/17	3/46	38.07	2.73	83.5	0	0	0	-	-	15	7	7	0	1 (1ct 0st)
1964	2	4	192	99	5	3/32	4/63	19.80	3.09	38.4	0	0	0	-	-	4	0	0	0	0
1964/65	3	4	456	261	6	3/31	4/78	43.50	3.43	76.0	0	0	0	-	-	5	1	1	0	1 (1ct 0st)
1966/67	11	20	1646	768	22	3/16	4/147	34.90	2.79	74.8	0	0	0	-	-	20	8	8	0	2 (2ct 0st)
1967/68	2	4	512	195	5	3/80	3/105	39.00	2.28	102.4	0	0	0	229+	80.6*	4	4	4	0	2 (2ct 0st)
1968/69	9	15	1340	572	13	3/83	3/83	44.00	2.56	103.0	0	0	0	-	-	16	4	4	0	1 (1ct 0st)
List A one-day
1963	1	1	72	35	3	3/35	3/35	11.66	2.91	24.0	0	0	0	-	-	1	0	0	0	0

Team Stats

Batting

Team	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s
Test
West Indies	1962-1968	2	4	0	41	20	10.25	0	0	1	4+	1+
First-class
Jamaica	1961-1968	15	22	3	532	89	28.00	0	6	0	-	-
West Indies/West Indians	1962-1969	35	46	15	588	39*	18.96	0	0	5	-	-
MA Chidambaram's XI	1962-1962	1	2	0	52	35	26.00	0	0	0	4+	2+
Bombay Governor's XI	1962-1962	1	2	0	14	14	7.00	0	0	1	-	-
East Zone	1962-1963	1	2	0	4	4	2.00	0	0	1	-	0
Maharashtra Chief Minister's XI	1963-1963	1	0	0	0	-	-	0	0	0	-	-
Bengal	1963-1963	2	4	0	68	32	17.00	0	0	0	-	-
The Rest	1963-1963	1	2	0	28	15	14.00	0	0	0	-	-
CC Hunte's XI	1963-1963	1	2	0	18	10	9.00	0	0	0	-	-
Sir FMM Worrell's XI	1964-1964	2	2	1	60	46*	60.00	0	0	0	-	-
Jamaica Invitation XI	1965-1965	1	1	0	19	19	19.00	0	0	0	-	-
New Zealand Governor-General's XI	1969-1969	1	2	0	21	15	10.50	0	0	0	-	-
List A one-day
West Indians	1963-1963	1	1	0	8	8	8.00	0	0	0	-	-

Bowling

Team	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10	Inns	Dis	Ct	St	Max Dis
Test
West Indies	1962-1968	2	4	476	154	9	5/46	7/64	17.11	1.94	52.8	0	1	0	4	2	2	0	1 (1ct 0st)
First-class
Jamaica	1961-1968	15	26	2743	1348	31	4/129	4/129	43.48	2.94	88.4	1	0	0	27	14	14	0	2 (2ct 0st)
West Indies/West Indians	1962-1969	35	64	5523	2339	79	5/46	7/64	29.60	2.54	69.9	0	2	0	65	19	19	0	2 (2ct 0st)
MA Chidambaram's XI	1962-1962	1	2	294	114	7	4/53	7/114	16.28	2.32	42.0	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	1 (1ct 0st)
Bombay Governor's XI	1962-1962	1	2	176	92	5	3/25	5/92	18.40	3.13	35.2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
East Zone	1962-1963	1	1	72	57	0	-	-	-	4.75	-	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Maharashtra Chief Minister's XI	1963-1963	1	2	88	44	1	1/14	1/44	44.00	3.00	88.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Bengal	1963-1963	2	3	288	192	6	5/146	6/161	32.00	4.00	48.0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0
The Rest	1963-1963	1	2	60	40	2	2/17	2/40	20.00	4.00	30.0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	1 (1ct 0st)
CC Hunte's XI	1963-1963	1	2	72	25	0	-	-	-	2.08	-	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	1 (1ct 0st)
Sir FMM Worrell's XI	1964-1964	2	4	192	99	5	3/32	4/63	19.80	3.09	38.4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Jamaica Invitation XI	1965-1965	1	2	162	78	4	3/31	4/78	19.50	2.88	40.5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
New Zealand Governor-General's XI	1969-1969	1	2	72	35	2	2/18	2/35	17.50	2.91	36.0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	1 (1ct 0st)
List A one-day
West Indians	1963-1963	1	1	72	35	3	3/35	3/35	11.66	2.91	24.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0

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Career Stats

Batting

Bowler	Span	Mat	Inns	Wkts	BBB Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Ave	RR	DR
Test
KF Barrington	1968-1968	1	1	0	1	3	1	0	-	2.00	-
CG Borde	1962-1962	1	2	0	0	-	-	0	-	-	-
BL D'Oliveira	1968-1968	1	2	0	0	-	-	0	-	-	-
SA Durani	1962-1962	1	2	1	0	-	-	0	-	-	-
ML Jaisimha	1962-1962	1	1	0	0	-	-	0	-	-	-
IJ Jones	1968-1968	1	2	0	2	20	19	0	-	5.70	-
GAR Lock	1968-1968	1	2	0	2	14	7	0	-	3.00	-
RG Nadkarni	1962-1962	1	2	1	0	-	-	0	-	-	-
PI Pocock	1968-1968	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	-	0.00	-
VB Ranjane	1962-1962	1	2	0	0	-	-	0	-	-	-
JA Snow	1968-1968	1	2	2	2	14	1	2	0.50	0.42	7.0
RF Surti	1962-1962	1	2	0	0	-	-	0	-	-	-

Bowling

Batsman	Span	Mat	Inns	Wkts	BBB Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Ave	Econ	SR
Test
KF Barrington	1968-1968	1	2	0	0	-	-	0	-	-	-
CG Borde	1962-1962	1	2	1	0	-	-	0	-	-	-
G Boycott	1968-1968	1	2	0	2	73	36	0	-	2.95	-
MC Cowdrey	1968-1968	1	2	0	2	98	32	0	-	1.95	-
BL D'Oliveira	1968-1968	1	2	0	1	24	5	0	-	1.25	-
SA Durani	1962-1962	1	2	2	0	-	-	0	-	-	-
JH Edrich	1968-1968	1	2	0	1	3	2	0	-	4.00	-
TW Graveney	1968-1968	1	2	0	1	12	5	0	-	2.50	-
ML Jaisimha	1962-1962	1	2	2	0	-	-	0	-	-	-
IJ Jones	1968-1968	1	2	0	1	4	0	0	-	0.00	-
APE Knott	1968-1968	1	2	0	2	27	1	0	-	0.22	-
BK Kunderan	1962-1962	1	2	0	0	-	-	0	-	-	-
GAR Lock	1968-1968	1	2	1	1	7	5	1	5.00	4.28	7.0
VL Manjrekar	1962-1962	1	2	1	0	-	-	0	-	-	-
VL Mehra	1962-1962	1	2	1	0	-	-	0	-	-	-
RG Nadkarni	1962-1962	1	2	0	0	-	-	0	-	-	-
MAK Pataudi	1962-1962	1	2	0	0	-	-	0	-	-	-
PI Pocock	1968-1968	1	2	1	1	33	4	1	4.00	0.72	33.0
VB Ranjane	1962-1962	1	2	0	0	-	-	0	-	-	-
JA Snow	1968-1968	1	2	0	0	-	-	0	-	-	-
RF Surti	1962-1962	1	2	0	0	-	-	0	-	-	-
PR Umrigar	1962-1962	1	2	0	0	-	-	0	-	-	-