Clive Lloyd

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Clive Lloyd West Indies (WI)
Batting style	Left-handed batsman (LHB)
Bowling type	Right-arm medium (RM)
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	110	87
Runs scored	7515	1977
Batting average	46.67	39.53
100s/50s	19/39	1/11
Top score	242*	102
Overs bowled	286	59.4
Wickets	10	8
Bowling average	62.20	26.25
5 wickets in innings	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	n/a
Best bowling	2/22	2/4
Catches/stumpings	90/0	39/0
As of 10 November 2005 Source: Cricinfo.com

Clive Hubert Lloyd CBE, born 31 August 1944 in Georgetown, British Guiana (now Guyana), is a former West Indies cricketer. He captained the West Indies between 1974 and 1985 and oversaw their rise to become the dominant Test-playing nation, a position that was only relinquished in the latter half of the 1990s. He is still one of the most successful Test captains of all time: during his captaincy the side had a run of 27 matches without defeat, which included 11 wins in succession (Viv Richards acted as captain for one of the 27 matches, against Australia at Port of Spain in 1983-84). He was the first West Indian player to earn 100 international caps. Lloyd captained the West Indies in three World Cups. They won the 1975 final (Lloyd scoring a majestic century) and the 1979 final. They were very strong favourites for the 1983 final but surprisingly lost to India.

Lloyd was a tall, powerful middle-order batsman and occasional medium-pace bowler. In his youth he was also one of the finest cover fielders of his generation. He scored over 7500 runs at Test level, at an average of 46.67. His scholarly appearance and slight stoop masked his obvious talent as a batsman. He wore his famous glasses due to a fight when he was young at school, which damaged his eyes. He hit 77 sixes in his Test career, which is the sixth highest number of any player. He played for his home nation of Guyana in West Indies domestic cricket, and for Lancashire (he was made captain in 1981) in England. His Test match debut came in 1966. In 1971 he was named Wisden Cricketer of the Year. He is a cousin of spin bowler Lance Gibbs.

He displayed poor captaincy on the West Indian tour of New Zealand in 1979-80 when he refused to control some of the petulant behaviour of his players, in particular Colin Croft. Lloyd is still a very unpopular character among many New Zealand cricket fans to this day.

Since retiring as a player, Lloyd has remained heavily involved in cricket, managing the West Indies in the late 1990s, and coaching and commentating. He is currently an ICC match referee.

In 2005, Lloyd offered his patronage to Major League Cricket for their inaugural Interstate Cricket Cup in the United States, to be named the Sir Clive Lloyd Cup.