Herbert Chang

Herbert Samuel Chang (born 2 July 1952) is a former West Indian cricketer who played in one Test match in 1979.

Herbert Chang
Personal information
Full name
Herbert Samuel Chang
Born (1952-07-02) 2 July 1952
Kingston, Jamaica
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBatsman
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 173)12 January 1979 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1972/73–1982/83Jamaica
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA
Matches 1 58 25
Runs scored 8 3273 480
Batting average 4.00 35.19 20.00
100s/50s 0/0 5/21 0/1
Top score 6 155 55
Balls bowled – 42 4
Wickets – 0 0
Bowling average – – –
5 wickets in innings – – –
10 wickets in match – – –
Best bowling – – –
Catches/stumpings 0/– 31/– 8/–
Source: Cricket Archive, 23 April 2012

Born in Jamaica of Chinese extraction,[1] Chang was a diminutive left-handed batsman who toured England with the West Indies Young Cricketers in 1970[2] before playing 48 first-class matches and 18 List A matches for Jamaica between 1973 and 1983. He earned his first and only Test cap for the West Indies against India at Madras in January 1979, becoming the second player of Chinese descent to represent the West Indies.[1]

Chang participated in the first West Indies rebel tour of apartheid South Africa in 1983, playing in four unofficial One Day Internationals. He was subsequently banned for life by the West Indies Cricket Board, although the ban was lifted in 1989.

Following his ostracism from cricket in the West Indies, he suffered a nervous breakdown,[3] and today lives with family in Kingston.[4]

References
  1. Mukherjee, Abhishek. "Herbert Chang: The Jamaican of Chinese origin who wasted his life in South Africa". Cricket Country. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  2. "Miscellaneous Matches played by Herbert Chang". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  3. Ugra, Sharda. "Remember the 'cursed' West Indies rebels who toured South Africa in the '80s?". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  4. Gray, Ashley. "The West Indies trailblazer left destitute after 'selling out his race'". The Times. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
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