Steve Camacho

George Stephen Camacho (15 October 1945 – 2 October 2015) was a West Indian international cricketer who played in eleven Test matches from 1968 to 1971 as an opening batsman and occasional leg-spin bowler.

Steve Camacho
Personal information
Born(1945-10-15)15 October 1945
Georgetown, British Guiana
Died2 October 2015(2015-10-02) (aged 69)
Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLegbreak googly
RelationsGeorge Learmond (grandfather)[1]
International information
National side
Test debut19 January 1968 v England
Last Test6 March 1971 v India
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class
Matches 11 76
Runs scored 640 4,079
Batting average 29.09 34.86
100s/50s 0/4 7/24
Top score 87 166
Balls bowled 18 504
Wickets 0 8
Bowling average – 27.00
5 wickets in innings – 0
10 wickets in match – 0
Best bowling – 3/10
Catches/stumpings 4/– 47/–
Source: CricInfo, 31 October 2022

Camacho was part of the West Indian Test side for four series: 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969, 1970–71. His final tour was to England in 1973: in only the second game, his cheekbone was fractured by a bouncer from Hampshire's Andy Roberts and he left the side, never to play another Test.

After retirement

After retirement in 1979, Camacho served West Indies cricket as selector then secretary and later as chief executive of the West Indies Cricket Board. He was the author of a book Cricket at Bourda: Celebrating the Georgetown Cricket Club (.[1] He died on 2 October 2015.[2][3]

References
  1. "Stephen Camacho". Guyana-Cricket. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
  2. "Former WI batsman Camacho dies aged 69". ESPNcricinfo.com. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  3. "Portuguese in Caribbean Cricket". Guyana Chronicle. 2021-06-06. Retrieved 2023-05-14.


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