{{short description|West Indian cricketer}} {{EngvarB|date=December 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Alvin Kallicharran | honorific-suffix = [[British Empire Medal|BEM]] | image = Former West Indian Test Captain Alvin Kallicharran with Napa Valley CC member Jack Evanko (Kallicharran cropped).JPG | caption = Kallicharran in 2013 | country = West Indies | fullname = Alvin Isaac Kallicharran | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1949|03|21}} | birth_place = [[Port Mourant]], [[British Guiana]] (now [[Guyana]]) | death_date = | death_place = | nickname = Kalli | batting = Left-handed | bowling = Right-arm [[off break]] | role = Batsman | family = [[Derek Kallicharran]] (brother)<br />[[Mahendra Nagamootoo]] (nephew) | website = https://alvinkallicharran.com/ | international = true | internationalspan = 1972–1981 | testdebutdate = 6 April | testdebutyear = 1972 | testdebutagainst = New Zealand | testcap = 144 | lasttestdate = 4 January | lasttestyear = 1981 | lasttestagainst = Pakistan | odidebutdate = 5 September | odidebutyear = 1973 | odidebutagainst = England | odicap = 7 | lastodidate = 4 February | lastodiyear = 1981 | lastodiagainst = England | odishirt = | club1 = [[Guyana cricket team|Guyana]] | year1 = {{nowrap|1966/67–1980/81}} | club2 = [[Warwickshire CCC|Warwickshire]] | year2 = 1971–1990 | club3 = [[Berbice cricket team|Berbice]] | year3 = 1972/73–1973/74 | club4 = [[Queensland Bulls|Queensland]] | year4 = 1977/78 | club5 = [[Transvaal cricket team|Transvaal]] | year5 = 1981/82–1983/84 | club6 = [[Orange Free State cricket team|Orange Free State]] | year6 = 1984/85–1987/88 | columns = 4 | column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]] | matches1 = 66 | runs1 = 4,399 | bat avg1 = 44.43 | 100s/50s1 = 12/21 | top score1 = 187 | deliveries1 = 406 | wickets1 = 4 | bowl avg1 = 39.50 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 2/16 | catches/stumpings1 = 51/– | column2 = [[One Day International|ODI]] | matches2 = 31 | runs2 = 826 | bat avg2 = 34.41 | 100s/50s2 = 0/6 | top score2 = 78 | deliveries2 = 105 | wickets2 = 3 | bowl avg2 = 21.33 | fivefor2 = 0 | tenfor2 = 0 | best bowling2 = 2/10 | catches/stumpings2 = 8/– | column3 = [[First-class cricket|FC]] | matches3 = 505 | runs3 = 32,650 | bat avg3 = 43.64 | 100s/50s3 = 87/160 | top score3 = 243[[not out|*]] | deliveries3 = 7,133 | wickets3 = 84 | bowl avg3 = 47.97 | fivefor3 = 1 | tenfor3 = 0 | best bowling3 = 5/45 | catches/stumpings3 = 323/– | column4 = [[List A cricket|LA]] | matches4 = 383 | runs4 = 11,336 | bat avg4 = 34.66 | 100s/50s4 = 15/71 | top score4 = 206 | deliveries4 = 2,294 | wickets4 = 42 | bowl avg4 = 43.40 | fivefor4 = 1 | tenfor4 = 0 | best bowling4 = 6/32 | catches/stumpings4 = 86/– | date = 2 July | year = 2013 | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[Cricket]]}} {{MedalCountry|{{cr|WIN}}}} <!-- Mention Host Names for Team Sports--> {{MedalCompetition|[[ICC Cricket World Cup]]}} {{Medal|Winner|[[1975 Cricket World Cup|1975 England]]|}} {{Medal|Winner|[[1979 Cricket World Cup|1979 England]]|}} | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/player/52285.html ESPNcricinfo |height=5 ft 4 in<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rising to great heights|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/cricket/sport/story/88596.html|date=3 May 2011|website=[[ESPN]]|quote= The bare-headed Kalli, little more than 5ft 4in tall}}</ref> }}
'''Alvin Isaac Kallicharran''' {{post-nominals|BEM}} (born 21 March 1949) is a Guyanese former [[cricket]]er who played [[Test cricket]] for the [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies between]] 1972 and 1981 as a left-handed batsman and right-arm off spinner. He was a member of the squads which won the [[1975 Cricket World Cup]] and the [[1979 Cricket World Cup]].
Kallicharran, who is of [[Tamil people|Tamil]] origin, was born in [[Port Mourant]], [[British Guiana]] (now [[Guyana]]), where he started playing street cricket until his professional debut as captain of the under-16 Guyana team in 1966 and his first class debut in 1967.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2016-05-27|title=Cricket and Independence|url=https://guyanatimesgy.com/cricket-and-independence/|access-date=2021-02-09|website=Guyana Times|language=en-US}}</ref>
He was a ''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]]'' [[Wisden Cricketers of the Year|Cricketer of the Year]] for 1983. He was part of the 1975 and 1979 teams that won the Cricket World Cup. His highest score is 187 against India in the 1978–79 tour. He also found success with [[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Warwickshire]] in [[County Championship|English County cricket]]. While playing against [[Minor counties of English cricket|minor county]] [[Oxfordshire County Cricket Club|Oxfordshire]] in the 1984 [[Limited overs cricket|one day]] [[ECB Trophy|Natwest Trophy]] he scored 206 and took 6 for 32.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1984/ENG_LOCAL/NWT/WARWICKS_OXON_NWT_04JUL1984.html |title=Warwickshire v Oxfordshire at Birmingham, 4 Jul 1984 |publisher=Uk.cricinfo.com |access-date=19 January 2012}}</ref>
One of his most noted international innings, a knock of 158 against England, was [[Tony Greig#Controversy and triumph in the Caribbean|shrouded in controversy]] when he was run out by [[Tony Greig]] on the final ball of the second day. After the ball had been defended and Kallicharran had started to walk off, Greig threw down the stumps at the non-striker's end, running him out. After negotiations off the pitch, England withdrew their appeal, allowing Kallicharran to continue the next morning.<ref>{{Cite web|title=It ain't over until it's over|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/it-ain-t-over-until-it-s-over-144678|access-date=2021-02-01|website=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}</ref>
He attempted to join [[World Series Cricket]], but failed. He was appointed captain of the [[West Indian cricket team in India and Sri Lanka in 1978–79]] when [[Clive Lloyd]] resigned over the [[Kerry Packer]] issue.
Kallicharan was later involved in further controversy when he led an unofficial [[rebel tour]] to South Africa in defiance of the [[Gleneagles Agreement]] and anti-[[apartheid]] protesters in that country who asserted that official sporting structures were discriminatory. He saw out the rest of his career playing for [[Orange Free State cricket team|Orange Free State]] and [[Transvaal cricket team|Transvaal]] in South African domestic cricket.
He is an avowed devotee of [[Sathya Sai Baba]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2003-03-18 |title=Kallicharan bowled over! |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/kallicharan-bowled-over/articleshow/40663360.cms |access-date=2024-10-16 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
== Family == His brother [[Derek Kallicharran|Derek]] played first class cricket for Guyana and later the United States of America. His nephews, [[Mahendra Nagamootoo]] and [[Vishal Nagamootoo]], are also cricketers.<ref name=":0" />
Presently, Kallicharran lives with his wife, Patsy,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2010-10-28|title=Alvin Kallicharran signs up to join the 'London Ambassadors' at|url=http://ww.standard.co.uk/news/alvin-kallicharran-signs-up-to-join-the-london-ambassadors-at-olympics-6529662.html|access-date=17 July 2020}}</ref> and is involved in coaching cricket among youth at Triangle Cricket League in [[Morrisville, NC|Morrisville]], [[North Carolina]]. He was awarded the [[British Empire Medal]] in the 2019 New Year's Honours List for services to cricket and charity.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-12-31|title=GCB extends warmest felicitations to batting Maestro, Alvin Kallicharran|url=https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2018/12/31/gcb-extends-warmest-felicitations-to-batting-maestro-alvin-kallicharran/|access-date=2021-02-01|website=Kaieteur News|language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2019, he was a mentor for [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]] men's and women's cricket teams.<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 21, 2019|title=Kallicharran to be mentor of Puducherry team|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/kallicharan-to-be-mentor-of-puducherry-team/articleshow/70770386.cms|access-date=2020-12-17|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|https://alvinkallicharran.com/}} * {{Cricinfo|id=52285}}
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