{{Short description|Montserratian cricketer}} {{EngvarB|date=August 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | country = West Indies | international = | fullname = Austin Ciaz Matthew White | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|2|14|df=yes}} | birth_place = Montserrat | heightft = | heightinch = | heightm = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm fast-medium | role = | family = | club1 = Leeward Islands | year1 = 1978/79–1982/83 | clubnumber1 = | club2 = Montserrat | year2 = 1976–1985 | clubnumber2 = | columns = 2 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 5 | runs1 = 78 | bat avg1 = 8.66 | 100s/50s1 = –/– | top score1 = 19 | deliveries1 = 548 | wickets1 = 5 | bowl avg1 = 73.40 | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = 2/63 | catches/stumpings1 = 2/– | column2 = List A | matches2 = 8 | runs2 = 21 | bat avg2 = 7.00 | 100s/50s2 = –/– | top score2 = 17 | deliveries2 = 288 | wickets2 = 7 | bowl avg2 = 33.71 | fivefor2 = – | tenfor2 = – | best bowling2 = 4/51 | catches/stumpings2 = –/– | date = 14 October | year = 2012 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/53310.html Cricinfo }}
'''Austin Ciaz Matthew White''' (born 14 February 1959) is a former West Indian cricketer. White was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born on Montserrat.
White first played for Montserrat against St Kitts in the 1976 Hesketh Bell Shield.<ref name="MIS">{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/24/24285/Miscellaneous_Matches.html|title=Miscellaneous Matches played by Austin White|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=14 October 2012}}</ref> In that same year he made his Youth Test match debut for West Indies Young Cricketers against England Young Cricketers.<ref name="YTM">{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/24/24285/Under-19_Test_Matches.html|title=Under-19 Test Matches played by Austin White|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=14 October 2012}}</ref> He followed this match up by making his Youth One Day International debut against the same opposition.<ref name="YODI">{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/24/24285/Under-19_ODI_Matches.html|title=Under-19 ODI Matches played by Austin White|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=14 October 2012}}</ref> He made further appearances for West Indies Young Cricketers in 1978 during their tour of England, making two further Youth Test match appearances and a single Youth One Day International appearance.<ref name="YTM"/><ref name="YODI"/>
In 1979, he made his first-class debut for the Leeward Islands against the Windward Islands.<ref name="FCM">{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/24/24285/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Austin White|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=14 October 2012}}</ref> In that same year, he made his List A debut for the team against Barbados in the 1978/79 Geddes Grant/Harrison Line Trophy.<ref name="LAM">{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/24/24285/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Austin White|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=14 October 2012}}</ref> In 1980, he made a single List A appearance for the Leeward Islands against Guyana,<ref name="LAM"/> before following this up the following year with a single first-class appearance against a touring England XI.<ref name="FCM"/> In that same year, he made two List A appearances against Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago in the 1980/81 Geddes Grant/Harrison Line Trophy.<ref name="LAM"/> In 1982, he made a single first-class appearance in the 1981/82 Shell Shield against Trinidad and Tobago,<ref name="FCM"/> as well as making two List A appearances in that seasons Geddes Grant/Harrison Line Trophy against Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados.<ref name="LAM"/> He made two final first-class appearances for the Leeward Islands in 1983 against Barbados and the touring Indians,<ref name="FCM"/> as well as two further List A appearances against Barbados and Guyana.<ref name="LAM"/> In four first-class matches, he scored a total of 78 runs at an average of 8.66, with a high score of 19.<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/24/24285/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Austin White|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=14 October 2012}}</ref> With the ball, he took 5 wickets at a bowling average of 73.40, with best figures of 2/63.<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/24/24285/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Austin White|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=14 October 2012}}</ref> In List A cricket, he made eight appearances, scoring 21 runs at an average of 7.00, with a high score of 17.<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/24/24285/a_Batting_by_Team.html|title=List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Austin White|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=14 October 2012}}</ref> With the ball, he took 4 wickets at a bowling average of 33.71, with best figures of 4/51.<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/24/24285/a_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=List A Bowling For Each Team by Austin White|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=14 October 2012}}</ref>
He continued to play minor matches for Montserrat during the four-year period in which he played for the Leeward Islands. He continued to play for Montserrat until 1985, with his final recorded match for his home island coming against St Kitts in the 1985 Nissan Leeward Islands Tournament.<ref name="MIS"/>
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
==External links== *[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/53310.html Austin White] at ESPNcricinfo *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/24/24285/24285.html Austin White] at CricketArchive
{{DEFAULTSORT:White, Austin}} Category:1959 births Category:Living people Category:Montserratian cricketers Category:Leeward Islands cricketers