# Collis King
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{{Short description|West Indian cricketer}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Collis King
| country = West Indies
| fullname = Collis Llewellyn King
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|6|11|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [Christ Church, Barbados](/source/Christ_Church%2C_Barbados)
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm medium
| role = [All-rounder](/source/All-rounder)
| international = true
| testdebutdate = 8 July
| testdebutyear = 1976
| testdebutagainst = England
| testcap = 158
| lasttestdate = 7 August
| lasttestyear = 1980
| lasttestagainst = England
| odidebutdate = 26 August
| odidebutyear = 1976
| odidebutagainst = England
| odicap = 19
| lastodidate = 30 May
| lastodiyear = 1980
| lastodiagainst = England
| club1 = [Barbados](/source/Barbados_national_cricket_team)
| year1 = 1973–1982
| club2 = [Glamorgan](/source/Glamorgan_County_Cricket_Club)
| year2 = 1977
| club3 = [Worcestershire](/source/Worcestershire_County_Cricket_Club)
| year3 = 1983–1985
| club4 = [Natal](/source/Natal_cricket_team)
| year4 = 1984–1990
| columns = 4
| column1 = [Test](/source/Test_cricket)
| matches1 = 9
| runs1 = 418
| bat avg1 = 32.15
| 100s/50s1 = 1/2
| top score1 = 100[*](/source/not_out)
| deliveries1 = 582
| wickets1 = 3
| bowl avg1 = 94.00
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 1/30
| catches/stumpings1 = 5/–
| column2 = [ODI](/source/One_Day_International)
| matches2 = 18
| runs2 = 280
| bat avg2 = 23.33
| 100s/50s2 = 0/1
| top score2 = 86
| deliveries2 = 744
| wickets2 = 11
| bowl avg2 = 48.09
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 4/23
| catches/stumpings2 = 6/–
| column3 = [FC](/source/First-class_cricket)
| matches3 = 125
| runs3 = 6,770
| bat avg3 = 38.24
| 100s/50s3 = 14/34
| top score3 = 163
| deliveries3 = 9,279
| wickets3 = 128
| bowl avg3 = 34.21
| fivefor3 = 1
| tenfor3 = 0
| best bowling3 = 5/91
| catches/stumpings3 = 98/–
| column4 = [LA](/source/List_A_cricket)
| matches4 = 136
| runs4 = 2,738
| bat avg4 = 25.83
| 100s/50s4 = 2/17
| top score4 = 127
| deliveries4 = 5,556
| wickets4 = 108
| bowl avg4 = 34.49
| fivefor4 = 0
| tenfor4 = 0
| best bowling4 = 4/23
| catches/stumpings4 = 41/–
| date = 9 September
| year = 2011
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Men's [Cricket](/source/Cricket)}}
{{MedalCountry|{{cr|WIN}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[ICC Cricket World Cup](/source/ICC_Cricket_World_Cup)}}
{{Medal|Winner|[1975 England](/source/1975_Cricket_World_Cup)|}}
{{Medal|Winner|[1979 England](/source/1979_Cricket_World_Cup)|}}
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/player/52290.html Cricinfo
}}
'''Collis Llewellyn King''' (born 11 June 1951) is a former West Indies [first-class cricket](/source/first-class_cricket)er who played nine [Test matches](/source/Test_cricket) and 18 [One Day International](/source/One_Day_International)s for the [West Indies cricket team](/source/West_Indies_cricket_team) between 1976 and 1980. He was a member of the squad which won the [1975 Cricket World Cup](/source/1975_Cricket_World_Cup) and the [1979 Cricket World Cup](/source/1979_Cricket_World_Cup).
Born in [Christ Church, Barbados](/source/Christ_Church%2C_Barbados), King played as an [all-rounder](/source/all-rounder), but had more success with the bat than ball, especially in Test cricket, where he scored one century and two fifties but only took three wickets – in three different innings. In ODI cricket, his highest – and swiftest – score came in the [1979 World Cup](/source/1979_Cricket_World_Cup) final, when he came in at 99 for 4 to hit 86 off 66 deliveries, and added 139 with [Viv Richards](/source/Viv_Richards). King also held a catch and bowled three overs for 13 runs in the match, and the West Indies won by 92 runs.[{{cite web |title=West Indies retain their title |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/22524911/west-indies-retain-their-title |website=Cricinfo |accessdate=29 October 2020}}]
King went on both the 1982/83 and 1983/84 West Indies' [rebel tours](/source/South_African_rebel_tours) to South Africa.[Ashley Gray, ''The Unforgiven: Missionaries or Mercenaries?'', Pitch Publishing, Worthing, 2020, pp. 157–71.]
In a varied first-class career, he played for his native country [Barbados](/source/Barbadian_cricket_team) in the West Indies domestic competition, and also played for [Glamorgan](/source/Glamorgan_County_Cricket_Club) and [Worcestershire](/source/Worcestershire_County_Cricket_Club) in English [county cricket](/source/county_cricket) and [Natal](/source/Natal_cricket_team) in South Africa. In scoring 123 on his Worcestershire debut in 1983, he became the first player in more than fifty years to score a hundred in his first match for the county.[
{{cite web | url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/England/Firstclass/Worcestershire/Batting_Records/Hundred_On_Debut_For.html | title=Hundred in First Match for Worcestershire | accessdate=22 September 2007 | publisher=CricketArchive}}]
King was still playing club cricket for Yorkshire side Dunnington CC into his sixties.[{{cite web | url=http://www.dunningtoncricketclub.co.uk/about | title=About Dunnington Cricket Club| publisher=DCC | accessdate=28 October 2020}}][{{cite web | url=http://dunnington.play-cricket.com/profile/statistics.asp?id=84192 | title=Collis King's statistics while playing for Dunnington CC | accessdate=13 July 2013 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130719102233/http://dunnington.play-cricket.com/profile/statistics.asp?id=84192 | archivedate=19 July 2013 | df=dmy-all }}]
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/collis-king-52290 Collis King] at espncricinfo.com
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{{succession box| before = [Sarfraz Nawaz](/source/Sarfraz_Nawaz) | title = [Nelson Cricket Club](/source/Nelson_Cricket_Club)
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