# Keith Arthurton

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West Indian cricketer

Keith Arthurton Personal information Full name Keith Lloyd Thomas Arthurton Born (1965-02-21) 21 February 1965 (age 61) Jessup, Nevis Batting Left-handed Bowling Slow left-arm orthodox Role Batsman International information National side West Indies Test debut (cap 193) 21 July 1988 v England Last Test 10 August 1995 v England ODI debut (cap 55) 22 October 1988 v Pakistan Last ODI 16 May 1999 v Pakistan Domestic team information Years Team 1982–2000 Nevis 1986–2000 Leeward Islands Career statistics Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 33 105 129 118 Runs scored 1382 1,904 7,926 3,937 Batting average 30.71 26.08 45.29 31.24 100s/50s 2/8 0/9 19/47 3/20 Top score 157* 84 200* 118 Balls bowled 473 1384 2,913 3,339 Wickets 1 42 31 96 Bowling average 183.00 27.59 38.48 25.63 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 1/17 4/31 3/14 4/25 Catches/stumpings 22/– 27/– 68/– 44/– Source: CricketArchive, 4 May 2010

**Keith Lloyd Thomas Arthurton** (born 21 February 1965) is a former West Indian [cricketer](/source/Cricket). Having become only the third [Test](/source/Test_cricket) player from [Nevis](/source/Nevis), the middle order batsman/left-arm orthodox bowler played in 33 Tests between July 1988 and August 1995 and continued playing in one day matches until May 1999. However, he never recovered from the 1996 World Cup, in which he scored two runs in five innings. Despite a strike rate of just 67 in one-day matches, Arthurton was a good striker of the ball, favouring the leg side.[*[original research?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research)*][*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## International career

He was also a good bowler. He took three 4-wicket hauls in the shorter version of the game with a best of 4/31. Arthurton was also an excellent fielder. His best moments were reserved for the [subcontinent](/source/Subcontinent), as he got scores of 84, 63 and 44 off 30 balls in consecutive matches against [Pakistan](/source/Pakistan_cricket_team). In a match against [India](/source/India_cricket_team) where the next highest score for [West Indies](/source/West_Indies) was 16, Arthurton got 59 off 83. His best against them was 76 not out followed by 59 then 58 not out. This preceded 41 and 72 against them. [Sri Lanka](/source/Sri_Lanka_cricket_team) felt his presence as he got scores of 72 not out and then consecutive scores of 37 not out off just 31 balls with two sixes and a four and then 50 not out off 60 and then a 17 ball 24 not out. He rarely succeeded against England, though he had few memorable knocks against [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand) and South Africa.

In Tests he got two hundreds and eight fifties. He had a best of 157 not out against Australia, a knock with 16 fours and a six.

## Controversy

Arthurton was involved in an unusual incident during a game between the West Indies Board of Control XI and the [Australian national cricket team](/source/Australian_national_cricket_team) at [Kensington Oval](/source/Kensington_Oval) in [Bridgetown](/source/Bridgetown), Barbados. Australian player [Dean Jones](/source/Dean_Jones_(cricketer)) believed that Arthurton was using an oversized [cricket bat](/source/Cricket_bat). The bat was found to be 4.5 inches wide, instead of the legal 4.25 inches, but he was allowed to continue to use the bat.[1]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Brodribb, Gerald](/source/Gerald_Brodribb) (1995). *Next Man In* (2nd Revised 1995 ed.). London: [Souvenir Press](/source/Souvenir_Press). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0285632943](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0285632943).

## External links

- [Keith Arthurton](https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/51110.html) at [Cricinfo](/source/Cricinfo)

West Indies squads v t e West Indies squad – 1992 Cricket World Cup 1 Richardson (c) 2 Ambrose 3 Arthurton 4 Benjamin 5 Cummins 6 Harper 7 Haynes 8 Hooper 9 Lara 10 Logie 11 Marshall 12 Patterson 13 Simmons 14 Williams (wk) Coach: Kanhai v t e West Indies squad – 1996 Cricket World Cup semi-finalists 1 Richardson (c) 2 Adams 3 Ambrose 4 Arthurton 5 Bishop 6 Browne (wk) 7 Campbell 8 Chanderpaul 9 Cuffy 10 Gibson 11 Harper 12 Holder 13 Lara 14 Walsh Coach: Roberts v t e West Indies squad – 1999 Cricket World Cup 1 Lara (c) 2 Chanderpaul 3 Powell 4 Williams 5 Campbell 6 Arthurton 7 Jacobs (wk) 8 Simmons 9 Ambrose 10 Walsh 11 Adams 12 Bryan 13 Dillon 14 Perry 15 King Coach: Marshall Hooper was named in the original squad, but was replaced by Powell following his retirement

Sporting positions Preceded by Roger Harper Nelson Cricket Club professional 2000 Succeeded by Wade Wingfield

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