{{Short description|Jamaican cricketer (1934–2019)}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Reg Scarlett | image = | caption = | fullname = Reginald Osmond Scarlett | birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|8|15|df=yes}} | birth_place = Port Maria, St Mary, Jamaica | death_date = {{death date and age|2019|8|14|1934|8|15|df=yes}} | death_place = England | family = Bob Scarlett (brother) | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm offbreak | club1 = Jamaica | year1 = {{no wrap|1951/52–1959/60}} | columns = 2 | column1 = Tests | matches1 = 3 | runs1 = 54 | bat avg1 = 18.00 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 29* | deliveries1 = 804 | wickets1 = 2 | bowl avg1 = 104.50 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 1/46 | catches/stumpings1= 2/– | column2 = First-class | matches2 = 17 | runs2 = 477 | bat avg2 = 23.85 | 100s/50s2 = 0/2 | top score2 = 72* | deliveries2 = 3,911 | wickets2 = 48 | bowl avg2 = 34.12 | fivefor2 = 2 | tenfor2 = 0 | best bowling2 = 5/69 | catches/stumpings2= 6/– | international = true | country = West Indies | testdebutfor = | testdebutagainst = | testdebutdate = 6 January | testdebutyear = 1960 | lasttestdate = 9 March | lasttestfor = | lasttestagainst = | lasttestyear = 1960 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/52923.html Cricinfo | date = | year = }} '''Reginald Osmond Scarlett''' (15 August 1934 – 14 August 2019) was a West Indian cricketer who played in three Tests in 1960.<ref name=NN/>
Reg Scarlett was a strongly-built lower-order batsman and off-spinner (a "mountainous figure of a man" according to Christopher Martin-Jenkins<ref>C. Martin-Jenkins, ''The Complete Who's Who of Test Cricketers'', Rigby, Adelaide, 1983, p. 365.</ref>) who played first-class cricket for Jamaica from 1951–52 to 1959–60. In his first eight games to the end of the 1957–58 season he made 150 runs at 13.63 and took 20 wickets at 34.25. In each of Jamaica's two matches against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 1953/54 he took four wickets in the first innings. He struck more productive form in mid-1958, taking 14 wickets in two matches against Barbados.<ref>{{cite web |title=First-Class matches in West Indies 1958 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/3/First-Class_matches_in_West_Indies_1958.html |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=12 October 2019}}</ref>
In 1959–60 Scarlett had figures of 5 for 69 against Trinidad and 3 for 107 against British Guiana, and was selected for the First Test against England. He failed in the Test and was replaced by Charran Singh, but scored 72 not out and 59 for Jamaica against the MCC (his only first-class fifties) and took three wickets, and returned to the Test team for the Third and Fourth Tests, but again achieved little.<ref>{{cite web |title=M.C.C. team in West Indies 1959-60 |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/155245.html |website=Cricinfo |accessdate=12 October 2019}}</ref>
Scarlett retired from first-class cricket after the series and moved to England, where he spent many years coaching. He established the Haringey Cricket College in Tottenham in North London, which organised cricket training and matches for local boys, several of whom became first-class players.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wigmore |first1=Tim |title=Jofra Archer can inspire the African-Caribbean community that has been lost to English cricket |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2019/09/01/jofra-archer-can-inspire-african-caribbean-community-has-lost/ |accessdate=12 October 2019 |work=The Telegraph |date=1 September 2019}}</ref> He later became the West Indies Cricket Board's director of coaching.<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/52923.html Reg Scarlett]</ref>
He co-authored the book ''100 Great West Indian Cricketers'' (1987) with Bridgette Lawrence. He died on August 14, 2019, the day before his 85th birthday.<ref name=NN>{{cite web |title=Reg Scarlett passes away in England |url=https://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/241237/reg-scarlett-passes-away-england |website=Nation News |accessdate=12 October 2019 |archive-date=20 August 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190820094913/https://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/241237/reg-scarlett-passes-away-england |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Scarlett's younger brother Bob played a few games for Jamaica in the 1960s.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14515/14515.html Robert Scarlett at Cricket Archive]</ref>
==References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1124/1124.html Reg Scarlett at Cricket Archive] * [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/52923.html Reg Scarlett at Cricinfo]
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