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Walcott and
Hall to be Inducted into Cricket Hall of Fame |
April 02, 2007: Powerful batsman the late Sir Clyde
Walcott and legendary West Indies fast bowler Reverend Wes
Hall have been announced as the two cricket legends who will
be inducted into the Sticky Wicket Hall of Fame in Antigua
this year.
 Sir
Walcott and Reverend Hall will join the other 14 members of
the Hall of Fame, Sir Everton Weekes, Sir Garfield Sobers,
Sir Vivian Richards, Sir Frank Worrell, Clive Lloyd,
Ambassador Courtney Walsh, Curtly Ambrose, Malcolm Marshall,
Lance Gibbs, Andy Roberts, George Headley, Michael Holding,
Brian Lara, and Ridley Jacobs.
Sir Clyde Walcott can be appropriately called Mr. Cricket.
His entire life was dedicated to the game. From his early
days at school until just a few years before he died, Sir
Clyde was involved in cricket at some level. He represented
Barbados and West Indies with distinction as a powerful
batsman, wicket keeper and bowler; was a selector and
manager of the West Indies team; and later was president of
the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and head of the
International Cricket Council (ICC).
On the field of play, Walcott was a giant of a man. He was
tall – standing at six feet three inches – and hit the ball
powerfully especially off the backfoot. He combined with two
other legendary Barbadians, Sir Frank Worrell and Sir
Everton Weekes, to form the famous Three Ws, a triumvirate
of batting experts, who carried with them the hopes, dreams
and aspirations of Caribbean people all over the world.
In 1994 he received a knighthood for his contribution to the
game. Sir Clyde died on 26 August 2006 at the age of 80 and
was buried next to Sir Frank, overlooking the 3Ws Oval at
the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies in
Barbados. His immense contribution to West Indies cricket
and the game worldwide will live on forever.
 Reverend
Wes Hall is described as a man for all the people, all the
time. Known as a fast bowler, selector, manager,
administrator, politician, Reverend, Reverend Wes is also a
father, mentor, hero, and friend. Hall fulfilled these roles
and more as part of his immense contribution to the
uplifting of the people of Barbados and the West Indies.
Switching early in his career from wicket keeping to fast
bowling, Hall quickly emerged as the first great post-war
fast bowling hero of West Indies cricket.
With his gold chain bouncing around his neck, he made the
ball fly at the batsman’s torso, and he also had a
devastating yorker. After one of the longest run-ups in Test
cricket, he bowled genuinely fast, and he could do it all
day, as in his marathon spell in the famous Lord's Test of
1963, when he bowled unchanged for over three hours on the
final day. His partnership with Charlie Griffith on that
tour was the stuff of English nightmares.
He was a selector and manager of the West Indies team and
president of the West Indies Cricket Board from 2001 to
2003. During that period he sat on the board of directors of
the International Cricket Council, where he pushed for
better conditions for players in particular and West Indies
cricket in general. He was the Minister of Tourism in
Barbados in the 1980s and implemented many sports-related
initiatives which have now been adopted globally.
Today, at age 69, he continues to serve. He in an
evangelical church leader and is on the board of directors
for the Stanford 20/20 Cricket Project.
The Sticky Wicket Hall of Fame was created by Antiguan
financier Sir Allen Stanford in 2003 as a way to pay tribute
to the outstanding contributions to cricket that have been
made by individuals over the years. Persons nominated must
have scored over 1000 runs or taken over 100 wickets at
first class level at a minimum. There are also special
nominees, other significant cricket personalities who do not
meet the above two criteria but have made tremendous
contributions towards the development of cricket within the
region through work with local cricketers, participation on
local cricket associations and promotion of West Indies
cricket through their association with world cricket. These
nominees can include umpires, cricket administrators and
cricket journalists that have provided noteworthy service to
West Indies Cricket for more than ten years.
The induction, which is held every two years, will take
place on Sunday, 6 May at the Stanford Cricket Ground amid
much pomp and circumstance. The ceremony will be followed by
a concert featuring some of the most popular entertainers in
the region. The event is open to the public and special
invited guests will include current inductees, the families
of the inductees who were honoured posthumously, members of
government, the Stanford 20/20 legends and other members of
the cricketing fraternity, both regional and international.
For more information about the Sticky Wicket Hall of Fame
Induction Ceremony, call 345.623.8823 or email
info@Stanford2020.com.
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