1 CD: 23 minutes 1 second

1 CD, Sir Everton Weekes, cricketer, interviewed by Jonathan Rice. The CD consists of 7 tracks. Track 1: [0:00-0:12] Introduction by Jonathan Rice, [0:13-2:37] Weekes talks about his first visit to Lord's in 1950, scoring 63 in both innings against England, [2:38-4:38] Weekes talks about Sonny Ramadhin and Alf Valentine. Track 2: [0:00-1:23] Weekes talks about the West Indies in England in 1957 and Colin Cowdrey using his pads to play against Ramadhin, [1:24-2:47] Weekes talks about playing at Lord's in 1957. Track 3: [0:00-0:54] Weekes talks about the 3 W's of Walcott, Weekes and Worrell. Track 4: [0:00-4:03] Weekes talks about the 3 W's of Walcott, Weekes and Worrell and styles of batting with mention to Chris Gayle. Track 5: [0:00-0:57] Weekes talks about his belief in no thing as an orthodox batsman, [0:58-1:58] Weekes talks about the hardest bowlers he faced including Vinoo Mankad, Lala Amarnath, Ghulam Ahmed, Subhash Gupte for India; Keith Miller, Ray Lindwall, Bill Johnston for Australia and Trevor Bailey, Alec Bedser, Fred Trueman and Brian Statham for England, [1:59-2:20] Rice gives update of match as a wicket falls, [2:21-4:04] Weekes talks about Frank Worrell. Track 6: [0:00-2:30] Weekes talks about West Indian fast bowling under Clive Lloyd and his captaincy abilities, comparing him to other captains, [2:31-3:30] Weekes talks about not being able to separate Viv Richards, Brian Lara and Sachin Tendulkar. Track 7: [0:00-0:59] Weekes talks about the standard and unity of current West Indies team, [1:00-1:30] Weekes talks about West Indies being a medium-term project, [1:31-3:06] Weekes talks about how he would have enjoyed one-day cricket and playing in the Lancashire Leagues in 1949. Background matches during the interview. A back-up copy of this CD is included.

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