Basil Williams, the former Jamaica and West Indies opening batsman, died last Sunday. He was 65.
Williams made his first-class debut for Jamaica in February 1970 and went on to play in 46 matches scoring 2,702 runs with five centuries.
He made his Test debut for the West Indies against Australia in March 1978 at Georgetown, Guyana, and was the tenth West Indian batsman to score a century on Test debut. He struck 100 off 118 balls.
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