Worrell: The Brief but Brilliant Life of a Caribbean Cricket Pioneer

Sir Clive Lloyd's biography of Frank Worrell, the first permanent Black captain of the West Indies cricket team, reveals his upbringing in Barbados, cricketing adventures, and determination to change the game forever. Worrell transformed a talented but unfocused team into the most exciting side in the world and led his men into unforgettable series against Australia and England. He was knighted in 1964 but died aged forty-two three years later. This biography is the definitive telling of Worrell's life and legacy.

Format: Hardback
Length: 416 pages
Publication date: 06 June 2024
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd

The brilliant all-rounder Frank Worrell had to wait until 1960 to become the first permanent Black captain of the West Indies cricket team, denied for a decade by the elitism, insularity, and racism of Caribbean cricket rulers. When his chance finally came, Worrell transformed a talented but unfocused team into the most exciting side in the world and led his men into unforgettable series against Australia and England. Worrell was universally admired as one of cricket's great captains when he was knighted in 1964, but three years later, he was dead aged just forty-two. Not merely an extraordinarily talented and record-breaking sportsman, he served the University of the West Indies after his retirement – along with the cricket team and the political federation, one of the three truly unifying elements across a fractious and diverse region. This biography, by the author of the acclaimed Fire in Babylon and with a foreword by Sir Clive Lloyd, is the definitive telling of Frank Worrell's life and legacy. It reveals how an upbringing in Barbados, cricketing adventures around the world, and a determination not to be cowed by the powers that ran island cricket shaped a great West Indian cricketer into a great West Indian, who changed the game forever.

Weight: 598g
Dimension: 240 x 160 x 30 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781398524880