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Reza R. Rahaman

Congratulations to Clive Hubert Lloyd on his knighthood.

Guyanese must be very proud of such wonderful player and captain.

Thank you Lloyd on your tremendous contributions to Guyanese and Westindian Cricket.

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NehruBig Mouth Member

Sir Clive is deserving of the HONOR. Congrats to a great Player and Captain.

12/28/1911:16 AM

kpHonorary Member

Cricket great Clive Lloyd knighted in Queen’s New Year Honours List

By Staff Reporter -

December 27, 2019

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WEST Indies cricket legend Clive Lloyd has been given a knighthood in the New Year Honours List.

The 75-year-old heads a long list names from West Indies cricket to receive the award, with the likes of Sir Gary Sobers, Sir Everton Weekes and Sir Viv Richards all honoured.
Although Lloyd received a CBE in 1993, the belated nature of Lloyd’s award might be explained by his hailing from Guyana, which became a republic in 1966, coincidentally the year in which Lloyd made his Test debut.

While Richards plus the likes of Sir Curtly Ambrose and Sir Richie Richardson in 2014 were knighted directly by the government of Antigua, Lloyd has had to wait for his opportunity.
In addition to his success with the West Indies, Lloyd played for almost two decades for Lancashire, with whom he retains a strong affiliation.

The impact Lloyd had during his playing career at Old Trafford was emphasised by the county’s then captain Jack Bond, who said: “His value to Lancashire cannot be measured by ordinary standards.”

Lloyd was named captain of the West Indies in 1974, three years after being awarded the prestigious title of Wisden Cricketer-of-the-Year.

At the time the West Indies were far from a dominant force in world cricket, and after an embarrassing Test series defeat in Australia in 1976, Lloyd vowed: “I promise we will never get another flogging like this while I am captain.”

Lloyd was true to his word as he went on to establish the West Indies as a global force, as well as returning statistics which make him one of the finest Test captains of all time.
He led the West Indies in 70 Tests of which they won 36. He also led them to two World Cup wins in 1975 and 1979 and was the first West Indies player to achieve 100 international caps.

After retirement, Lloyd became a respected international ICC referee and also served as both a director of the West Indies Cricket Board and briefly as its chairman of selectors. (Evening Standard; Additional reporting by the Press Association)

12/28/1911:18 AM

seignetSenior Member

Burnham and Cheddie must be furious. Imagine, Burnham racist enforcer in sports is given a Knighthood. These days, awards, doctorates and Phds have lost ALL of its merits.

Yeh, I know I am like a sour grape.

I think of the changes these guys could have made by making the right choices in attitudes towards their fellow Guyanese, regardless.

On cricket, during the captaincy of Llyod, he adopted a policy of intimidation of white players with his pace bowlers. South Africa politics got interwoven with West Indies cricket.

A white player made a smart ass comment, Llyod's response was to his pace attack, "lick him up good and proper." Poor white chap recieved so many blows, head, belly, groin, ribs and wherever else they could make contact on his body, other than bowling to mans bat. That day, the white man became, red, blue and black.

There was no cricket on that series, just plain contempt.

12/28/1912:03 PM