Reginald Scarlett, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Jamaican cricketer
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Place of Birth: Port Maria, Jamaica
About Reginald Scarlett
- Reginald Osmond Scarlett (15 August 1934 – 14 August 2019) was a West Indian cricketer who played in three Tests in 1960.Reg Scarlett was a strongly-built lower-order batsman and off-spinner (a "mountainous figure of a man" according to Christopher Martin-Jenkins) who played first-class cricket for Jamaica from 1951/52 to 1959/60.
- In his first eight games to the end of the 1957-58 season he made 150 runs at 13.63 and took 20 wickets at 34.25.
- In each of Jamaica's two matches against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 1953/54 he took four wickets in the first innings.
- He struck more productive form in mid-1958, taking 14 wickets in two matches against Barbados.In 1959/60 Scarlett had figures of 5 for 69 against Trinidad and 3 for 107 against British Guiana, and was selected for the First Test against England.
- He failed in the Test and was replaced by Charran Singh, but scored 72 not out and 59 for Jamaica against the MCC (his only first-class fifties) and took three wickets, and returned to the Test team for the Third and Fourth Tests, but again achieved little.Scarlett retired from first-class cricket after the series and moved to England, where he spent many years coaching.
- He established the Haringey Cricket College in Tottenham in North London, which organised cricket training and matches for local boys, several of whom became first-class players.
- He later became the West Indies Cricket Board's director of coaching.He co-authored the book 100 Great West Indian Cricketers (1987) with Bridgette Lawrence.
- He died on August 14, 2019, the day before his 85th birthday.Scarlett's younger brother Bob played a few games for Jamaica in the 1960s.
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