Sylvester Greenaway, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Sylvester Greenaway

Montserratian cricketer

Date of Birth: 09-May-1946

Place of Birth: Montserrat, British Overseas Territories, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 15-Dec-2018

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Sylvester Greenaway

  • Sylvester Greenaway (9 May 1946 – 15 December 2018) was a West Indian cricketer.
  • Greenaway was a right-handed batsman.
  • He was born on Montserrat. Greenaway first played for Montserrat in 1961 as a 15-year-old.
  • He was a substitute for Montserrat opener Peter Cabey, who was unable to play on Saturdays because he was a Seventh Day Adventist.
  • He got the nickname "Nul" as a boy.
  • The nickname started out as "Nald"—short for his actual first name of Ronald—but evolved into "Nul".
  • From the late 1960s through 1975, Greenaway was Montserrat's omnipresent opening batsman, often with Vendol "Gary" Moore (1945-2012).
  • In 1972, Greenaway played two first-class matches for the Leeward Islands.
  • The first came against the Windward Islands, while the second came against the touring New Zealanders.
  • However, in four batting innings he scored just 15 runs at an average of 3.75.
  • He played his final season for Montserrat in the 1975 Leeward Islands tournament.
  • Ironically, he scored the only century of his career against Antigua that summer, finishing with 157 as he and Jim Allen put on a partnership of 240 runs.
  • In the 1980s, the Montserrat cricket team had another player named Sylvester "Ben" Greenaway (no relation).
  • The two players' careers are often mixed up.
  • Sylvester "Nul" Greenaway relocated to Canada after his cricket career ended and became highly skilled in offset printing.Greenaway died on 15 December 2018, in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, after a long illness.

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