- Seymour Nurse
Infobox Historic Cricketer
nationality = West Indian
country = West Indies
country abbrev = WI
name = Seymour Nurse
picture = Cricket_no_pic.png
bowling style = Right-arm offbreak
tests = 29
test runs = 2523
test bat avg = 47.60
test 100s/50s = 6/10
test top score = 258
test balls = 42
test wickets = -
test bowl avg = -
test 5s = -
test 10s = -
test best bowling = -
test catches/stumpings = 21/-
FCs = 141
FC runs = 9489
FC bat avg = 43.93
FC 100s/50s = 26/40
FC top score = 258
FC balls = 389
FC wickets = 12
FC bowl avg = 32.41
FC 5s = -
FC 10s = -
FC best bowling = 3/36
FC catches/stumpings = 116/-
debut date = 17 February
debut year = 1960
last date = 13 March
last year = 1969
source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/52636.htmlSeymour MacDonald Nurse (b.
10 November ,1933 ) in Barbados, played 29 Tests for the West Indies.Nurse was a powerfully-built batsman who batted in the middle-order. His debut came against England in Kingston on the 17th of February 1960. He scored a fluent 70 in his maiden innings. Nurse starred in the 1966 West Indian tour of England where he passed 50 five times in as many Tests. He smashed a series best 137 at Headingley. He ended his Test career in style with an innings of 258 at Christchurch in 1968-69, the highest score by a man in his last test innings in which he hit 34 boundaries and a six. He finished the 3 Test series with 558 runs at 111.60 with his average being a record that stands to this day as the highest for a player's final Test series (minimum 3 Tests).
Nurse was a
Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1967.
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