Eric Atkinson

Infobox Historic Cricketer


nationality = West Indian
country = West Indies
country abbrev = WI
name = Eric Atkinson
picture = Cricket_no_pic.pngbatting style = Right-hand bat
bowling style = Right-arm medium-fast
tests = 8
test runs = 126
test bat avg = 15.75
test 100s/50s = -/-
test top score = 37
test balls = 1634
test wickets = 25
test bowl avg = 23.55
test 5s = 1
test 10s = -
test best bowling = 5/42
test catches/stumpings = 2/-
FCs = 29
FC runs = 696
FC bat avg = 21.75
FC 100s/50s = -/3
FC top score = 77
FC balls = 4197
FC wickets = 61
FC bowl avg = 26.72
FC 5s = 4
FC 10s = -
FC best bowling = 6/10
FC catches/stumpings = 14/-
debut date = 17 January
debut year = 1958
last date = 26 March
last year = 1959
source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/51112.html

Eric St Eval Atkinson (6 November, 1927 – 29 May, 1998) played eight Tests for the West Indies. He was the younger brother of Denis Atkinson, and the two were the third pair of brothers to turn out together for the West Indies. Atkinson was primarily a seam bowler, taking 25 wickets in his one-year Test career. His best Test bowling figures came in a series against Pakistan in 1957–58, where he took five for 42 in the first innings of the second Test — before Garry Sobers hit a Test record 365 not out and Pakistan went down by an innings and 174 runs.

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