Eric Atkinson

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Eric Atkinson
West Indies (WI)
Eric Atkinson
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling type Right-arm medium-fast
Tests First-class
Matches 8 29
Runs scored 126 696
Batting average 15.75 21.75
100s/50s -/- -/3
Top score 37 77
Balls bowled 1634 4197
Wickets 25 61
Bowling average 23.55 26.72
5 wickets in innings 1 4
10 wickets in match - -
Best bowling 5/42 6/10
Catches/stumpings 2/- 14/-

Test debut: 17 January 1958
Last Test: 26 March 1959
Source: [1]

Eric St Eval Atkinson (6 November 192729 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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