Charlie Griffith
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| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |
| Bowling type | Right-arm fast | |
| Tests | First-class | |
| Matches | 28 | 96 |
| Runs scored | 530 | 1,502 |
| Batting average | 16.56 | 17.26 |
| 100s/50s | -/1 | -/4 |
| Top score | 54 | 98 |
| Balls bowled | 5,631 | 15,509 |
| Wickets | 94 | 332 |
| Bowling average | 28.54 | 21.60 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 5 | 17 |
| 10 wickets in match | - | 1 |
| Best bowling | 6/36 | 8/23 |
| Catches/stumpings | 16/- | 39/- |
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Test debut: 25 March 1960 |
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Charles Christopher Griffith (born December 14, 1938, Pie Corner, St Lucy, Barbados) is a former West Indian cricketer who played in 28 Tests from 1960 to 1969. He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1964. He is infamously known for bowling a delivery that cracked Indian batsman Nari Contractor's skull, prematurely ending Contractor's international career.
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