Seymour Nurse

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Seymour Nurse
West Indies (WI)
Seymour Nurse
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling type Right-arm offbreak
Tests First-class
Matches 29 141
Runs scored 2523 9489
Batting average 47.60 43.93
100s/50s 6/10 26/40
Top score 258 258
Balls bowled 42 389
Wickets - 12
Bowling average - 32.41
5 wickets in innings - -
10 wickets in match - -
Best bowling - 3/36
Catches/stumpings 21/- 116/-

Test debut: 17 February 1960
Last Test: 13 March 1969
Source: [1]

Seymour 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. 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 (minumum 3 Tests).

Nurse was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1967.