Faoud Bacchus

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Faoud Bacchus

West Indies
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Right-arm medium
Career statistics
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	19	29
Runs scored	782	612
Batting average	26.06	26.60
100s/50s	1/3	-/3
Top score	250	80*

Balls bowled	6	-
Wickets	-	-
Bowling average	-	-
5 wickets in innings	-	-
10 wickets in match	-	n/a
Best bowling	-	-
Catches/stumpings	17/-	10/-
As of 25 January 2006 Source: [1]

Sheik Faoud Ahamul Fasiel Bacchus (b. 31 January 1954) in Georgetown, Guyana is a cricket player for the West Indies and the United States.

A right-handed batsman, he made his Test match debut for the West Indies aged 24 in the 1977/78 series against Australia, but his best achievements were in the 1978/79 series against India, where he scored 96 in the second Test and 250 in the 6th Test. However, he only averaged 26 after 19 Tests, making seven ducks, and was dropped from the side after the 1981/82 tour of Australia. He also played 29 one-day internationals for the West Indies between 1977 and 1983, with a high score of 80 and an average of 26. He also played as a middle-order batsmen for the United States in the 1997 and 2001 ICC Trophy tournaments.

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Cricinfo biography

v • d • e West Indies squad - 1983 Cricket World Cup (runners-up)

1 Lloyd (c) • 2 Bacchus • 3 Daniel • 4 Davis • 5 Dujon (wk) • 6 Garner • 7 Gomes • 8 Greenidge • 9 Haynes • 10 Holding • 11 Logie • 12 Marshall • 13 Richards • 14 Roberts