Ken Weekes

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Ken Weekes
West Indies (WI)
Ken Weekes
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling type Left-arm
Tests First-class
Matches 2 30
Runs scored 173 1,731
Batting average 57.66 40.25
100s/50s 1/0 4/12
Top score 137 146
Balls bowled 0 1,140
Wickets 0 12
Bowling average - 38.66
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling -/- 3/84
Catches/stumpings 0/0 21/1

Test debut: 24 June 1939
Last Test: 19 August 1939
Source: [1]

Kenneth Hunnel (Bam Bam) Weekes (born January 24, 1912, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., died February 9, 1998, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.) was a West Indian cricketer who played in two Tests in 1939.

He was the first Test cricketer to be born in the United States; as of 2007, the only other US-born cricketer to have played at that level is the Sri Lankan Jehan Mubarak.

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