Ron Headley

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Ron Headley

West Indies
Personal information
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
Career statistics
Tests ODIs
Matches 2 1
Runs scored 62 19
Batting average 15.50 19.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 42 19
Balls bowled 0 0
Wickets 0 0
Bowling average - -
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a
Best bowling - -
Catches/stumpings 2/0 0/0

As of 25 January 2006
Source: [1]


Ronald George Alphonso Headley (born June 29, 1939, Kingston, Jamaica) is a former West Indian cricketer who played in two Tests and one ODI in 1973.

Headley spent most of his career in England, playing for Worcestershire from 1958 to 1974. An opening batsman, in first-class cricket he scored 21,695 runs at an average of 31.12, with 32 hundreds and a highest score of 187.

His father was George Headley, who played 22 Tests for West Indies, while his son Dean Headley played 15 Tests and 13 ODIs for England. This was the first case of three consecutive generations of the same family playing Test cricket. He now resides in England and coaches up and coming youngsters at Edgbaston.