| Personal information | ||||
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| Full name | Carlisle Alonza Best | |||
| Born | 14 May 1959 Richmond Gap, Saint Michael, Barbados |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm off break Right-arm medium pace |
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| International information | ||||
| National side | West Indies | |||
| Test debut | 21 February 1986 v England | |||
| Last Test | 23 November 1990 v Pakistan | |||
| ODI debut | 4 March 1986 v England | |||
| Last ODI | 16 January 1992 v India | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1979–1994 | Barbados | |||
| 1993–1994 | Western Province | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Tests | ODIs | FC | LA |
| Matches | 8 | 24 | 90 | 79 |
| Runs scored | 342 | 473 | 5,439 | 1,942 |
| Batting average | 28.50 | 24.89 | 38.85 | 29.87 |
| 100s/50s | 1/1 | 1/2 | 13/24 | 2/12 |
| Top score | 164 | 100 | 179 | 137* |
| Balls bowled | 30 | 19 | 1,642 | 682 |
| Wickets | 0 | 0 | 24 | 14 |
| Bowling average | – | – | 32.16 | 40.78 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Best bowling | 0/2 | 0/4 | 3/29 | 2/22 |
| Catches/stumpings | 8/– | 5/– | 107/– | 21/– |
| Source: Cricket Archive, 19 October 2010 | ||||
Carlisle Alonza Best (born 14 May 1959) played eight Tests and 24 One Day Internationals for the West Indies.
Best hooked his third ball in Test cricket for six off the bowling of Ian Botham at Kingston, Jamaica, in February 1986.
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