Earl Fraites

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Earl Fraites
Personal information
Born (1953-09-06) 6 September 1953 (age 67)
Saint Lucia
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm off-spin
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1973–1977 Windward Islands
Source: CricketArchive, 8 March 2016

Earl Fraites (born 6 September 1953) is a former Saint Lucian cricketer who represented the Windward Islands in West Indian domestic cricket. He played as a right-handed middle-order batsman and right-arm off-spin bowler.

Fraites made his first-class debut for the Windward Islands in April 1973, playing against the touring Australians. [1] On debut, he failed to take a wicket, but batting eighth in his team's second innings scored 38 runs, putting on 113 runs for the seventh wicket with Norbert Phillip. [2] Fraites made irregular appearances for the Windwards over the following seasons, and was promoted up the batting order, batting as high as fourth. [1] Against the Leeward Islands in January 1977, in what turned out to be his final first-class appearance, he took career-best bowling figures, 4/84 from 27.5 overs. [3] Fraites was only 23 at the time of his last appearance for the Windwards, and continued to play for Saint Lucia in regional competitions for several more years. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 First-class matches played by Earl Fraites – CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  2. Windward Islands v Australians, Australia in West Indies 1972/73 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  3. Leeward Islands v Windward Islands, Other First-Class matches in West Indies 1976/77 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  4. Miscellaneous matches played by Earl Fraites – CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 March 2016.