Windies Batting Legend Seymour Nurse Dies Aged 85
Published - 07 May 2019, 02:40 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:00 AM
Seymour Nurse, legendary batsman from Windies and Barbados has died at the age of 85. He has left twin daughters, Roseanne and Cherylanne Nurse. Meanwhile, Seymour breathed his last at Queen’s Elizabeth Hospital after ailing for an extended period, as per reports in the Caribbean media.
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Seymour Nurse was a powerfully-built batsman and excellent close fielder right out of the top drawer. He was a middle-order stroke-maker from Barbados who didn’t really establish himself until the 1966 West Indian tour of England when he was 32. Nurse then passed 50 five times in as many Tests, and though he hammered 137 at Headingley his best innings probably came at Trent Bridge, where he thumped a majestic 93 in trying circumstances.
Nurse played 29 Test matches from which he scored 2523 runs at an average of 47.60 including six centuries and ten fifties. Seymour Nurse finished his Test career with a brilliant double hundred against New Zealand at Christchurch in 1968-69. He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1967.
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Following his retirement, Seymour Nurse worked as a Barbados selector and coach and was also a government cricket coach at the National Sports Council. Moreover, he played a significant role behind notable Windies cricketers like Malcolm Marshall, Pedro Collins, and Dwayne Smith to name a few.
