Steve Camacho
West Indian cricketer (1945–2015)
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George Stephen Camacho (15 October 1945 – 2 October 2015) was a West Indian international cricketer who played in eleven Test matches from 1968 to 1971 as an opening batsman and occasional leg-spin bowler.
Georgetown, British Guiana
Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda
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| Full name | George Stephen Camacho | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 October 1945 Georgetown, British Guiana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 2 October 2015 (aged 69) Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Leg-break googly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | George Learmond (grandfather)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut | 19 January 1968 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 6 March 1971 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1964–65 to 1978–79 | Guyana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 31 October 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Camacho played first-class cricket for Guyana from 1965 to 1979.[2] He was part of the West Indian Test side for four series: 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969, 1970–71. His final tour was to England in 1973: in only the second game, his cheekbone was fractured by a bouncer from Hampshire's Andy Roberts and he left the side, never to play another Test.
After retirement
After retirement in 1979, Camacho served West Indies cricket as selector then secretary and later as chief executive of the West Indies Cricket Board. He was the author of a book, Cricket at Bourda: Celebrating the Georgetown Cricket Club.[1] He died on 2 October 2015.[3][4]
