Editing Clive Lloyd (section)

{{Short description|West Indies cricketer}}
{{EngvarB|date=August 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| honorific_prefix = [[Sir]]
|                name = Clive Lloyd<br />{{post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE|AO}} [[Chaconia Medal|CM]]
|               image = Clive Lloyd at 'Idea Champions Of The World' press meet.jpg 
|             country = West Indies
|            fullname = Clive Hubert Lloyd
|            nickname = Big C, Hubert, Super Cat<ref name="WWOS/ref" />
|          birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1944|8|31|df=yes}}
|         birth_place = [[Georgetown, Guyana|Georgetown]], [[British Guiana]] (now [[Guyana]])
|            heightft = 6
|          heightinch = 5
|             batting = Left-handed
|             bowling = Right-arm medium
|                role = [[Batsman]]
|              family = [[Lance Gibbs]] (cousin)
|       international = true
|    internationalspan = 1966–1985
|       testdebutdate = 13 December
|       testdebutyear = 1966
|    testdebutagainst = India
|             testcap = 125
|        lasttestdate = 30 December
|        lasttestyear = 1984
|     lasttestagainst = Australia
|        odidebutdate = 5 September
|        odidebutyear = 1973
|     odidebutagainst = England
|              odicap = 9
|         lastodidate = 6 March
|         lastodiyear = 1985
|      lastodiagainst = Pakistan
|            odishirt =
|               club1 = [[Guyana national cricket team|Guyana/British Guiana]]
|               year1 = 1964–1983
|               club2 = [[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]]
|               year2 = {{nowrap|1968–1986}}
|             columns = 4
|             column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]
|            matches1 = 110
|               runs1 = 7,515
|            bat avg1 = 46.67
|           100s/50s1 = 19/39
|          top score1 = 242[[not out|*]]
|         deliveries1 = 1,716
|            wickets1 = 10
|           bowl avg1 = 62.20
|            fivefor1 = 0
|             tenfor1 = 0
|       best bowling1 = 2/13
|  catches/stumpings1 = 90/–
|             column2 = [[One Day International|ODI]]
|            matches2 = 87
|               runs2 = 1,977
|            bat avg2 = 39.54
|           100s/50s2 = 1/11
|          top score2 = 102
|         deliveries2 = 358
|            wickets2 = 8
|           bowl avg2 = 26.25
|            fivefor2 = 0
|             tenfor2 = 0
|       best bowling2 = 2/4
|  catches/stumpings2 = 39/–
|             column3 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
|            matches3 = 490
|               runs3 = 31,232
|            bat avg3 = 49.26
|           100s/50s3 = 79/172
|          top score3 = 242[[not out|*]]
|         deliveries3 = 9,699
|            wickets3 = 114
|           bowl avg3 = 36.00
|            fivefor3 = 0
|             tenfor3 = 0
|       best bowling3 = 4/48
|  catches/stumpings3 = 377/–
|             column4 = [[List A cricket|LA]]
|            matches4 = 378
|               runs4 = 10,915
|            bat avg4 = 40.27
|           100s/50s4 = 12/69
|          top score4 = 134[[not out|*]]
|         deliveries4 = 2,926
|            wickets4 = 71
|           bowl avg4 = 27.57
|            fivefor4 = 0
|             tenfor4 = 0
|       best bowling4 = 4/33
|  catches/stumpings4 = 146/–
|                date = 24 January
|                year = 2009
|              source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/player/52345.html Espncricinfo
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{{MedalCompetition|[[ICC Cricket World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|Winner|[[1975 Cricket World Cup|1975 England]]|}}
{{Medal|Winner|[[1979 Cricket World Cup|1979 England]]|}}
{{Medal|RU|[[1983 Cricket World Cup|1983 England and Wales]]|}}
}}

'''Sir Clive Hubert Lloyd''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE|AO}} [[Chaconia Medal|CM]] (born 31 August 1944) is a [[Guyana|Guyanese]]-[[United Kingdom|British]] former [[cricket]]er and captain of the [[West Indies cricket team]]. Lloyd is widely regarded as one of the greatest captains of all time. As a boy he went to Chatham High School in Georgetown. At the age of 14 he was captain of his school cricket team in the Chin Cup inter-school competition.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=BABB, COLIN.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1126669992|title=1973 AND ME : the england v west indies test series and a memorable childhood year.|date=2020|publisher=[[Hansib]]|isbn=978-1-912662-12-8|location=[S.l.]|oclc=1126669992}}</ref> One of his childhood memories is of sitting in a tree outside the ground overlooking the sightscreen watching [[Garfield Sobers|Garry Sobers]] score two centuries for West Indies v Pakistan.<ref name=":0" /> Lloyd captained the West Indies in three [[Cricket World Cup|World Cups]], winning in [[1975 Cricket World Cup|1975]] (with Lloyd scoring a century) and [[1979 Cricket World Cup|1979]] while losing the [[1983 Cricket World Cup|1983 final]] to [[Indian cricket team|India]].

In 1971 he was named a [[Wisden Cricketer of the Year]]. He captained the West Indies between 1974 and 1985 and oversaw their rise to become among the greatest [[Test cricket|Test]] and [[One Day International]] teams of the 20th century. He is one of the most successful Test captains of all time: during his captaincy the side had a run of 27 matches without defeat, which included 11 wins in succession ([[Viv Richards]] acted as captain for one of the 27 matches, against [[Australian cricket team|Australia]] at [[Port of Spain]] in 1983–84).<ref>{{cite web |title=Most successful cricket captains in history |date=5 January 2023 |url=https://sportsvirsa.com/most-successful-cricket-captains/}}</ref> He was the first West Indian player to earn 100 international caps.

Lloyd was a 6' 5" powerful middle-order batsman with stooping shoulders, and occasional medium-pace bowler. In his youth he was also a strong cover point fielder. He wore his famous glasses as a result of being poked in the eye with a ruler.<ref name="WWOS/ref"> ''[[Wide World of Sports (Australian TV series)|Wide World of Sports]]'' [[Cricket Yearbook]] 1985 – "Farewell Super Cat" written by [[Ian Chappell]], pp: 110–13, [[PBL Marketing]], Pty Ltd, 1985. ISSN 0813-7439 {{ISBN|0 00 217484 7}}</ref> His Test match debut came in 1966. Lloyd scored 7,515 runs at Test level, at an average of 46.67. He hit 70 sixes in his Test career, which is the 14th highest number of any player. He played for his home nation of [[Guyana national cricket team|Guyana]] in West Indies domestic cricket, and for [[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]] (he was made captain in 1981) in England. Lloyd was the first West Indian player to take a wicket on his first ball on [[One Day International|ODI]] debut. He is a cousin of spin bowler [[Lance Gibbs]]. Since retiring as a player, Lloyd has remained heavily involved in cricket, managing the West Indies in the late 1990s, and coaching and commentating. He was an [[International Cricket Council|ICC]] [[match referee]] from 2001 to 2006.

In 2009, Lloyd was inducted into the [[ICC Cricket Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/385019.html|title=ICC and FICA launch Cricket Hall of Fame|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=2 January 2009 |access-date=19 July 2019}}</ref> He was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] in the [[2020 New Year Honours]] for services to cricket.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=62866|supp=y|page=N2|date=28 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Awards for NY2020 |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/855178/New-Year-Honours-2020.pdf |access-date=27 December 2019}}</ref>