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About Eric Atkinson
- Eric St Eval Atkinson (6 November 1927 – 29 May 1998) played eight Tests for the West Indies.
- He was the younger brother of Denis Atkinson, and the two were the third pair of brothers to turn out together for the West Indies.
- His first Test, against Pakistan at Bridgetown in 1957-58, was Denis's last. Atkinson was primarily a seam bowler, taking 25 wickets in his one-year Test career.
- His best Test bowling figures came in against Pakistan in 1957–58, where he took 5 for 42 in the first innings of the Third Test — before Garry Sobers hit a Test record 365 not out and Pakistan went down by an innings and 174 runs.He made his first-class debut for Barbados in 1949-50 and up to the end of the 1956-57 season he had played 11 matches for Barbados, scoring 411 runs at 29.37 and taking 5 wickets at 96.00.
- He struck form with the ball in first match of the 1957-58 season, taking 4 for 70 for Barbados against the touring Pakistanis.He made his Test debut a few days later and from that point played only for West Indian representative teams.
- He played the First, Third and Fifth Tests against Pakistan.
- He toured India and Pakistan in 1958-59, playing three Tests in India and two in Pakistan, then retired.
- In consecutive matches against East Zone and South Zone in India he took 12 wickets at 7.25, including his career-best figures of 6 for 10 when he and Wes Hall bowled unchanged to dismiss East Zone for 39.
- His highest score was 77 against E.W.
- Swanton's XI in 1955-56.
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