Keith Boyce, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Keith Boyce

West Indian cricketer

Date of Birth: 11-Oct-1943

Date of Death: 11-Oct-1996

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: Barbados

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Keith Boyce

  • Keith David Boyce (11 October 1943 – 11 October 1996) was a cricketer who played 21 Tests and 8 One Day Internationals for the West Indies between 1971 and 1976.
  • He died from the effects of chronic cirrhosis of the liver, while sitting in a chair at a pharmacists in Speightstown, Barbados, on his birthday on October 11, 1996. Boyce was the first man to take eight wickets in a List A match; he achieved the feat when he took 8-26 for Essex against Lancashire in 1971.
  • No other player dismissed eight batsmen in a one-day innings until Kent's Derek Underwood claimed 8-31 against Scotland sixteen years later.Boyce's finest moment in Test cricket came in the first test of the 1973 tour of England, when he took 5/70 and 6/77 in a 158-run victory. Boyce had been recruited for Essex by Trevor Bailey, and in 1974 was named one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year.
  • Following an injury, he returned to his home island of Barbados, where he suffered several personal setbacks.
  • He was married twice, and had two daughters.

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