#Alvin #Kallicharan #guyananews #westindies #indocaribbean #Kanhai #Rohan #warwickshire #lancashire #nostalgia #1980s #testcricket #Lord's #calypso #cricket #countycricket #england #Surrey #Sussex #Essex #nottingham
Alvin Kallicharran was one of the #pivots of the West #Indian batting line-up through the #1970s. In an international #career from #1971-72 to 1980-81, the diminutive #Guyanese left-hander scored 4399 runs at 44.43 in 66 Tests, besides 826 runs at 34.41 in 31 ODIs. He also enjoyed a distinguished domestic career, with most of his first-class and List A matches coming for #Guyana at home and #Warwickshire on the county circuit.
#Kallicharran was born in Paidama, a rural settlement in #Berbice, Guyana. Belonging to the #Guyanese Indian stock, he perhaps got introduced to a fair approximation of a cricket team fairly early in his life. With four brothers and six sisters, he was one of 11 siblings.

His father Isaac was a #coconut #farmer who captained the Port Mourant side, the club from which hailed cricketers of the stature of Rohan #Kanhai, Basil Butcher, Joe Solomon and the Christiani brothers, Cyril and Robert.

As a boy, Kallicharran would sneak off from the farm to play cricket — learning the game in the streets with sticks, branches or planks as bat. The technique that went on to charm so many around the world, including austere #Englishmen of the old school, was largely self-taught.
Kallicharran was an even bigger hit when West Indies toured India in 1974-75. The passionate cricket fans of the country identified with his origins, looks and last name all of which bore the Indian stamp. Of course, two huge stars were born for West Indian cricket during that closely fought tour, with Gordon #Greenidge and Viv Richards making their debuts. Yet, with 454 runs, Kallicharran emerged second on the batting list after Clive Lloyd, with a crucial 124 in the first Test. There is a school of thought which believes that the two early blockbusters of #SubhashGhai — Kalicharan and #Vishwanath — were named after the immensely popular cricketers of those days, Alvin Kallicharran and Gundappa #Vishwanath.
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