August 13th, 2018 -- What got the attention of the judges here, was the fact that Shirlon excelled in every category of cricket except for playing for the West Indies Team.
He was a brilliant stroke player who also kept wicket. He was selected to play for the National Cricket team at a very tender age of 18 years old. The cricket fraternity in St. Kitts were holding out hopes that finally we had our first selection to the West Indies cricket team. SPBS is proud to be honoring Mr. Shirlon Williams.
Shirlon Williams was born in New Town, Basseterre, St. Kitts. He began playing club cricket for the ”Renoun” Cricket Club at a very tender age. The right-handed batsman /wicket keeper with enormous talent soon announced his presence with his brilliant stroke play.
At the age of eighteen he was selected to represent St. Kitts in the Leeward Islands tournament. Playing for St. Kitts in the 1983 tournament, he was one of three Kittitian batsmen that scored centuries against Anguilla. Shirlon went on to make a double century undefeated against Montserrat in the same tournament.
He was selected to play for the Leeward Islands vs the Winward Islands and scored 127 runs in the second innings of the match. Shirlon made his Shell Shield debut the following month for the Combine Islands vs Barbados. After 1982, he played exclusively for the Leeward Islands – at that time they were invited to compete in the Shell Shield as a separate team. Playing for the Leeward Islands in the shell Shield tournament, Shirlon made 120 runs vs Trinidad &Tobago. He and his country man Victor Eddy amassed 158 runs for the sixth wicket partnership, a record for the Leeward Islands.
At the age of twenty-six, Shirlon went to England to play cricket for the BR Cricket Club in the Durham county league and dominated the headlines. After scoring 537 runs in the league games, he was dubbed the batting sensation from St. Kitts. He continued to have success in the Durham league amassing six more centuries and only two dismissals.
He represented the West Indies President’s eleven but unfortunately did not advance to the West Indies Test team.
Shirlon last played for the Leeward Islands in the finals of the 1985-86 Geddes Grant/Harrison Line Trophy limited overs competition.
SPBS congratulates Shirlon on a stellar cricket career.
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