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<div>{{short description|West Indian cricketer}}<br />
{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Lester King<br />
| image = Lester_King_A_Cr_Nov_68.jpg<br />
| caption = King in 1968<br />
| fullname = Lester Anthony King<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date text|27 February 1939}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Saint Catherine Parish|Saint Catherine]], [[Jamaica]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death-date and age|9 July 1998|27 February 1939}}<br />
| death_place = [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]], Jamaica<br />
| batting = Right-handed<br />
| bowling = Right-arm fast<br />
| club1 = [[Jamaica cricket team|Jamaica]] <br />
| year1 = {{nowrap|1961/62–1967/68}}<br />
| club2 = [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]] <br />
| year2 = {{nowrap|1962/63}}<br />
| columns = 2<br />
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]<br />
| matches1 = 2<br />
| runs1 = 41<br />
| bat avg1 = 10.25<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0<br />
| top score1 = 20<br />
| deliveries1 = 476<br />
| wickets1 = 9<br />
| bowl avg1 = 17.11<br />
| fivefor1 = 1<br />
| tenfor1 = 0<br />
| best bowling1 = 5/46<br />
| catches/stumpings1= 2/–<br />
| column2 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches2 = 62 <br />
| runs2 = 1,404<br />
| bat avg2 = 20.64<br />
| 100s/50s2 = 0/6<br />
| top score2 = 89<br />
| deliveries2 = 9,742<br />
| wickets2 = 142<br />
| bowl avg2 = 31.42<br />
| fivefor2 = 3<br />
| tenfor2 = 0<br />
| best bowling2 = 5/46<br />
| catches/stumpings2= 38/–<br />
| international = true<br />
| country = West Indies<br />
| testdebutagainst = India<br />
| testdebutdate = 13 April<br />
| testdebutyear = 1962<br />
| lasttestdate = 28 March<br />
| lasttestagainst = England<br />
| lasttestyear = 1968<br />
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/lester-king-52293 ESPNcricinfo<br />
| date = 31 October<br />
| year = 2022<br />
}}<br />
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'''Lester Anthony King''' (27 February 1939 – 9 July 1998) was a [[West Indies cricket team|West Indian]] international [[cricket]]er from Jamaica who played in two [[Test cricket|Test matches]], one in 1962 and the other in 1968.<ref name="espncricinfo">{{cite web |title=Lester King |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/lester-king-52293 |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=24 September 2023}}</ref> On his debut, in April 1962, he took 5 for 46 in the first innings of the Fifth Test against [[India cricket team|India]] at [[Sabina Park]], [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/62915.html |title=5th Test: West Indies v India at Kingston, Apr 13–18, 1962 |access-date=18 December 2011|work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> He played [[first-class cricket]] for [[Jamaica cricket team|Jamaica]] from 1961 to 1968.<ref>{{cite web |title=First-Class Matches played by Lester King |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1188/First-Class_Matches.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=24 September 2023}}</ref><br />
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==Cricket career==<br />
King was a right-arm fast bowler who had played only two first-class matches before being selected to play Test cricket. Despite taking seven wickets in a West Indies victory in his first Test, he lost his place in the team to [[Charlie Griffith]], who formed a powerful Test pace attack with [[Wes Hall]] and [[Garry Sobers]] throughout the 1960s.<ref name="espncricinfo"/> He toured [[West Indian cricket team in England in 1976|England in 1963]], [[West Indian cricket team in India and Ceylon in 1966–67|India in 1966–67]], and [[West Indian cricket team in Australia in 1968–69|Australia]] and [[West Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 1968–69|New Zealand in 1968–69]], without playing a Test on any of his tours.<ref name="espncricinfo"/><br />
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King was one of four West Indian fast bowlers who played a season of domestic cricket in India in 1962–63 in order to give Indian batsmen more experience of playing fast bowling.<ref>[[Mihir Bose]], ''A History of Indian Cricket'', Andre Deutsch, London, 1990, p. 231.</ref> He played for [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]] and [[East Zone cricket team|East Zone]], taking 19 wickets in six matches with a best return of 5 for 146 in Bengal's victory in the [[Ranji Trophy]] quarter-final against [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Bengal v Hyderabad 1962-63 |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1960S/1962-63/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/BENG_HYD_RJI-QF_22-25FEB1963.html |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=24 September 2023}}</ref> He played [[Lancashire League (cricket)|Lancashire League]] cricket for [[Rawtenstall Cricket Club|Rawtenstall]] in 1964 and 1965.<ref name="espncricinfo"/><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of West Indies cricketers who have taken five-wicket hauls on Test debut]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{cricinfo|id=52293}}<br />
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[[Category:1939 births]]<br />
[[Category:1998 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:West Indies Test cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Cricketers from Saint Catherine Parish]]<br />
[[Category:Jamaican cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:East Zone cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Cricketers who have taken five wickets on Test debut]]<br />
[[Category:Jamaica cricketers]]<br />
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