Thelston Payne
West Indies
INTL CAREER: 1984 - 1987
Full Name
Thelston Rodney O'Neale Payne
Born
February 13, 1957, Foul Bay, St Philip, Barbados
Died
May 10, 2023 (aged 66y 86d)
Batting Style
Left hand Bat
Fielding Position
Wicketkeeper
TEAMS
Thelston Payne was a capable wicketkeeper, always in a sun hat, who was destined to be understudy to Jeff Dujon for much of his career. He was in the West Indies squad as second-choice keeper on the 1984 tour of England, in Australia 1984-85, and on later trips to New Zealand, Pakistan and Sharjah. His one chance came when Dujon missed the second Test against England at Port-of-Spain in 1986 through injury, and her held five catches in a comprehensive win. But Dujon recovered, and that was that. "I felt I could have played as a batsman," Payne later reflected. "I toured around for a few years and got just one Test and seven ODIs and had to watch on as others failed. I made three consecutive hundreds in 1983 and I knew I was good enough to play as a batsman."
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