Samuels(Robert) recalls memorable double-century stand

His memory of events have dimmed over two decades, but those who watched Robert Samuels share in a thrilling unbroken double century opening stand with Philo Wallace as the West Indies A team hammered a Somerset Cup Match Select by 10 wickets won’t forget it.

On the same ground where his Melbourne Cricket Club team have been playing their tour matches, Samuels, an elegant, left-handed bat, needed a copy of The Royal Gazette match report to refresh his memory of the June day 20 years ago this year that he and Wallace chased down the Somerset total of 205 in only 28.5 overs to record an impressive 10-wicket victory. Samuels, the older brother of West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels, did go on to represent the West Indies, albeit briefly, as did Wallace and most of the other players on that tour, including a then 18-year-old Shivnarine Chanderpaul who is still playing Test cricket today.

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