TEST LEGEND ANDY GANTEAUME DIES

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The world’s oldest Test cricketer, Andy Ganteaume, has died at 95.

The Trinidad and Tobago and West Indies batsman, who famously played just one Test, passed away peacefully at his home in Santa Margarita on Wednesday morning.

In his only Test innings, Ganteaume hit a remarkable 112, in the second Test of the 1948 Home Series against England at the Queen’s Park Oval here.

He shared an opening partnership of 143 with George Carew, who also made a century in the drawn encounter.

When Ganteaume turned 95 last month, the West Indies Cricket Board hailed the landmark by labelling the former player a “stalwart” and a “patriot”, as it cited his contribution to the game.