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This is the game in which Jimmy Adams made his 1st class debut….and made a good looking 40…

I was at the match and was paying special attention to Jimmy because a brethren of mine - now Principal of Jamaica College - Wayne Crimestop Robinson - used to tell me how promising the youngster was…….I hadn’t seen him before….

For some reason in my fuzzy recollection I thought Jimmy had debuted against Windwards….but the Windwards connection was because earlier that year Derron Dixon (who also made his 1st class debut in that Bim game and made a polished 75)…had destroyed Windwards on his list A debut debut in the GeddesGrant limited overs competition at Alcoa in Clarendon….i had journeyed down to watch the match…Dixon was swinging the ball like it was a banana on a string…the poor Windwards batters had no clue…

Dixon bowled about 7 overs and ended up with figures of 4 wickets for 11 runs…..amazing figures….

Back to Jimmy and Windwards though… it was this game which was 2 seasons later that a particular stroke by Jimmy. - (the usually sedate Jimmy) stuck in my mind…he played an amazing hook shot off burly Windwards pacer Sidney Murphy that landed out of the park somewhere on South Camp Road….it was a sight to behold….

So I made a mistake in thinking that the shot was played in his debut innings…..Its amazing how as you get older your brain has the uncanny ability to merge facts from different events into one….

In reply to FanAttick
Wayne Lewis wasn't playing yet? Must have been injured or something.

In reply to FanAttick

The game I recall (bady) about Jimmy was the year he played for the WI Presidents 11 vs AUS? in St Kitts.

The WI were in their second innings. The score was WI few runs for about 6 wickets trying to save an innings defeat early on the 3rd day with Jimmy Adams at bat. The commies and staff who were able to get earlier flights to leave St. Kitts had already made the changes.

I recall that the next day Adams was still batting.

In reply to Wally-1

I believe Wayne Lewis debuted in the 85/86 season..he and Franz Cunningham were the opening pair…

In reply to Headley



Jimmy made his test debut vs the Saffies in their 1st match back from exile..he played a crucial role him helping WI avoid an embarrassing defeat

In reply to FanAttick

The goodly doc will have something to say about that sooner than later!

In reply to XDFIX

I hope the goodly doctor sees that the operative word is “facts”….

The goodly doctor is known to suffer from a condition known as “factsaphobia”

In reply to FanAttick

I will not be reduced to trying to prove I have a phenomenal memory to people I do not know, on a cricket website.

In reply to FanAttick
How old was Jimmy when he made his 1st class debut? in his teens?

In reply to tops

My memory says 17 years, the facts say 17 years and 30 days.

In reply to Dukes

In reply to tops

Yeah..my aging memory says that Jimmy was still a student at Jamaica College when he made his debut

In reply to Dukes

I think Walsh was quite young as well when he made his debut?

In reply to FanAttick

I was in Jamaica then but did not see his debut match.The next year ( 1986) I saw Patterson terrorize Leeward Islands.

In reply to tops

I think both Courtney Walsh and Robert Haynes made their debuts as teenagers.

In reply to Dukes

I was at that match as well….Patto cleaned up Richie Richardson with a full pitched delivery before Richie completed his bat lift…

Viv was caught by Walsh for 5 off Patto - after essaying a viscous pull for four over midwicket…I and the rest of the crowd on hand were quite vexed because we wanted to see more of Viv

Later that same year Patto terrorized England at Sabina….it’s the quickest spell of bowling I’ve seen to date




Robert Haynes made his debut at 17 years old against Guyana and took the prized wicket of Clive Hubert Lloyd for a duck

In fact Haynes took 11 wickets on debut..5 in the 1st innings and 6 wickets in the 2nd innings…

I think I saw Walsh's debut at Bina, can only remember the massive Excelsior crowd that came to the game.

In reply to camos

I am sure Spratty was there!!!!

In reply to Dukes

was thinking Spratty was out of there by then!

In reply to Dukes

At that time I was away in Canada at university.

In reply to jacksprat were you in Montreal Spratty, trying to figure if we would have met?

In reply to camos No, Ontario. Toronto & Windsor

In reply to jacksprat

Spratty mih bwoy,yuh deh bout long!!!!

Jimmy could have been a goodly doctor yuh know. JC had some good players back then.