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Sunil Gavaskar named Rohan Gavaskar after this legendary West Indies cricketer?
Fascinating

In reply to Chrissy

Rohan Kanhai was a double agent!

love RBK

In reply to Chrissy

Not to be outdone, Narine's father named him after Gavaskar.
Truth be told, there were a lot of boys christened Sunil back then!

There are a lot of Sachins around in TT now also!


Oz spinner Bob Holland named a son after Khanhai too.

RBK is my fav WI batsmen and a good man.
I can tell you that he was JA's best coach
but he would give Guyana tips on how to out
dem JA boys but still coach them to counteract
what he gave away

In reply to Brerzerk

He coached me as well….

I remember him getting annoyed with me because of something that I cant remember

In reply to VIX
One of my sister's neighbours in Miami has a son named Rohan - the parents are from India and said they named him after RBK. Interestingly Jamaica has the most Rohans on the planet - all after RBK. -

In reply to Chrissy
RBK was known to help youngsters with their game irrespective of teams. I was at Bourda North stand Shell shield game against Jamaica. A young Dowe was just starting in his career and he made the colossal mistake of youth…bouncing to the Guyana Babu. Both bouncers were nonchalantly dispatched into the stands/rails…one actually went plumb into GFC. After the second consecutive bouncer was dispatched RBK went down the wicket and had a few words with Dowe. The crowd roared sensing RBK was giving him the business. After returning from lunch Tony Cozier was on commentary and he said he took the opportunity to ask Dowe what RBK said to him. Cozier related that Dowe shared that RBK said to him that he is a young fast bowler and if you were going to bowl bouncers you don’t direct it on middle/legstump going to leg it’s giving the batsman six runs. Instead bowl on off/middle into the body. RBK was boss.

In reply to VIX

indeed....hoss trinidad have so much Sunil's......black as well as indian

In reply to Jumpstart
Well I een know a single Indian Rohan in Jamaica!

In reply to CricSham
RBK is a gentle caring human being.

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In reply to FanAttick

RBK and Mikey Holding two of a kind. MT used to be helping Indian bowlers. I was at Kensington on the field at a practice and Mikey was approached by a young Indian quick, several times, for guidance.

Sobers also gave tips - take King's Bounty in race 7

In reply to Chrissy
Test cricketers were like gods back in the days, you'ld read cricket books, even read pictures, and listen to interviews when players came in for test matches. I remember RBK telling Lindy how much he loved Reggae music and that this was his favourite song .

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In reply to FanAttick

Hope that did not prompt you to name your dog after him!

In reply to camos

I retaliated against him by not naming any of my kids for him

In reply to Chrissy
I have heard same Chrissy. I never had a chance to speak with him unfortunately. I am told he is a very private person.

In reply to Jumpstart
What a character The Rev. Wesley Winfield Hall. Feel so lucky to have met him.
Truly down to earth and humorous human. Alf Valentine said a girl from Bim wrote a letter
to Hall and said since you're on tour to England you can please afford to send a pound.
Hall's reply- 'I would've sent it but forgot to put it in the envelope before sealing it'

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In reply to Chrissy
My Antiguan brother name his first son Rohan.

In reply to Wally-1
I can see RBK rocking to dat

In reply to Brerzerk
Wes took me on at a Cricket Seminar in Bim during a test series. He's an interesting. When I think about it I have really been lucky to meet, interview and engage or be engaged by so many of our greats, very good, good and also ran cricketers.

I was in the middle of interviewing Viv at the ARG after Brian had passed IVAs highest test score (on his way to the world record). Try and calculate the odds of that happening at a pre-arranged interview

In reply to Chrissy

In retrospect Hall is one of the most decent WI cricket administrators.

In reply to Chrissy

Sir Wes is one of the best raconteurs I have ever met. He is a true depiction of a Cawmerian- big, bold and down to earth

I almost cried when I saw him at a school reunion- a shadow of himself but still in good spirits

In reply to sudden
Tells a great story - really is good - if you don't have a sense of humour die young and avoid the aging process

In reply to Chrissy

WICB should've cited Rohan Kanhai with espionage.

In reply to sudden
Seeing him with a cane yes, i got that feeling of sadnes/loss seeing Ali n then Pele age also. Still find it hard to accept that TheBaron can age but then U'm seeing Lara with grey-beard, maaan

In reply to Cricket_101
Some of these guys develop friendship.
Sir Everton told me about a snorter he receive fro a fast bowler, it was the 1960 series in Australia, ge failed to show up for a card game after the days play and was greeted with a snorter the next day when batting.
As the bowler finish his delivery, he continued down the side of the pitch he whisper, Thats for not showing up to play poker last night.

In reply to openning
Speaking of sir Everton. I was told that once an also ran Bajan bowler met Sir Everton at a social gathering and couldn’t resist reminding Sir Everton that he once bowled him. Sir Everton calmly answered… and which test match was that again!!

In reply to openning
Athletes in many sports are really good friends and give one another advice all the time.
That lovely This is your life on Ali (that Emir posted in the back room) had me smiling for days. A lot of these guys are friends while fans are fighting over them

In reply to CricSham
That was Sir Everton.I was playing cricket in the road one summer morning, my Games master came and took e to watch a game between Barbados Juniors and Jamaica, one of my school mates was playing.
During the Car ride to the game, he handed me a paper to read an article, which stated my buddy last inning which he scored 80 runs, one can see he is coached by Everton Weekes.
As soon as I got to the pavilion, I looked for a place to hide, my Games master would cuss every body, and it was Everton Weekes time for being cuss.
All I heard was whendid you f-ing coached Vincent Straker, he went on to speak of his days at Lodge school and really humiliating himself.
I reminded Sir Everton about that, one day in Calgary, and asked why he was so quiet and never responded to the comments.
He simply ask me, Was he the writer of the Article?
What I find interesting about Sir Everton, was him telling me why he gave light so readily when ask by the batsman.
He said all the players are Amateurs, some of them have families and jobs, getting hit by a ball, not able to support your family will be hard.
I was always upset when he gave light so quickly. I had to look at him as someone with a heart.

In reply to openning
Easy to believe.
Sometimes they are reading death announcements on radio and I hear that somebody St Aubrun somebody has died. You just know that he was named after Sobers..

Did you know that George Headley’s Bajan father was de Coursey Headley and Everton’s father named him Everton Decourcy Weekes.

There are more than a few Brian Charles whatever in the region as well.

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In reply to openning
Floyd was not that ahem…sharp

In reply to CricSham


Reminds me of my late uncle who would always speak of the time he struck two fours in an over off West Indies selectee and Jamaica player Rudy Cohen, in a game at Race Course (Heroes Park).

In reply to Chrissy
A man of his time Patterson. I read Cozier's tribute to Rev. Wes and how he reminded him of opening against him. Sir Wes, "Yuh lucky yuh still livin'

In reply to Brerzerk