Former West Indies cricketer and World Cup-winning captain Clive Lloyd celebrated his 76th birthday on August 31, 2020. Let's take a look at some rare pictures during his career in the game. (Pictures/ mid-day archives, AFP).
Updated On: 2019-08-31 09:10 AM IST
Clive Lloyd is the first West Indies cricketer to play 100 Test matches.
Clive Lloyd has played 110 Test with 7,515 runs and an average of 46.67.
Clive Lloyd, a former West Indies cricket heavyweight is billed at 6 feet and 4 inches.
In picture: Lloyd in full flow during his match-winning century in the 1975 World Cup final
Clive Lloyd was captain of the West Indies cricket team (1974-85) and is also was a dominant factor in their rise to becoming the no. 1 Test team.
In picture: Former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd lifting the 1975 World Cup. Clive Lloyd also went on to win the World Cup in 1979 with West Indies. In his third World Cup as captain, West Indies lost in the final to India.
In picture: Clive Lloyd with his son Jason. Lloyd's son Jason, (39), first came to India as a kid during the India vs West Indies series in 1983. Jason is also an English footballer who used to play for the Guyana national football team as a goalkeeper.
When Clive Lloyd captained the side, West Indies had a run of 27 Test matches without any loss.
In picture: Clive Lloyd, Roger Harper, wicket-Keeper Jeffery Dujon (r)
In picture: Clive Lloyd with Sir Viv Richards (L) and Jeff Dujon.
Clive Lloyd was inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame in 2009.
In picture: Basil Butcher (L) with Clive Lloyd
At the 2020 New Years Honours, Clive Lloyd was knighted for all his services in cricket.
In picture: Clive Lloyd with former Indian cricketer Anshuman Gaekwad.
(L-R) Clive Lloyd, Sanjay Manjrekar, Sunil Gavaskar, Harsh Goenka and Muttiah Muralitharan at CEAT press conference Cricket Rating award at C K Nayudu Hall.
In picture: Clive Lloyd and Raj Singh Dungarpur, at CCI during the CEAT cricket rating award ceremony.
In picture: Clive Lloyd (R) receives an award from former Indian Sports Minister, the late Sunil Dutt (C) as former West Bengal state sports minister Subhash Chakroborty (L) looks on during an award ceremony at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Calcutta, 13 November 2004.
In picture: Former West Indies cricket captain Brian Lara (L) speaks with Clive Lloyd (R) during a practice session in Mumbai, 16 October 2006.
In picture: Previous cricket World Cup winning captains (L-R) Clive Lloyd, Allan Border, Kapil Dev, Imran Khan, Arjuna Ranatunga and Steve Waugh attend a promotional function of a telecom company in Mumbai on February 2, 2011. Six of the seven cricket World Cup winning captains including Clive Lloyd, Kapil Dev, Allan Border, Imran Khan, Arjuna Ranatunga and Steve Waugh gathered for the promotional event 'Let's keep Cricket Clean' and showed their support for the participating teams at the 2011 Cricket World Cup.
2 legends, 1 photo! Clive Lloyd (R) speaks with West Indian cricket legend Sir Garfield Sobers (L) during a West Indies practice session at the P. Sara Oval Cricket Stadium in Colombo on October 21, 2015.
