Steve Camacho
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George Stephen Camacho (15 October 1945 – 2 October 2015) was a West Indian international cricketer who played in eleven Test matches from 1968 to 1971 as an opening batsman and occasional leg-spin bowler.
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Born | (1945-10-15)15 October 1945 Georgetown, British Guiana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 2 October 2015(2015-10-02) (aged 69) Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Legbreak googly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | George Learmond (grandfather)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut | 19 January 1968 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 6 March 1971 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 31 October 2022 |
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Camacho was part of the West Indian Test side for four series: 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969, 1970–71. His final tour was to England in 1973: in only the second game, his cheekbone was fractured by a bouncer from Hampshire's Andy Roberts and he left the side, never to play another Test.