Faoud Bacchus

Sheik Faoud Ahamul Fasiel Bacchus (born 31 January 1954) is a Guyanese former cricketer who played for the West Indies and the United States.^[1] He was a member of the West Indies squad which won the 1979 Cricket World Cup.

Faoud Bacchus

Personal information
Full name	Sheik Faoud Ahamul Fasiel Bacchus
Born	(1954-01-31) 31 January 1954 (age 71) Georgetown, Guyana
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium pace
International information
National side	West Indies
Test debut (cap 171)	15 April 1978 v Australia
Last Test	30 January 1982 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 23)	22 February 1978 v Australia
Last ODI	25 June 1983 v India
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1971–1980	Demerara
1972–1983	Guyana
1984–1985	Western Province
1985–1986	Border
1985–1986	Impalas
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs FC LA Matches 19 29 111 66 Runs scored 782 612 5,944 1,871 Batting average 26.06 26.60 35.17 33.41 100s/50s 1/3 0/3 8/37 1/12 Top score 250 80* 250 132 Balls bowled 6 0 470 96 Wickets 0 – 8 6 Bowling average – – 24.62 16.50 5 wickets in innings 0 – 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 – 0 0 Best bowling – – 2/18 3/28 Catches/stumpings 17/– 10/– 88/– 18/–
Medal record Men's Cricket Representing  West Indies ICC Cricket World Cup Winner 1979 England Runner-up 1983 England and Wales
Source: CricInfo, 17 October 2010

Early career

A right-handed batsman, he made his Test match debut for the West Indies aged 24 in the 1977/78 series against Australia. His best series was in 1978/79 against India, where he scored 96 in the second Test and 250^[2] in the sixth Test, although overall he averaged 26.06 in his 19 Test matches and was dropped from the side after the 1981/82 tour of Australia.^[3]

He also played 29 One Day Internationals for the West Indies between 1977 and 1983, with a high score of 80 and an average of 26.60, winning two man of the match awards.^[3]

Bacchus' West Indies career came to an end after he joined the rebel tour to South Africa in 1983–84, defying the international sporting boycott of the apartheid state.^{[citation needed]}

US career

After migrating to the US, he continued playing at a professional level, captaining the United States in the 1997 and 2001 ICC Trophy tournaments.^{[citation needed]}

At the 2002 ICC Americas Championship in Buenos Aires, the United States Cricket Team won its first international championship. Bacchus, captain, was named "Man of the Match" for making the highest individual score with 83 runs.^[4]

He joined the West Indies Over-50s World Cup squad to compete in South Africa against 11 other nations in 2020.^[3]

Bacchus also coached for the US team.^[5][6]