Lockhart Sebastien

Lockhart Christopher Sebastien (born 31 October 1955) is a former cricketer from Dominica who played first-class cricket for the Combined Islands and the Windward Islands from 1972 to 1989. He is the father of current Windward Islands cricketer Liam Sebastien.^[1]

Lockhart Sebastien

Personal information
Full name	Lockhart Christopher Sebastien
Born	(1955-10-31) 31 October 1955 (age 69) Colihaut, Saint Peter Parish, Dominica
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium-pace
Relations	Liam Sebastien (son)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1971-72 to 1988-89	Windward Islands
1972-73 to 1979-80	Combined Islands
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A Matches 92 34 Runs scored 4934 906 Batting average 32.89 29.22 100s/50s 5/33 2/5 Top score 219 105 Balls bowled 628 557 Wickets 9 17 Bowling average 47.00 25.05 5 wickets in innings 0 1 10 wickets in match 0 n/a Best bowling 4/49 5/34 Catches/stumpings 59/– 8/–
Source: Cricinfo, 12 November 2020

Sebastien was an opening batsman and occasional medium-paced bowler. His highest first-class score was 219 for Windward Islands against Leeward Islands in 1978-79, when he and Irvine Shillingford added 202 for the second wicket.^[2] He was also an effective one-day player as an all-rounder, winning several player of the match awards, including one in 1981-82 when he dominated Windward Islands' victory over Trinidad and Tobago, taking 4 for 31 and scoring 72 not out.^[3]

After his playing career ended, Sebastien worked as a sports officer for many years in the Dominica Ministry of Sports.^[4] He managed the Windward Islands senior team for 12 years, served as a director on the Windward Islands cricket board for 10 years, and managed the West Indies A team tours to India in 2013 and Sri Lanka in 2014. He was appointed a West Indies selector in 2016.^[5]