West Indies batter Charlie Davis dies at 82

Charlie Davis, a prominent batter for the West Indies, died at the age of 82. His international Test career spanned from 1968 to 1973, during which he scored 1,301 runs at an impressive average of 54.20. Among all West Indies players with at least 1,000 Test runs, only George Headley, Everton Weekes, Garfield Sobers, and Clyde Walcott had better batting averages.

Davis played a total of 15 Tests, four of which saw him score centuries. His first Test century came in just his third match when he scored 103 at Lord's during the 1969 tour of England. In the 1971 home series against India, he excelled, amassing 529 runs at an average of 132.25, which included two hundreds.

Beyond his Test match achievements, Davis accumulated 5,538 runs in first-class cricket, with a batting average of 41.32 and a total of 14 centuries. To honor his memory, players from the West Indies wore black armbands on the third day of the first Test against Sri Lanka, which was ongoing at the time of his passing.