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England and West Indies players pay tribute to Sir Everton Weekes during intra-squad matches

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - JULY 02: Phil Simmons, Head Coach of the West Indies (c) observes a minutes silence alongside his team in memory of former West Indies batsman Sir Everton Weekes who passed away the day before prior to the start of play during Day Four of the West Indies Warm Up Match at Old Trafford on July 02, 2020 in Manchester, England.
Image: Phil Simmons, Head Coach of the West Indies (left) observes a minute's silence alongside his team in memory of former West Indies batsman Sir Everton Weekes

England and the West Indies are paying tribute to the great Sir Everton Weekes during their respective intra-squad matches.

The Bajan, celebrated as one of the finest batsmen the Caribbean has ever produced and one of the famous 'three Ws' alongside Sir Clyde Walcott and Sir Frank Worrell, died on Wednesday aged 95.

Black armbands are being worn by England's players at the Ageas Bowl on the second day of their internal squad match before next week's first Test at the same venue against the Windies.

BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS - JANUARY 26: (EDITORS NOTE this image has been converted to black and white) Ex West Indies cricketer Sir Everton Weekes during Day Four of the First Test match between England and West Indies at Kensington Oval on January 26, 2019 in Bridgetown, Barbados.
Image: West Indies cricketer Sir Everton Weekes passed away at the age of 95 on Wednesday

The West Indies players honoured Weekes with a minute's silence in their huddle prior to warm-ups on the final day of their game against each other at Emirates Old Trafford.

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Furthermore, the flags at the Manchester ground are being flown at half-mast to mark the passing of Weekes, the only man in Test history to record five consecutive tons which he did in his first year of international cricket.

That streak came in 1948, with an innings of 141 against Sir Gubby Allen's England followed by knocks of 128, 194, 162 and 101 against India, the last two in the same Test.

He played a total of 48 Tests, scoring 4,455 runs at 58.61 with 15 hundreds. His average is the 10th highest in Test history among batsmen to have played at least 20 innings.

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