Carlisle Alonza Best (born 14 May 1959) is a Barbadian former cricketer who played eight Tests and 24 One Day Internationals for the West Indies.
Over his career, Best made one century in each international format (both coming against England), and also captained West Indies B on a tour of Zimbabwe.
Following his replacement in the West Indies side by Brian Lara, and other perceived slights to Barbados, local fans boycotted a Test match, costing their cricket board an estimated £100,000.
[2] This secured selection for the West Indies youth championship, in which he scored a century for Barbados against Guyana.
[8] An opportunity to captain was granted in late 1986, when Best was appointed to lead a West Indies B team tour of Zimbabwe.
[9] He cemented his place in the one-day side in late 1989, playing 15 matches in just over a year, the highlight of which statistically was an innings of exactly 100, made off 119 balls against England.
[4] The century guaranteed his selection for the winter tour of Pakistan, but successive scores of 1, 8, 6 and 7,[3][12] combined with splitting the webbing of his right hand, ended his Test career,[13] this time for good.
Only a few hundred spectators attended each of the five days of the match, which cost the host cricket board an estimated £100,000.
Craig McDermott must surely know by now, you can't be bowling there to Carlisle Best" ... it was just comical.Best's great-nephew is fellow West Indian cricketer Tino Best.