Cricket icon and `Tied Test’ hero Joe Solomon dies at 93

Joe Solomon passed away aged 93 (Getty images)

Best remembered for his role of effecting the run out which resulted in the first drawn test match (West Indies vs Australia) in cricket history back in 1960, Guyanese legend Joe Solomon passed away in New York yesterday at the age of 93.

Solomon who until his death was considered the oldest living West Indian cricketer, was born in Port Mourant, Berbice, in then British Guiana. He is the only player in first-class cricket history to score hundreds in his first three innings, for British Guiana in 1956–57 and 1957–58. He was selected to tour India in 1958–59 with the West Indies team. He was successful in the Test series, scoring a century in the Fifth Test at Delhi and finishing the series with 351 runs.