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]
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| Full name | Lockhart Christopher Sebastien | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 October 1955 Colihaut, Saint Peter Parish, Dominica | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-pace | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Liam Sebastien (son) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1971-72 to 1988-89 | Windward Islands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1972-73 to 1979-80 | Combined Islands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
References
edit- ^ "Lockhart Sebastien". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ "Leeward Islands v Windward Islands, 1978/79". Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ "Windward Islands v Trinidad and Tobago 1981-82". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ Alleyne, Philip (8 October 2013). "Congratulations to Lockhart Sebastian [sic]". SunDominica.com. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ "Lockhart Sebastien Replaces Courtney Walsh as Selector". Jamaicans.com. Retrieved 12 November 2020.