Wilfred Khalil "Sonny" Edun (30 June 1930 – 17 June 1990[1]) was a cricketer from British Guiana who toured New Zealand with the West Indies team in 1955–56, but did not play Test cricket.
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| Full name | Wilfred Khalil Edun | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 June 1930 Georgetown, British Guiana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 June 1990 (aged 59) Georgetown, Guyana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1954-55 to 1959-60 | British Guiana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricket Archive, 13 September 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A middle and lower-order batsman and opening bowler, Edun made his first-class debut for British Guiana in the 1954–55 season. He made his two highest first-class scores, 36 and 33, in his first game, against Barbados.[2] After three games that season in which he scored 125 runs and took 3 wickets he was selected to tour New Zealand.
He played only two first-class matches in New Zealand, taking 2 for 21 and 3 for 28 in an innings victory over Wellington.[3] He played in most of the minor matches, with moderate success.
After the tour he played one game for British Guiana in 1956–57 and once more in 1959–60, with little success. He became a cricket administrator in Guyana.[4]
References
edit- ^ His Wisden obituary gave his date of death as 10 June 1990 and his name as just "Wilfred Edun" (Wisden 1991, p. 1259.); Cricinfo gives 17 June and "Wilfred Khalil Edun"; Cricket Archive gives 21 June and "Wilfred Vincent Edun"
- ^ Barbados v British Guiana 1954-55
- ^ Wellington v West Indians 1955–56
- ^ Wisden 1991, p. 1260.
External links
edit- Wilfred Edun at CricketArchive
- Wilfred Edun at Cricinfo