Ivan Barrow
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Ivanhoe Mordecai Barrow (6 January 1911 – 2 April 1979) was a cricket
er who played 11 Tests
for the West Indies.
A wicket-keeper
and opening batsman, he was the first West Indian to score a century in a Test Match in England (Old Trafford, 1933)
In Adelaide
in 1930, he became the first batsman to be dismissed by Sir Donald Bradman
in Test cricket. Bradman took only two test wickets, the other being Wally Hammond
in 1933.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who played 11 Tests
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
for the West Indies.
A wicket-keeper
Wicket-keeper
The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being guarded by the batsman currently on strike...
and opening batsman, he was the first West Indian to score a century in a Test Match in England (Old Trafford, 1933)
In Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
in 1930, he became the first batsman to be dismissed by Sir Donald Bradman
Donald Bradman
Sir Donald George Bradman, AC , often referred to as "The Don", was an Australian cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time...
in Test cricket. Bradman took only two test wickets, the other being Wally Hammond
Wally Hammond
Walter Reginald "Wally" Hammond was an English Test cricketer who played for Gloucestershire in a career that lasted from 1920 to 1951. Beginning his career as a professional, he later became an amateur and was appointed captain of England...
in 1933.