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Bernard Julien

Full Name
Bernard Denis Julien
Born
13-03-1950 Carenage, Trinidad
Current Age
70 years old
Major Teams
West Indies
Batting Style
Right-hand bat
Bowling Style
Left-arm fast-medium, Chinaman, Slow left-arm
Bernard Julien

Bernard Julien Biography

Bernard Julien was brilliant on the field. With bat he played the most extraordinary of shots. He swung the new ball off a brisk pace, and sometimes resorted to both finger-spin and Chinamen when the ball got old — all of an angular run-up — and hummed a song as he went back to his bowling mark. As if that was not enough, he had a tremendous female fan-following, thanks to his handsome looks and Jim Kelly-ish hairstyle.

They had marked him as a successor to Garry Sobers. They had every reason to, for after 9 Tests Julien had 437 runs at 44 and 26 wickets at 28. Unfortunately, it all went downhill thereafter, and the other 15 Tests got him 429 runs at 24 and 24 wickets at 48. The promise was never fulfilled.

His most famous performance came at Lord’s in 1973, where he matched Sobers stroke for stroke en route a 143-ball 121 against Geoff Arnold, Bob Willis, Tony Greig, Derek Underwood, and Ray Illingworth. The shots, despite being hit with tremendous power, were orthodox. Then he took 3 for 69. The next summer he took 5 for 57 at Bridgetown to rip through an England top-order — after smashing 86* and 66 in the two previous Tests.

He also smashed a hundred at Karachi in 1974-75, and did a decent job on West Indies’ disastrous tour of Australia the next season, taking 11 wickets from 3 Tests at 28.

He played a crucial role in the 1975 World Cup as well, with 4 for 20 against Sri Lanka, and 4 for 27 in the semi-final against New Zealand. In the final he got a crucial 26 down the order. He finished with 10 wickets at 17.70, joint-second among all bowlers in the tournament, after Gary Gilmour.

He was a formidable force in First-Class cricket, mostly for Trinidad and Kent. His 5,790 runs came at 25 and his 483 wickets at 29. However, when competition got tougher and tougher in the 1980s, he risked it all and went for the rebel tours to South Africa, thereby ending his career. Unfortunately, so strong was the pace attack of the squad that he failed to find a permanent spot even there.

On his return, Julien was shunned by his countrymen — to an extent that he did not find a spot even in club cricket. He worked in the Ministry of Sports, and was appointed coach of both Trinidad and West Indies.

Julien was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2005 but showed signs of improvement once he quit smoking and drinking. He found financial support from Trinidad & Tobago Health Ministry. He lives on.

Abhishek Mukherjee

Bernard Julien Batting & Fielding Averages

Career M In R NO HS Avg BF SR 100s 50s 4s 6s Ct St
Test 24 34 866 6 121 30.92 821 105.4 2 3 81 -- 14 0
ODIs 12 8 86 2 26* 14.33 148 58.10 0 0 5 -- 4 0
T20s 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
World Cup 5 3 48 2 26* 48.00 82 58.53 0 0 4 0 -- --

Bernard Julien Bowling Averages

Career M B R W Avg EC SR 5WI 10WM BBI BBM
Test 24 4318 1868 50 37.36 2.595 86. 1 0 5/57 5/66
ODIs 12 762 463 18 25.72 3.645 42.33 0 0 4/20 4/20
T20s 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
World Cup 5 360 177 10 17.70 2.950 36.00 0 -- 4/27 4/20

Bernard Julien Career statistics

Test Debut

England v West Indies at Kennington Oval, Kennington, July 26, 1973

Last Test

West Indies v Pakistan at Georgetown Cricket Club, Georgetown, March 18, 1977

ODI Debut

England v West Indies at Headingley, Leeds, September 5, 1973

Last ODI

West Indies v Pakistan at Albion Sports Complex, Albion, March 16, 1977

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