Marlon Black

Marlon Ian Black (born 7 June 1975, Trinidad) is a former West Indian cricketer who played in six Tests and five ODIs, debuting in 2000.

Marlon Black

Personal information
Full name	Marlon Ian Black
Born	7 June 1975 California, Trinidad and Tobago
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Relations	Trinidad
International information
National side	West Indies
Test debut	23 November 2000 v Australia
Last Test	19 April 2002 v India
ODI debut	14 January 2001 v Australia
Last ODI	9 December 2001 v Zimbabwe
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1993–2004	Trinidad and Tobago
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs FC LA Matches 6 5 55 26 Runs scored 21 4 374 48 Batting average 2.62 2.00 6.67 6.00 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 Top score 6 4 21* 12* Balls bowled 954 228 8,666 1,188 Wickets 12 0 166 24 Bowling average 49.75 – 29.46 32.62 5 wickets in innings 0 0 4 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 4/83 0/19 6/23 4/14 Catches/stumpings 0/– 0/– 8/– 3/–
Source: Cricket Archive, 24 October 2010

He played his last international in 2002 due largely to an incident where he was attacked and badly beaten outside a Melbourne nightclub. Black had been out clubbing with his teammates Wavell Hinds and Sylvester Joseph to mark the end of their tour. Walking back to their hotel, they came across four drunk men smashing bottles on the road. The two groups got into a confrontation and when the men got aggressive the cricketers tried to flee. Hinds and Joseph got away but Black was knocked unconscious after being badly beaten.[1]

Black now lives in Sunderland in England and has four children, having played club cricket for Sefton Park (1999), Huyton (2000–2003), Sunderland (2004–2005), Northern (2006), Bamford Fieldhouse (2008–2013), Crompton(2014) and Hylton since 2015.[2]

References

1. "Court hears Black lost international place after attack". 2 October 2001. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
2. https://cricketarchive.com/Players/8/8131/all_teams.html