Seymour Nurse
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| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |
| Bowling type | Right-arm offbreak | |
| Tests | First-class | |
| Matches | 29 | 141 |
| Runs scored | 2523 | 9489 |
| Batting average | 47.60 | 43.93 |
| 100s/50s | 6/10 | 26/40 |
| Top score | 258 | 258 |
| Balls bowled | 42 | 389 |
| Wickets | - | 12 |
| Bowling average | - | 32.41 |
| 5 wickets in innings | - | - |
| 10 wickets in match | - | - |
| Best bowling | - | 3/36 |
| Catches/stumpings | 21/- | 116/- |
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Test debut: 17 February 1960 |
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Seymour MacDonald Nurse (b. 10 November 1933) in Barbados, played 29 Tests for the West Indies.
Nurse was a powerfully-built batsman who batted in the middle-order. His debut came against England in Kingston on the 17th of February 1960. He scored a fluent 70 in his maiden innings. Nurse starred in the 1966 West Indian tour of England where he passed 50 five times in as many Tests. He smashed a series best 137 at Headingley. He ended his Test career in style with an innings of 258 at Christchurch in 1968-69, the highest score by a man in his last test innings in which he hit 34 boundaries and a six. He finished the 3 Test series with 558 runs at 111.60 with his average being a record that stands to this day as the highest for a player's final Test series (minimum 3 Tests).
Nurse was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1967.
