Sheik Faoud Ahamul Fasiel Bacchus (born 31 January 1954) is a Guyanese former

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er who played for the

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and the

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. He was a member of the squad which won the

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Early career

A right-handed batsman, he made his Test match debut for the West Indies aged 24 in the 1977/78 series against

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. His best series was in 1978/79 against

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, where he scored 96 in the second Test and 250 in the sixth Test, although overall he averaged 26.06 in his 19 Test matches and was dropped from the side after the 1981/82 tour of Australia. He also played 29

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s for the West Indies between 1977 and 1983, with a high score of 80 and an average of 26.60, winning two man of the match awards. Bacchus' West Indies came to an end after he joined the rebel tour to South Africa in 1983–84, defying the international sporting boycott of the

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state.

US career

After migrating to the US, he continued playing at a professional level, captaining the

in the

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and

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tournaments. At the 2002 ICC Americas Championship in Buenos Aires, the United States Cricket Team won its first international championship. Bacchus, captain, was named "Man of the Match" for making the highest individual score with 83 runs. He joined the West Indies Over-50s World Cup squad to compete in South Africa against 11 other nations in 2020. Bacchus also coached for the US team.

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