{"id":97206,"date":"2023-12-09T13:24:59","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T13:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/?p=97206"},"modified":"2023-12-09T13:24:59","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T13:24:59","slug":"west-indies-announce-deaths-of-clyde-butts-and-joe-solomon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/sports-news\/west-indies-announce-deaths-of-clyde-butts-and-joe-solomon\/","title":{"rendered":"West Indies announce deaths of\u00a0Clyde Butts and Joe Solomon"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Cricket world hit by tragedy as West Indies announce deaths of Clyde Butts and Joe Solomon on the same day<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The deaths of Clyde Butts and Joe Solomon were announced on Friday<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Butts played seven Tests for West Indies before becoming Chairman of Selectors<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Solomon played 27 Test matches for the West Indies from 1958 to 1965<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cricket West Indies have sadly announced the deaths of legends Clyde Butts and Joe Solomon.<\/p>\n<p>The passing of both was confirmed on Friday night with posts on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>The first read: &#8216;sad news out of Guyana. Clyde Butts, the former Guyana captain and West Indies off-spinner; and former West Indies Chairman of Selectors passed away this evening.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We offer sincere condolences to his family, friends and loved ones. May he Rest in Peace.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Another tweet followed an hour later, reading: &#8216;more sad news. Joe Solomon, the former Guyana and West Indies batsman passed away today.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/09\/12\/78765735-12844735-image-a-1_1702123275522.jpg\" height=\"866\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Former West Indies spinner and Chairman of Selectors Clyde Butts has sadly passed away<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/09\/12\/78765733-12844735-image-m-10_1702123532825.jpg\" height=\"545\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Cricket West Indies also announced the death of batsman Joe Solomon on Friday<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He was famous for the run out which led to the famous tied Test in 1960 at the Gabba.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We extend sincere condolences to his family, friends and loved ones. May he Rest in Peace.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Solomon played 27 Test matches for the West Indies from 1958 to 1965, scoring 1,326 runs, mainly from No 6 and 7 in the batting line-up.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Butts played seven Test matches for the West Indies between 1985 and 1988, taking 10 wickets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/cricket\/article-12844735\/Cricket-West-Indies-announce-deaths-Clyde-Butts-Joe-Solomon.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cricket world hit by tragedy as West Indies announce deaths of Clyde Butts and Joe Solomon on the same day<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>West Indies announce deaths of\u00a0Clyde Butts and Joe Solomon - 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