| David Williams was a diminutive, stopgap wicket | | | | shoes (or gloves) of Jeff Dujon, whose batting and |
| keeper for the West Indies in the 90s. He played | | | | glove work were above average. |
| musical chairs for the wicket keeping position with | | | | David Williams played 13 Tests for the Caribbean |
| Courtney Browne and Junior Murray, although he was | | | | team between 1992 and 1998. He took 40 catches |
| the worst batsman of the lot. David's work behind | | | | and effected two stumpings at that level. However, |
| the stumps was usually very competent but his | | | | with the bat, David was a real disappointment-scoring |
| performance in front of the stumps that limited his | | | | only 242 runs at an average of 13.44. 81 of those |
| opportunities in the maroon colours. | | | | runs came in one match-against England in his |
| Born in Penal, Trinidad on November 4 1963, David | | | | hometown, Port of Spain, in 1998-,where he made his |
| Williams made his First Class debut in the 1982/1983 | | | | highest Test score (65) and only half-century of his |
| season. He made his debut for the regional team in a | | | | Test career. Without that performance, his batting |
| one-day international against India in 1988 and waited | | | | average would have been a cool 8.88! David actually |
| four years to make his Test debut against South | | | | managed to score two First Class centuries, making |
| Africa in 1992. The retirement of Jeff Dujon created | | | | his sub-par performance at Test level rather puzzling. |
| the opportunity for David Williams to play for the | | | | Surprisingly, Williams played 36 one-day internationals |
| West Indies. | | | | for the West Indies between 1988 and 1997, where |
| Williams was a classical wicket keeper, since he was | | | | he claimed 45 dismissals-35 catches and 10 stumpings. |
| good behind the stumps but hardly paid attention to | | | | With the bat, he was awful in the shorter form as |
| his batting. He got his chance to play at a time when | | | | well-scoring 147 runs at 9.18. His best ODI score (32* |
| wicket keepers were becoming more competent | | | | off 24 balls against New Zealand in 1992) came in a |
| with the bat. It was difficult for David to fill the | | | | losing effort. |