| The West Indian style of play is sometimes cavalier | | | | matches in four years. In 33 ODIs, Philo accumulated |
| and carefree. Former West Indian opener, Philo | | | | 701 runs from 21.24. He scored only one hundred and |
| Alphonso Wallace, took the cavalier play a bit further. | | | | two half-centuries. The highlight of Wallace's career |
| Sometimes the Barbadian batsmen reduced batting | | | | was 103 off 102 balls against South Africa in a losing |
| to agricultural shots and inelegant swishes. His hit or | | | | effort. |
| miss approach did not often work at international | | | | On the Test scene, the former Barbados captain had |
| level, although it brought him mixed degrees of | | | | an ordinary career. His hefty biffing did not suit the |
| success at First Class level. | | | | demands and rigours of Test cricket. Philo scored |
| Born in Barbados on August 2, 1970, the right-handed | | | | only 279 runs from seven matches at an average of |
| opener made his debut in the 1989/1990 season. | | | | 21.46. After an average debut against Pakistan, |
| Wallace made a good impression on the West Indies | | | | Wallace's second series-at home against England-was |
| selectors and earned a spot on the one-day | | | | more productive. His performance in that series |
| international team on the 1991 tour of Pakistan. On | | | | earned him a pick for the ill-fated tour of South |
| his debut series, Philo accumulated 90 runs from 3 | | | | Africa-a tour that effectively ended Wallace's Test |
| matches and was retained for the ODI series against | | | | career. |
| Australia at the end of 1991. He had mixed results in | | | | At the domestic level, playing for Barbados, Wallace |
| that series, scoring one half-century but making three | | | | had more success as a captain and batsman. He |
| scores under five runs. Owing to the batting talent | | | | played in 100 matches for Barbados and 107 First |
| available and his own form, Wallace only returned to | | | | Class matches in total. From those 107 matches, the |
| the regional team four years later-in 1996. | | | | opener scored 6,670 runs at an average of 36.25, |
| Between 1996 and 2000, Wallace was a fringe player | | | | with 12 hundreds and 40 half-centuries. Most of his |
| for the West Indies ODI team-playing only 23 | | | | runs came from typically aggressive batting. |