| Batsmen who are score on placid pitches only are | | | | 36 half-centuries and 26 centuries. This good |
| referred to as "flat-track bullies". Stuart Williams is | | | | conversion rate suggests that the Nevisian scored |
| one such batsman. He is also one of those batsmen | | | | heavily once he crossed the 50-mark. |
| who can only take advantage of average bowling. | | | | In the Test arena, Williams possessed poor batting |
| The former West Indies and Leeward Islands | | | | statistics. In 31 matches, he scored 1183 runs at a |
| batsman was very dominant at the domestic level, | | | | mediocre average of 24.14. Williams compiled only 3 |
| but nearly woeful and short of confidence at the | | | | half centuries and a solitary Test century in 52 innings. |
| international level. | | | | He had more success at the ODI level, however. In |
| Born on the tiny island of Nevis in 1969, Stuart | | | | 57 ODI matches, he accumulated 1586 runs at a |
| Clayton Williams developed into an aggressive | | | | good average of 32.36. Williams scored 12 ODI |
| right-handed top-order batsman. He made his | | | | half-centuries with only one century in 55 innings. |
| First-class debut in the 1988/1989 season. His | | | | Stuart Williams appeared to be a one-dimensional |
| international debut came in 1994- in both forms of | | | | batsman. His strength was on the offside and he |
| the game. | | | | favoured the cut shot. He often liked to play off of |
| He made his Test debut in the match against England | | | | the back foot. Williams was often trapped lbw playing |
| at the Antigua Recreation Ground. Williams' debut | | | | on the wrong foot or caught; attempting to play his |
| was unspectacular, especially as that match was | | | | favourite shot. After playing on the West Indies' |
| overshadowed by Brian Lara's record-breaking feat. | | | | abysmal tour of South Africa in 1999, Williams was |
| His ODI debut against India in Faridabad was more | | | | temporarily discarded from the regional team. |
| auspicious. He scored 61 runs off of 83 runs to help | | | | In 2002, he earned a call-up against India in the home |
| the West Indies to a 96-run victory. | | | | series after a season where he dominated regional |
| Stuart Williams had a stellar First-class career; playing | | | | bowlers. Williams did nothing to enhance his reputation |
| exclusively for the Leeward Islands and West Indies | | | | as an opening batsman in that series. He attempted |
| as an opener or Number 3 batsman. From 151 | | | | to score runs in boundaries only and managed only 91 |
| First-class matches, he scored 9,517 runs at a decent | | | | runs in five innings. After that, the selectors realised |
| average of 40.67. His highest First-class score was an | | | | that Stuart Williams just did not have what it takes |
| unbeaten double-century (252*). In total, Williams had | | | | to succeed beyond the domestic scene. |