| Michael Conrad Carew, affectionately known as | | | | post a five-wicket victory against the Kiwis. Carew |
| "Joey" Carew, was a left-handed opening batsman | | | | played only 19 Test matches for the West Indies |
| for Trinidad and Tobago and the West Indies. Cricket | | | | between 1963 and 1972. However, his last 16 Tests |
| pundits would not necessarily consider Carew a | | | | were between 1968 and 1972. Carew amassed 1,127 |
| legend of cricket or even a West Indian "great." | | | | runs at a fair average of 34.15, bordering on good |
| However, he was one of the most influential former | | | | instead of great. He was also a handy leg break |
| players- owing to his opinionated nature, role as a | | | | bowler who managed to take eight Test wickets and |
| W.I. selector and influence in the development of one | | | | over 100 First Class wickets. |
| of the world's greatest batsmen, Brian Lara. | | | | After his playing days, Carew remained involved in |
| Born in Port of Spain, Trinidad on September 15th, | | | | the game, especially as a member of Queen's Park |
| 1937, Michael "Joey" Carew made his First Class | | | | Cricket Club (QPCC). It was at QPCC that Carew |
| debut for Trinidad and Tobago in the 1955/1966 | | | | oversaw the development of Brian Charles Lara, a |
| cricket season. He took a few years to gain the nod | | | | fellow right-hander who went on to set the cricketing |
| of West Indies selectors, making his debut in 1963 on | | | | world alight with his batting talent. Carew was also a |
| the tour of England. He struggled in English conditions | | | | West Indies Test selector, a position he held on and |
| from the onset and played three Tests in five years. | | | | off for two decades. He relinquished that role in |
| His fourth Test match, in 1968, was when he | | | | 2006- when he was convenor of selectors- amid |
| established himself as a regular opener. That match | | | | some speculation and mild controversy. |
| was also his first Test in the West Indies- a match | | | | As a footnote, Joey Carew was part of the W.I. |
| that was played on his home ground, Queen's Park | | | | team that were bowled out by Ireland at Belfast in |
| Oval in Port of Spain. | | | | 1969. Responding to Maurice Foster's notion that Basil |
| After that, Joey enjoyed a successful tour of | | | | Butcher, the W.I. captain for that ill-fated match, was |
| Australasia in the 1968/1969 season, where he | | | | a "submarine captain because he seemed to prefer |
| scored his maiden (and only) Test century against | | | | batting underwater," Carew cheekily noted that |
| New Zealand at Auckland. That century helped the | | | | Butcher was not fit to captain a submarine. |
| West Indies to stay in that match and eventually | | | | |