Former WI player Pydanna passes

GEORGETOWN, Guyana:

Milton Robert Pydanna, a former West Indies and Guyana wicketkeeper/batsman, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 75.

Pydanna was an excellent wicketkeeper/batsman who played 85 first-class matches between 1970 and 1988.

He also played 27 List 'A' matches including three ODI's for the West Indies.

Of his three ODIs, two were played against Pakistan in 1980 and one against India in 1983.

Pydanna found it difficult to break into the great West Indies Test team of the 1970s and 1980s because of the presence of outstanding first-choice wicketkeepers Deryck Murray, Michael Finlay and Jeffrey Dujon.

In his lengthy cricket career, he was a mainstay in the Police first-division team, the Berbice inter-county team and the Guyana national team.

After migrating to the United States of America (USA), Pydanna was appointed one of the two assistant coaches of USA's national side in 2014.

- CMC