1951
IN Barbados, the great Gordon Greenidge is born. When he was 12, his parents moved to Reading, and as a result Greenidge played for Hampshire and qualified for England, but instead of Greenidge and Gooch we had Greenidge and Haynes, the finest opening partnership in West Indies’ history and one of the best anywhere.

Greenidge was the enforcer, square-cutting, hooking and driving new-ball bowlers into submission. He was deadly on one leg, as England, battered for 214 not out at Lord’s in 1984, would testify.
Menacing and brutal, Greenidge made six of his 19 Test hundreds in England, including 134 (out of 211) and 101 on a spiteful Old Trafford surface in 1976. He also made 93 and 107 on his debut, against India in Bangalore in 1974-75.
And on his 40th birthday, Greenidge played his last Test innings against Australia in Antigua. He was run out for 43, as West Indies failed to chase an unlikely target of 455.
Greenidge went on the tour of England that followed but injured his knee in the second one-day international, his last appearance for his country.(ESPN Cricinfo).