FORMER Guyana National cricketer, Calvin Burnett, who represented the country in the late 1980s, passed away on Thursday in Tennessee, USA where he migrated several years ago.
Burnett, who was 70, played eight First Class and three List A matches for Guyana, registering three half-centuries in his short First Class career with 63 being his highest score.

Burnett, who also served in the Guyana Police Force for most part at the Tactical Services Unit (TSU), was also a prominent member of the force’s Case Cup team which featured the likes of the late William Jeffrey, Herbert Carrington, Keith Cameron, Leonard McRae and the late Vibert Johashen.

In a Facebook post, Calvin’s brother Mark, who played in one First Class and four List A matches for Guyana, recalled his late brother visiting him on Thanksgiving day, which was celebrated on November 28.

According to Mark, “we had the best time. I remember you came in the room and you were well dressed. I said brother you look sharp and you replied, this is what three scores and ten look like. It was such a great night. Who is going to visit me now?”

Mark described his brother’s death as a sad day for himself and family, pointing out that the sudden passing left him in shock.