Notable cricket deaths of 2023

3. Joe Solomon

West Indies lost batter Joe Solomon at the age of 93 on December 10, 2023. Between 1958 and 1965, he played 27 Tests for the West Indies, scoring 1326 runs at an average of 34. He made his debut against India in 1958, and his first Test century came in the fourth Test in Delhi. 

Many cricket fans remember Joe Solomon as the fielder who ran out Ian Meckiff in a match between the West Indies and Australia at the Gabba in 1960, resulting in the game's first-ever drawn Test. Solomon was also dismissed hit wicket in the second Test of that series in Melbourne after his cap landed on the stumps and dislodged the bails.