Former WI wicketkeeper Milton Pydana dies

Former West Indies wicketkeeper Milton Pydana passed away on Tuesday afternoon in Brooklyn, New York.

Pydana was 75. He had moved to the US in the 1980s and took up coaching.

Pydana made two tours with the West Indies and made his ODI debut against Pakistan in Karachi in 1980 and his first catch was off of fellow Guyanese Colin Croft when Javed Miandad edged a leg-cutter.

He was the understudy to David Murray in Pakistan and in 1983 he was second string to Jeff Dujon in India. In his second ODI, Pydana hit the winning runs in the only time he batted in his three international matches.

In India, he played just once in the ODI team.

At the First-Class level he scored two centuries from 85 matches and took 152 catches while executing 36 stumpings. In 24 Regional One-Day games and had 29 dismissals. After playing his last First-Class match in the 1988 Red Stripe Cup tournament, Pydana, who was considered one of the most naturally-talented of the keepers produced by Guyana, moved to New York in 1989.