Renowned Guyanese Author Clem Seecharan on Thursday evening launched another cricket-themed book, titled Joe Solomon and the Spirit of Port Mourant.
The publication, which focuses on the making of the former Guyana and West Indies cricketer, was done in partnership with another prolific Guyanese writer, Dr. Ian McDonald, with corporate backing from Demerara Distillers Limited.
More than anything else, Solomon is revered for his role in effecting a run out against Australia, which resulted in the first-ever tied Test match in the 1960s.
Now 92, Solomon played 27 Test matches for the West Indies between 1958 and 1965, scoring one hundred and averaging 34. He also scored 12 First-Class hundreds in a career spanning 104 matches, averaging 41.5.
At the official launch on Thursday evening at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground, Bourda, Seecharan, Dr. McDonald, Chairman of Demerara Distillers Limited Komal Samaroo and Joe Solomon’s younger brother Maurice offered remarks.
