Full name Anthony Edwards National side Bermuda (1983–1994) | Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium Batting style Right-handed | |
Born 1962 Jamaica Died 18 February 2014, Paget Parish, Bermuda | ||
Anthony "Pacer" Edwards (1962 – 18 February 2014) was a Bermudian cricketer who represented the Bermudian national team from 1983 to 1994. He played for Bermuda at the 1986, 1990, and 1994 ICC Trophies.
Edwards was born in Jamaica, but moved to Bermuda at the age of nine. A right-arm fast-medium bowler, his early career included appearances for the Bermuda under-19s at international tournaments in Canada and Denmark. Edwards made his senior debut for Bermuda in January 1983, against Jamaica. At the 1986 ICC Trophy in England, he took 19 wickets from 10 matches, including 6/38 on debut against Fiji. He finished as Bermuda's leading wicket-taker, and fourth overall (behind Ronnie Elferink, Ole Mortensen, and Paul-Jan Bakker).
At the 1990 ICC Trophy in the Netherlands, Edwards took seven wickets from four games, behind only Kyle Lightbourne and Gary Brangman among his teammates. He returned to his earlier form at the 1994 tournament (hosted by Kenya), taking 18 wickets to finish as Bermuda's leading wicket-taker (and equal third overall). Edwards' best figures at the 1994 tournament were 5/27 against Hong Kong. He finished his ICC Trophy career with 44 wickets from 23 matches, the most of any Bermudian and behind only three other players overall. Edwards retired from cricket in 1995, and afterward worked as a mechanic. In February 2014, while travelling through Southampton to his home in Warwick, he was involved in a road accident, with his motorcycle colliding with a truck. He sustained serious head injuries, and died in hospital twelve days later.