Former West Indies All-Rounder Bernard Julien Passes Away At 75

At the age of 75, Bernard Denis Julien, the renowned West Indian all-rounder who played for the West Indies' World Cup-winning team in 1975, passed away.

Julien's legendary cricketing life came to an end on October 4, 2025, in the northern Trinidadian town of Valsayn. 

Julien was born in Carenage, Trinidad & Tobago, on March 13, 1950. He was a unique talent, a left-arm bowler and right-handed batsman who could swing the ball and change pace.

A Stellar Career in Bat and Ball

He played 24 Test matches, taking 50 wickets at 37.36 and amassing 866 runs at an average of 30.92, including two hundreds.

Julien's best figures were 4 for 20. He took 18 wickets at an average of 25.72 in 12 ODIs.

But the World Cup in 1975 is his most enduring legacy. Throughout, Julien gave important performances:

• In the group stage, he went 4 for 20 against Sri Lanka.
• Then, in the semi-final match against New Zealand, he went 4 for 27.
• He helped the West Indies defeat Australia in the final at Lord's by going 2 for 38 and hitting an undefeated 26.
• Julien also established himself as a match-winning all-rounder in Test cricket with a famous 121 at Lord's in 1973.

Controversy and Later Years

Julien's part in the rebel West Indies tours to racist South Africa in 1982–83 and 1983–84, which resulted in life bans and divided opinion, dominated his international career in the early 1980s.

After playing cricket, he was a coach for the Ministry of Sports in Trinidad & Tobago. In 2005, he was diagnosed with throat cancer, but he recovered.

 

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