Cricket: Paceman Roy Gilchrist dies

Roy Gilchrist, one of the fastest and most hostile bowlers in test cricket history, has died at his home in Jamaica, aged 67. He had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease and pneumonia.

Short for a pace bowler at around 1.75m, Gilchrist seemed to generate his extra speed from unusually long arms. In his 13 tests he took 57 wickets at 26.68 apiece.

His career ended in ignominy after he was sent home from the tour of India in 1958-59 by West Indies captain Gerry Alexander, who decided Gilchrist bowled too many beamers.