- Born
- Birth nameClive Hubert Lloyd
- Nicknames
- Supercat
- Hughbert
- Height6′ 4″ (1.93 m)
- Clive Lloyd was born on August 31, 1944 in Queenstown, Georgetown, Demerara, British Guiana. He is an actor, known for Kabhi Ajnabi Thé (1985), Fire in Babylon (2010) and 1979 Cricket World Cup (1979).
- Spectacles.
- He was captain of the West Indies cricket team which dominated all rivals from the mid-70s until his retirement from the international scene in 1985. He played in 110 Test matches and 87 one-day internationals and lifted the World Cup in 1975 and 1979 but lost in the finals of the 1983 World Cup to India. He also played county cricket for Lancashire in England. In the 90s, he was coach and also manager of the West Indies team. He managed the West Indies team in the 1999 World cup with little success.
- He also played first class cricket for Guyana, his home team in the West Indies.
- Cousin of cricketer Lance Gibbs.
- He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) before being awarded the Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in the 2020 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to Cricket in Greater Manchester, England.
- Although he held fellow teammate and eventual successor Vivian Richards alongside India's Sunil Gavaskar in high regard, Lloyd considered his Australian contemporary Allan Border as the best batsman of his generation due to Border's ability to score runs in "back against the wall" situations.
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