The re­cent award of knight­hoods to three promi­nent An­tiguan crick­eters who have served West In­dies crick­et with dis­tinc­tion has been wide­ly com­mend­ed through­out the re­gion. This brings the num­ber of West In­di­an crick­eters who have been knight­ed to 11. They are Andy Roberts, Clyde Wal­cott, Con­rad Hunte, Curt­ly Am­brose, Ever­ton Weekes, Frank Wor­rell, Gar­ry Sobers, Learie Con­stan­tine, Richie Richard­son, Vi­vian Richards, and Wes Hall.

The knight­hoods award­ed to Richards, Richard­son, Roberts and Am­brose are An­tiguan knight­hoods, as part of that coun­try's na­tion­al awards sys­tem. Oth­ers re­ceived knight­hoods from Queen Eliz­a­beth II as part of awards made on the ad­vice of the rel­e­vant Com­mon­wealth Caribbean prime min­is­ters.

In 1999, Sir Vi­vian Richards was the first per­son to re­ceive his coun­try's high­est na­tion­al award, name­ly the Most Ex­alt­ed Or­der of the Na­tion­al Hero, which is an Or­der of Knight­hood. In 2014, Messrs Roberts, Am­brose and Richard­son re­ceived their coun­try's sec­ond high­est award, the Most Dis­tin­guished Or­der of the Na­tion, al­so an Or­der of Knight­hood.

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