Trivia

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.

Was Man-of-the-Match in the finals of the inaugural Cricket World Cup against Australia at Lord's in 1975, scoring 102 in just 85 deliveries to guide the West Indies to a commanding total of 291. West Indies won the final by 17 runs and subsequently also won the 1979 World Cup again at Lord's, this time beating England.

One of the greatest captains in cricket history, Lloyd led the West Indies to win 36 of their 74 tests under his charge. As an exemplary leader, he scored over 5000 runs as captain at an average of 52, including 14 of his 19 test centuries.

Developed the theory of fielding fearsome fast bowlers after West Indies were humiliated during the 1975-76 Frank Worrell Trophy in Australia 5-1, courtesy match winning spells by Australian pacers Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thomson. Since Andy Roberts had fairly matured as a world class fast bowler by then, Lloyd further started nurturing pace talents like Michael Holding, Joel Garner, Colin Croft and subsequently Malcolm Marshall which devastated batting lineups the world over.

His son Jason portrayed Lloyd's long-term teammate and legendary fast bowler Joel Garner in the Bollywood sports film 83(2021), dedicated to India's miraculous victory over the near invincible West Indies team in the finals of the 1983 World Cup.

Although critical of Brian Lara's approach to captaincy, particularly in the aftermath of the 5-0 test series whitewash in South Africa, Lloyd in his capacity as West Indies' team manager supported Lara's retention as skipper for the 1999 Sir Frank Worrell Trophy at home. It was tied 2-2 with Lara as man-of-the-match in both of West Indies' victories at Kingston and Bridgetown.