Lockhart Sebastien

{{short description|West Indies cricketer}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Lockhart Sebastien

| country =

| fullname = Lockhart Christopher Sebastien

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|10|31|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Colihaut, Saint Peter Parish, Dominica

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium-pace

| role =

| family = Liam Sebastien (son)

| club1 = Windward Islands

| year1 = 1971-72 to 1988-89

| club2 = Combined Islands

| year2 = 1972-73 to 1979-80

| columns = 2

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 92

| runs1 = 4934

| bat avg1 = 32.89

| 100s/50s1 = 5/33

| top score1 = 219

| deliveries1 = 628

| wickets1 = 9

| bowl avg1 = 47.00

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 4/49

| catches/stumpings1 = 59/–

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 34

| runs2 = 906

| bat avg2 = 29.22

| 100s/50s2 = 2/5

| top score2 = 105

| deliveries2 = 557

| wickets2 = 17

| bowl avg2 = 25.05

| fivefor2 = 1

| tenfor2 = n/a

| best bowling2 = 5/34

| catches/stumpings2 = 8/–

| date = 12 November 2020

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/player/52972.html Cricinfo

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Lockhart Christopher Sebastien (born 31 October 1955) is a former cricketer from Dominica who played first-class cricket for the Combined Islands and the Windward Islands from 1972 to 1989. He is the father of current Windward Islands cricketer Liam Sebastien.{{cite web |title=Lockhart Sebastien |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11997/11997.html |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=12 November 2020}}

Sebastien was an opening batsman and occasional medium-paced bowler. His highest first-class score was 219 for Windward Islands against Leeward Islands in 1978-79, when he and Irvine Shillingford added 202 for the second wicket.{{cite web |title=Leeward Islands v Windward Islands, 1978/79 |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1978-79/WI_LOCAL/OTHERS/LWD_WWD_07-10MAR1979.html |website=Cricinfo |accessdate=12 November 2020}} He was also an effective one-day player as an all-rounder, winning several player of the match awards, including one in 1981-82 when he dominated Windward Islands' victory over Trinidad and Tobago, taking 4 for 31 and scoring 72 not out.{{cite web |title=Windward Islands v Trinidad and Tobago 1981-82 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/42/42139.html |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=12 November 2020}}

After his playing career ended, Sebastien worked as a sports officer for many years in the Dominica Ministry of Sports.{{cite web |date=8 October 2013|last1=Alleyne |first1=Philip |title=Congratulations to Lockhart Sebastian [sic] |url=http://sundominica.com/articles/congratulations-to-lockhart-sebastian-596/ |website=SunDominica.com |accessdate=12 November 2020}} He managed the Windward Islands senior team for 12 years, served as a director on the Windward Islands cricket board for 10 years, and managed the West Indies A team tours to India in 2013 and Sri Lanka in 2014. He was appointed a West Indies selector in 2016.{{cite web |title=Lockhart Sebastien Replaces Courtney Walsh as Selector |url=https://jamaicans.com/lockhart-sebastien-replaces-courtney-walsh-selector/ |website=Jamaicans.com |accessdate=12 November 2020}}