PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC):

Former Jamaica and West Indies wicketkeeper Jackie Hendriks says he was surprised at the decision by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) to present him with a Lifetime Achievement Award.

The Award was presented to Hendriks during the recent joint WICB/West Indies Players Association (WIPA) award ceremony at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Port-of-Spain.

"It was a great honour," said the former West Indies team manager.

"I wasn't expecting anything like that. I don't know how deserving I was of it. Anyway, I was very happy to receive the award."

Hendriks played 20 Tests, from 1962-1969, scoring 447 runs and claiming 47 dismissals (42 catches and five stumpings).

In his First-Class career, from 1953-1969, he scored 1,568 runs and took 190 dismissals (140 catches and 50 stumpings).