 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Akaberekerwa muChrist Church, Barbados, King akatamba semutambi wenhabvu, asi akabudirira zvakanyanya nebati pane bhora, kunyanya mukiriketi yeTest, kwaakarova zana remakumi mashanu nemakumi mashanu asi akatora mawiketi matatu chete mumatanho matatu akasiyana. Mukiriketi yeODI, zvibodzwa zvake zvepamusoro uye nekukurumidza zvakauya muNdebe yeNyika ya1979pakupedzisira, apo akauya pa 99 nokuda kwe 4 kuti arove 86 kubva mukutakura 66, uye akawedzera 149 naViv Richards. King akabatawo chibhakera uye akabhora ma overs matatu pamakumbo gumi nematatu mumutambo, uye West Indies yakakunda nemakumbo makumi mapfumbamwe nemaviri. 