<p>West Indies cricketer Runako Morton was killed in a car crash here on Sunday night.<br />The 33-year-old, one of the few cricketers to emerge from the island of Nevis, lost control of the car he was driving and hit a pole, according to reports. He died on the spot.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Morton had played 15 Test matches, 56 one-day internationals and seven Twenty20s for the West Indies since making his international debut in 2002. He last played in February 2010 in a Twenty20 against Australia in Sydney.<br /><br />Former West Indies skipper Chris Gayle, under whom Morton played in the national team, tweeted: “We lost a True Warrior W.I Cricketer Runako Morton-May is soul rest in peace! Our memories together Live On!-My Condolences to his Family.”<br /><br />Morton had represented Trinidad and Tobago, Leeward Islands and Nevis. His career, however, was never short of controversies. He was expelled from the West Indian Academy in July 2001, for a series of regulation breaches before being recalled.<br /><br />His career seemed almost over in September 2002, when he pulled out of the Champions Trophy after lying about the death of his grandmother.</p>
<p>West Indies cricketer Runako Morton was killed in a car crash here on Sunday night.<br />The 33-year-old, one of the few cricketers to emerge from the island of Nevis, lost control of the car he was driving and hit a pole, according to reports. He died on the spot.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Morton had played 15 Test matches, 56 one-day internationals and seven Twenty20s for the West Indies since making his international debut in 2002. He last played in February 2010 in a Twenty20 against Australia in Sydney.<br /><br />Former West Indies skipper Chris Gayle, under whom Morton played in the national team, tweeted: “We lost a True Warrior W.I Cricketer Runako Morton-May is soul rest in peace! Our memories together Live On!-My Condolences to his Family.”<br /><br />Morton had represented Trinidad and Tobago, Leeward Islands and Nevis. His career, however, was never short of controversies. He was expelled from the West Indian Academy in July 2001, for a series of regulation breaches before being recalled.<br /><br />His career seemed almost over in September 2002, when he pulled out of the Champions Trophy after lying about the death of his grandmother.</p>