lance gibbs Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
lance gibbs is a cricketer(sportsman) from West Indies. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Lancelot Richard Gibbs
Born
September 29, 1934, Queenstown, Georgetown, Demerara, British Guiana
Age
89 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Offbreak
Playing Role
Bowler
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 79 | 3 | - | - |
Inn | 109 | 1 | - | - |
Runs | 488 | 0 | - | - |
Avg | 6.97 | 0.0 | - | - |
SR | 84.28 | 0.0 | - | - |
HS | 25 | 0 | - | - |
NO | 39 | 1 | - | - |
100s | 0 | 0 | - | - |
50s | 0 | 0 | - | - |
4s | 24 | 0 | - | - |
6s | 0 | 0 | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 79 | 3 | - | - |
Inn | 148 | 3 | - | - |
Balls | 25247 | 156 | - | - |
Runs | 8989 | 59 | - | - |
Wkt | 309 | 2 | - | - |
BBI | 38 / 8 | 12 / 1 | - | - |
BBM | 157 / 11 | 12 / 1 | - | - |
Eco | 2.14 | 2.27 | - | - |
Avg | 29.09 | 29.5 | - | - |
5W | 18 | 0 | - | - |
10W | 2 | 0 | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- CH Lloyd
- West Indies
- British Guiana
- South Australia
- Warwickshire
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Unfortunately, the spin duo struggled to make an impact in the first two Tests. Eventually, Sir Frank Worrell decided to ring in the changes. The tall and slim off-spinner from Guyana, Lance Gibbs, had already shown what he could do by taking a five-for against Pakistan at Georgetown, Guyana in 1958. So, West Indies decided to play him in front of Ramadhin for the Test match in Sydney. In a few years time, he established himself as the lead spinner in the set-up and went on to hold the record for being the highest wicket-taker in Tests for a period of time.
If we look back at his career, Gibbs learnt his trade at Demerera Cricket Club and made his First-Class debut in 1953-54 for British Guiana against MCC in Bourda. The high point of that game for Gibbs was dismissing the lynchpin of England's batting line-up, Dennis Compton.
Gibbs then, made his Test debut against Pakistan in 1958. However, it was the series against Australia in 1960-61 that made him a household name in the Caribbean. In the Test played in Sydney, he turned the game on its head with a superb spell in the first innings. At 200 for 6, Australia still had hopes of getting close to West Indies' first innings total of 339.
However, with his large hands, he generated plenty of revolutions on the ball and as he spun a web around the lower-order batsmen, it made a whirring sound in the air. Johnny Martin, Mackay and Wally Grout were all dismissed in a quick succession and they lost their last four wickets for a mere two runs.
In the second innings, too, Gibbs picked up a five-for to take up eight wickets in the game. The visitors registered a thumping victory. In the Test in Adelaide, he added another five-for to his kitty and Gibbs had finally arrived on the scene. Gibbs was the second highest wicket-taker for the visitors in that series.
He followed that up with a spectacular spell of 8 for 38 against India. In fact, the fans still rekindle fond memories of that spell at Bridgetown, Barbados. At 2 for 158 in the second innings, for once, the Indian batsmen seemed to have weathered the storm of Hall and Stayers' intimidating spells. Just in the nick of time though, Gibbs, with his path of flight and guile, made an army of some of the finest batsmen against spin march back to the pavilion. West Indies' fielding too was brilliant. In particular, Garry Sobers pouched a sharp catch at leg-slip to dismiss Dilip Sardesai.
Gibbs continued to impress by putting up consistent performances against England in 1963 and 1966. Even in the early 1970s, he made his presence felt on unhelpful tracks of Australia by scalping 26 wickets at an average of 26.72 in 1972. Going into his final Test series against Australia in 1975-76, Gibbs needed 15 wickets to break Fred Trueman's record and become the highest wicket-taker in Tests. He broke that record that in the last Test of the series at the MCG when he prised out Redpath, caught in the deep. Gibbs and his teammates won't remember that series fondly though, as they were left battered and bruised by Dennis Lille and Jeff Thomson.
After retiring from the game, Gibbs settled down in USA. He was also the manager of the West Indies team when they toured England in 1991.
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
With his lissom figure and unusually long fingers, Lance Gibbs allied pronounced spin and bounce to a fierce accuracy, and all from an unusual chest-on action. In his later years he added the arm-ball to his repertoire, and add into the equation almost unlimited stamina and determination (he had a permanently sore and often split spinning-finger), and his feat of being only the second bowler - and first spinner - to pass 300 wickets is understandable. He ended with 309 wickets in 79 Tests - including 18 five-fors - all the while conceding his runs at a staggering 1.99 per over. Brave and indefatigable, his best spell came between 1960 and 1962. He was left out of the first two Tests in Australia, but Gibbs took three wickets in four balls at Sydney and a hat-trick in the next Test at Adelaide. The following winter he returned the remarkable figures of 53.3-37-38-8 against India in Barbados, all eight wickets coming in a 15- over spell at a cost of just six runs. It was a performance he never bettered. After his retirement he settled in the USA, although he did manage the 1991 West Indies tour of England.
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