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Full name Omari Ahmed Clemente Banks
Born July 17, 1982, Anguilla
Current age 26 years 51 days
Major teams West Indies,Anguilla,Leeward Islands,Leicestershire,Somerset
Also known as Banks or Bankie
Playing role All-rounder
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
10
16
4
318
50*
26.50
817
38.92
0
1
42
2
6
0
ODIs
5
5
0
83
33
16.60
149
55.70
0
0
3
2
0
0
First-class
59
91
14
1832
100
23.79
1
10
33
0
List A
55
48
15
1009
77*
30.57
0
7
12
0
Twenty20
5
5
2
135
50*
45.00
114
118.42
0
1
7
4
0
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
10
20
2401
1367
28
4/87
6/127
48.82
3.41
85.7
1
0
0
ODIs
5
5
270
189
7
2/24
2/24
27.00
4.20
38.5
0
0
0
First-class
59
11995
6072
165
7/70
36.80
3.03
72.6
6
1
List A
55
2473
1773
66
4/23
4/23
26.86
4.30
37.4
1
0
0
Twenty20
5
4
84
130
3
1/30
1/30
43.33
9.28
28.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
West Indies v Australia at Bridgetown, May 1-5, 2003 scorecard
Last Test
Sri Lanka v West Indies at Kandy, Jul 22-25, 2005 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
West Indies v Australia at Kingston, May 17, 2003 scorecard
Last ODI
India v West Indies at Colombo (RPS), Aug 7, 2005 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut
2000/01
Last First-class
Leeward Islands v Trinidad & Tobago at Philipsburg, Jan 18-21, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
2001/02
Last List A
Somerset v Worcestershire at Taunton, Aug 28, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Anguilla v Grenada at Coolidge, Feb 3, 2008 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Northamptonshire v Somerset at Northampton, Jun 26, 2008 scorecard
Profile
Wisden overview
In May 2003, Omari Banks made history as the first player from the tiny
Leeward island of Anguilla to play Test cricket for the West Indies. Facing
the mighty Australians, Banks had the sort of introduction that would break
lesser men - he picked up three wickets in his first innings, but was
spanked for 204 runs in 40 overs, the most runs ever conceded by a Test
debutant. With a high, elegant action and good control of flight, Banks
possessed sufficient guile to trouble the best, but it was his resourceful
lower-middle-order batting that really caught the eye - the following week
in Antigua, he contributed an assured and vital 47 not out, as West Indies
successfully chased 418 for victory, the highest fourth-innings target in
Test history. Banks's skills had been honed at Leicestershire in 2001,
where, as a 17-year-old, he spent two months playing for the second XI, with
a solitary first-class appearance against the Pakistanis. The following
season, he returned to England as part of the West Indian Youth team.
(Andrew Miller)
