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Full name Ottis Delroy Gibson
Born March 16, 1969, Sion Hill, St Peter, Barbados
Current age 39 years 260 days
Major teams West Indies,Barbados,Border,Durham,Gauteng,Glamorgan,Griqualand West,Leicestershire,Staffordshire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast
Other Coach
Height
6 ft 2 in
Education Ellerslie Secondary School, Barbados
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
2
4
0
93
37
23.25
174
53.44
0
0
14
0
0
0
ODIs
15
11
1
141
52
14.10
138
102.17
0
1
10
3
3
0
First-class
177
267
36
5604
155
24.25
2
29
68
0
List A
212
159
38
2548
102*
21.05
1
5
59
0
Twenty20
25
16
2
166
22
11.85
133
124.81
0
0
8
10
7
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
2
4
472
275
3
2/81
2/132
91.66
3.49
157.3
0
0
0
ODIs
15
15
739
621
34
5/40
5/40
18.26
5.04
21.7
2
2
0
First-class
177
32441
18319
659
10/47
27.79
3.38
49.2
28
8
List A
212
9807
7533
310
5/19
5/19
24.30
4.60
31.6
11
5
0
Twenty20
25
25
475
617
18
2/20
2/20
34.27
7.79
26.3
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
England v West Indies at Lord's, Jun 22-26, 1995 scorecard
Last Test
South Africa v West Indies at Cape Town, Jan 2-6, 1999 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
England v West Indies at Lord's, May 28, 1995 scorecard
Last ODI
West Indies v India at Bridgetown, May 3, 1997 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut
1990/91
Last First-class
Kent v Durham at Canterbury, Sep 19-21, 2007 scorecard
List A debut
1991/92
Last List A
Durham v Glamorgan at Chester-le-Street, Sep 15, 2007 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Lancashire v Leicestershire at Manchester, Jul 2, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Leicestershire v Durham at Leicester, Jul 4, 2007 scorecard
Profile
A bowler capable of genuine pace, the athletic Ottis Gibson was also an intelligent bowler with the old ball for West Indies. But he became seen, possibly unfairly, as a one-day specialist - his hard-hitting late middle-order batting was particularly effective in the closing overs of the innings. He toured England in 1995, playing in the Lord's Test, and won a second cap when drafted into the West Indies side as emergency cover during their ill-fated tour of South Africa in 1998-99. His nomadic career took him to Glamorgan, Staffordshire, and three South African provincial sides. Frustrated by niggling injuries, he took up coaching and found work with the ECB before returning to the game with Leicestershire in 2004. He added one final side to his CV when he moved to Durham in 2006 to enjoy one of his most successful seasons, and his career-best 155 in the final match of the summer helped keep his team in the top flight. In 2007 he became the 79th player to take all ten wickets in an innings when he skittled Hampshire for 115 to take 10 for 47 in 17.3 overs. He finished the season with a record number of wickets in any season for Durham and was instrumental in their two trophies and was unsurprisingly named Most Valuable Player and Player of the Year at the PCA Awards that September. He also expressed an interest in moving into coaching and was named as England's bowling coach for the tour of Sri Lanka that autumn. Martin Williamson September 2007
