Gus Logie
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| Full name | Augustine Lawrence Logie | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 September 1960 Sobo, off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 177) | 23 February 1983 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 25 July 1991 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut | 19 December 1981 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 3 April 1993 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1978–1992 | Trinidad and Tobago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| appointed 2003 | Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| appointed 2004 | West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| appointed 2005 | Bermuda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| appointed 2010 | Jamaica | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| appointed 2014 | Trinidad and Tobago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| appointed 2019 | West Indies Women | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Augustine Lawrence Logie (born 28 September 1960), commonly known as Gus Logie, is a former
West Indies and Trinidad and Tobago cricketer and is currently an international cricket coach. He coached the West Indies to win the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy, the first major world cricket title the team won since winning the 1979 Cricket World Cup. He was a part of the West Indian squad which finished as runners-up at the 1983 Cricket World Cup
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Logie played in the dominant West Indies team of the 1980s as a batsman, though he was almost equally well known as a strong fielder. He made 52 Test appearances and played in 158
One Day Internationals
, scoring three international centuries.
Career
Born and raised in the village of
Man of the Match award for fielding.[1][2] Logie was part of the West Indies squad that finished as losing finalists in the 1983 Cricket World Cup. He was not in the final XI for the final, although he again starred as a fielder, taking a catch as a substitute.[3]
His 52 Test matches returned two centuries, including his career best 130 against
Birmingham
in 1991.
Logie coached the West Indies U-15 team to victory in the 2000
Windies, who eventually won the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy under his charge. After leaving the West Indies, Logie went on take over as coach of the Bermuda national cricket team. With Logie in tow, the Bermudian side qualified for the 2007 Cricket World Cup in his native West Indies. This was historic being Bermuda's first ever showing at a Cricket World Cup.[10][11]
During December 2010 Logie was appointed as the coach of the
Regional Four Day Competition.[13]
During August 2014 Logie was appointed as the coach of the
In 2017 Logie was appointed as the assistant coach of the West Indies women's cricket team. He was eventually named as the Windies Women head coach in 2019.[15]
Logie was bestowed with the Trinidad and Tobago Sportsman of the Year Award in 1988. He was also honoured with the
Humming Bird Medal Silver in 1993 for his service to sport in Trinidad and Tobago.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Gus Logie". cricketcountry.com. Cricket Country.
- ^ "2nd Match, Champions Trophy at Sharjah, Nov 28 1986". CricInfo. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ "Full Scorecard of India vs West Indies, Final". CricInfo. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ "India in West Indies Test Series – 4th Test West Indies v India". CricInfo. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
- ^ M. Hussain, S. (3 May 2020). "CRICKET: GETTING ON THE GUS MEMORY BUS". dawn.com. Dawn.
- ^ "Full Scorecard of West Indies vs England, 2nd Test, 1988". CricInfo. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ "Full Scorecard of West Indies vs England, 3rd Test, 1989-90". CricInfo. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ "Cork and Thorpe suffer pay cut". theguardian.com. The Guardian. 15 August 2000.
- ^ "Cricket: Kamau Leverock On T20 Qualifier". bernews.com. Bernews. 29 October 2021.
- ^ a b "Gus Logie appointed new coach of Trinidad and Tobago". cricketcountry.com. Cricket Country. 9 August 2014.
- ^ "Logie happy doing his part in development of the game". stabroeknews.com. Stabroek News. 25 January 2011.
- Cricinfo. 10 April 2011.
- ^ "Doubters silenced! - Says Logie". stabroeknews.com. Stabroek News. 26 January 2016.
- ^ "Gus Logie named interim coach of West Indies women's team". jamaica.loopnews.com. Loop News. 18 October 2019.
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