Lance Gibbs
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| Full name | Lancelot Richard Gibbs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 September 1934 off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Clive Lloyd (cousin) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 99) | 5 February 1958 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 5 February 1976 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 4) | 5 September 1973 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 7 June 1975 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1953–1975 | South Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lancelot Richard Gibbs (born 29 September 1934) is a former
spin bowlers in Test cricket history. He took 309 Test wickets, only the second player (after Fred Trueman) to pass 300, the first spinner to pass that milestone, and had an exceptional economy rate of under two runs per over. He was a member of the squad which won the 1975 Cricket World Cup
.
In 2009, Gibbs was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.[1]
Biography
Gibbs made his first-class debut in
innings victory
, so Gibbs did not get a second chance to bowl.
Gibbs played a few more first-class games for British Guiana over the next few years, and some good performances (including 4/68 in the final of the Quadrangular Tournament against
Pakistan the following season. He made his debut in the second Test at Port-of-Spain
, taking four wickets in the match, and retained his place for the rest of the five-match series, his first five-wicket haul in first-class cricket coming when he claimed 5/80 in the fourth Test at Bourda.
He went on the tour to
1960–61 tour of Australia that was to prove a turning point in Gibbs' international career: he played only in the last three Tests, but took 19 wickets at 20.78: eight at Sydney, five at Adelaide (including a hat-trick)[2] and six at Melbourne
.
The early 1960s were Gibbs' most productive period in Test cricket, and his greatest achievements came in the
India. Over the course of five Tests he picked up 24 wickets at just 20.41 apiece, including one of the game's greatest spells of bowling at Bridgetown
, where he single-handedly reduced the Indians from 149/2 to 187 all out with eight wickets in 15.3 overs at a total cost of just six runs; Gibbs' final innings return of 8/38 was his best in a Test match.
In
1968–69
tours to Australia, Gibbs never took fewer than 18 Test wickets and took five or more wickets in an innings on 12 occasions.
In
Wisden Cricketer of the Year award in the following year's Almanack. He has been retrospectively ranked by the ICC as the top bowler in Test cricket for five consecutive years starting from 1964.[citation needed
]
In 1973, at the age of almost 39, Gibbs made his
1975 World Cup
, in which he bowled just four overs without success.
Gibbs' last Test matches were played on the tour of Australia in
Brisbane, his 16 wickets came at an average of over 40, the worst of his five series against these opponents. He passed the milestone of 300 Test victims at Perth by dismissing Gary Gilmour. His last Test match, and indeed his last appearance in senior cricket of any description, was at Melbourne
, his 309th and final Test wicket being that – again – of Gilmour.
He was, however, a very poor batsman, who never made a half-century in first-class cricket.
After his retirement from the game, Gibbs emigrated to the United States, but returned to prominence briefly in 1991 when he managed West Indies' tour to England. Gibbs is involved with the Lawrence Rowe Foundation, which helps at-risk kids.[3]
Gibbs is the cousin of another West Indies cricketer, Clive Lloyd, with whom he appeared for West Indies on a number of occasions.
Record
Gibbs is the oldest player to reach 300 Test wickets, doing so at the age of 41 in 1975/76.[4]
International cricket five-wicket hauls
Gibbs' first five-wicket haul came a month after his debut, when he took 5 wickets for 80 runs against
bowling figures are 8 for 38 which he took in the third innings of the third Test between the West Indies and India at the Kensington Oval in Barbados.[6] Described by Cecil Kippins as "the greatest ever bowling spell in Test Cricket", Gibbs took the eight wickets in a sixteen-over spell, conceding six runs.[7] Although Gibbs played ODI cricket, he made just three appearances, during which his best bowling figures were 1 for 12.[8][9]
References
- ^ Cricinfo (2 January 2009). "ICC and FICA launch Cricket Hall of Fame". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ "West Indies tour of Australia, 1960/61 – 4th Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ^ Martin, Edwin (10 March 2016). "Cricket legends thrill fans during eventful weekend in Fort Lauderdale". Miami Herald. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
- ^ "Ronchi's rare double, and agreeing on a result". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ "Pakistan tour of West Indies, 4th Test: West Indies v Pakistan at Georgetown, Mar 13–19, 1958". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
- ^ "India tour of West Indies, 3rd Test: West Indies v India at Bridgetown, Mar 23–28, 1962". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
- ^ Kippins, Cecil (1971). "The Greatest ever bowling spell in Test Cricket". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
- ^ "Lance Gibbs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
- ^ "Records / Combined Test, ODI and T20I records / Bowling records / Most five-wickets-in-an-innings in a career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
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