West Indies / Players / Gordon Greenidge
Full name Cuthbert Gordon Greenidge
Born May 1, 1951, Black Bess, St Peter, Barbados
Current age 65 years 150 days
Major teams Scotland, West Indies, Barbados, Hampshire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Education Sutton Secondary School, Reading, England
Relation Son - CG Greenidge
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 108 | 185 | 16 | 7558 | 226 | 44.72 | 19 | 34 | 67 | 96 | 0 | ||
| ODIs | 128 | 127 | 13 | 5134 | 133* | 45.03 | 7908 | 64.92 | 11 | 31 | 45 | 0 | |
| First-class | 523 | 889 | 75 | 37354 | 273* | 45.88 | 92 | 183 | 516 | 0 | |||
| List A | 440 | 436 | 33 | 16349 | 186* | 40.56 | 33 | 94 | 171 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 108 | 2 | 26 | 4 | 0 | - | - | - | 0.92 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ODIs | 128 | 2 | 60 | 45 | 1 | 1/21 | 1/21 | 45.00 | 4.50 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 523 | 955 | 479 | 18 | 5/49 | 26.61 | 3.00 | 53.0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| List A | 440 | 286 | 211 | 2 | 1/21 | 1/21 | 105.50 | 4.42 | 143.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Test debut | India v West Indies at Bangalore, Nov 22-27, 1974 scorecard |
| Last Test | West Indies v Australia at St John's, Apr 27-May 1, 1991 scorecard |
| Test statistics | |
| ODI debut | Pakistan v West Indies at Birmingham, Jun 11, 1975 scorecard |
| Last ODI | England v West Indies at Manchester, May 25, 1991 scorecard |
| ODI statistics | |
| First-class span | 1970 - 1992 |
| List A span | 1970 - 1992 |
| Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16* | WI Masters | v SA Masters | Bridgetown | 2 Dec 2009 | Other T20 |
| 61* | WI Masters | v Eng Masters | Bridgetown | 30 Nov 2009 | Other T20 |
| 8 | WI Masters | v SL Masters | Bridgetown | 27 Nov 2009 | Other T20 |
| - | Lashings XI | v Staffs | Telford | 12 Jul 2007 | Other OD |
| - | Lashings XI | v Celebrasians | Uxbridge | 28 Jun 2007 | Other OD |
Brooding and massively destructive, the power of Gordon Greenidge's strokeplay on any given day appeared to bear a direct relationship to the degree that he limped when running between the wickets. In such a mood he didn't run much anyway and his brutal unbeaten 214 at Lord's in 1984, to set up a nine-wicket win after England had had the temerity to declare, is considered one of the great innings. He was a superb technician, who learned solid defensive techniques on the pudding pitches of his childhood in England and then allied them to an uninhibited Caribbean heritage. Attacking was in his genes. Never in the game has there been a more withering and dismissive square-cut, nor a more willing and able hooker and puller, but he drove mightily too on both sides of the wicket. With Desmond Haynes he formed what was by a distance the most enduring and prolific opening partnership of them all, with 16 century stands, four of them in excess of 200. And they were just the hors d'oeuvres.
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Aug 11, 2013
Desmond Haynes and Gordon Greenidge follow the action
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Jul 31, 2013
Gordon Greenidge limbers up
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Mar 16, 2013
Gordon Greenidge speaks with Kieran Powell
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Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1977
Walter Lawrence Trophy 1978
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