Full Name

Lancelot Richard Gibbs

Born

September 29, 1934, Queenstown, Georgetown, Demerara, British Guiana

Age

88y 172d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Offbreak

Playing Role

Bowler

RELATIONS

CH Lloyd

(cousin)

With his lissom figure and unusually long fingers, Lance Gibbs allied pronounced spin and bounce to a fierce accuracy, and all from an unusual chest-on action. In his later years he added the arm-ball to his repertoire, and add into the equation almost unlimited stamina and determination (he had a permanently sore and often split spinning-finger), and his feat of being only the second bowler - and first spinner - to pass 300 wickets is understandable. He ended with 309 wickets in 79 Tests - including 18 five-fors - all the while conceding his runs at a staggering 1.99 per over. Brave and indefatigable, his best spell came between 1960 and 1962. He was left out of the first two Tests in Australia, but Gibbs took three wickets in four balls at Sydney and a hat-trick in the next Test at Adelaide. The following winter he returned the remarkable figures of 53.3-37-38-8 against India in Barbados, all eight wickets coming in a 15- over spell at a cost of just six runs. It was a performance he never bettered. After his retirement he settled in the USA, although he did manage the 1991 West Indies tour of England.
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Career Averages
Bowling
FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Test791482711589893098/3811/15729.091.9887.711182
ODI331565921/121/1229.502.2678.0000
FC330-784302787810248/37-27.222.1376.5-5010
List A54-28911617645/385/3825.263.3545.1010
Batting & Fielding
FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Test7910939488256.97--00-0520
ODI31100*-0-000000
FC3303521501729438.55--00--2030
List A542512538*4.07--00--200
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Photos
Vaneisa Baksh and Lance Gibbs
Lawrence Rowe, Lance Gibbs, CWI president Dave Cameron and vice-president Emmanuel Nanthan show off the Women's World T20 trophy
Former West Indies spinner Lance Gibbs (right)
Lance Gibbs hands out advice at a coaching clinic
Lance Gibbs in Georgetown, Guyana
Sir Everton Weekes, Lance Gibbs and Clive Lloyd discuss the
impending encounter