Full name Omari Ahmed Clemente Banks
Born July 17, 1982, Anguilla
Current age 38 years 193 days
Major teams West Indies, Anguilla, Leeward Islands, Leicestershire, Somerset, West Indies Under-19s
Also known as Banks or Bankie
Playing role Allrounder
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 10 | 16 | 4 | 318 | 50* | 26.50 | 817 | 38.92 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
ODIs | 5 | 5 | 0 | 83 | 33 | 16.60 | 149 | 55.70 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
First-class | 80 | 126 | 18 | 2757 | 108 | 25.52 | 2 | 16 | 46 | 0 | ||||
List A | 73 | 60 | 17 | 1228 | 77* | 28.55 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 0 | ||||
T20s | 9 | 7 | 2 | 153 | 50* | 30.60 | 137 | 111.67 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 10 | 20 | 2401 | 1367 | 28 | 4/87 | 6/127 | 48.82 | 3.41 | 85.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
ODIs | 5 | 5 | 270 | 189 | 7 | 2/24 | 2/24 | 27.00 | 4.20 | 38.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First-class | 80 | 14507 | 7561 | 204 | 7/41 | 37.06 | 3.12 | 71.1 | 8 | 2 | |||
List A | 73 | 3037 | 2241 | 81 | 4/23 | 4/23 | 27.66 | 4.42 | 37.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
T20s | 9 | 8 | 144 | 217 | 6 | 1/14 | 1/14 | 36.16 | 9.04 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Test debut | West Indies v Australia at Bridgetown, May 1-5, 2003 scorecard |
Last Test | Sri Lanka v West Indies at Kandy, Jul 22-25, 2005 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
ODI debut | West Indies v Australia at Kingston, May 17, 2003 scorecard |
Last ODI | India v West Indies at Colombo (RPS), Aug 7, 2005 scorecard |
ODI statistics | |
First-class debut | 2000/01 |
Last First-class | Leeward Islands v Combined Campuses and Colleges at North Sound, Feb 18-21, 2011 scorecard |
List A debut | 2001/02 |
Last List A | Leeward Islands v Windward Islands at Kingston, Oct 21, 2010 scorecard |
T20s debut | Anguilla v Grenada at Coolidge, Feb 3, 2008 scorecard |
Last T20s | Jamaica v Leeward Islands at Bridgetown, Jul 22, 2010 scorecard |
Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
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1/52, 10, 0/30, 26 | Leeward Is | v Comb C&C | North Sound | 18 Feb 2011 | FC |
0/35, 1, 0 | Leeward Is | v Eng Lions | Basseterre | 4 Feb 2011 | FC |
0 | Leeward Is | v Windward Is | Kingston | 21 Oct 2010 | LA |
41 | Leeward Is | v Barbados | Kingston | 15 Oct 2010 | LA |
3, 0/19 | Leeward Is | v Jamaica | Bridgetown | 22 Jul 2010 | T20 |
3, 2/51 | Leeward Is | v Comb C&C | Gros Islet | 26 Feb 2010 | FC |
60, 0/53, 49, 0/5 | Leeward Is | v Guyana | Couva | 19 Feb 2010 | FC |
30, 7/41, 57, 6/113 | Leeward Is | v Windward Is | Georgetown | 12 Feb 2010 | FC |
2/46, 3, 4/53, 29 | Leeward Is | v Trinidad & T | St Philip | 29 Jan 2010 | FC |
39, 0/37, 15 | Leeward Is | v Jamaica | Basseterre | 15 Jan 2010 | FC |
In May 2003, Omari Banks made history as the first player from the tiny Leeward island of Anguilla to play Test cricket for the West Indies. Facing the mighty Australians, Banks had the sort of introduction that would break lesser men - he picked up three wickets in his first innings, but was spanked for 204 runs in 40 overs, the most runs ever conceded by a Test debutant. With a high, elegant action and good control of flight, Banks possessed sufficient guile to trouble the best, but it was his resourceful lower-middle-order batting that really caught the eye - the following week in Antigua, he contributed an assured and vital 47 not out, as West Indies successfully chased 418 for victory, the highest fourth-innings target in Test history. Banks's skills had been honed at Leicestershire in 2001, where, as a 17-year-old, he spent two months playing for the second XI, with a solitary first-class appearance against the Pakistanis. The following season, he returned to England as part of the West Indian Youth team. After drifting out of the international reckoning in 2005 he eventually joined the Kolpak route into the county when he signed for Somerset in 2008.
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