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Omari Banks      

Full name Omari Ahmed Clemente Banks

Born July 17, 1982, Anguilla

Current age 27 years 116 days

Major teams West Indies, Anguilla, Leeward Islands, Leicestershire, Somerset

Also known as Banks or Bankie

Playing role All-rounder

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Omari Ahmed Clemente Banks
Batting and fielding averages
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 72 111 18 2398 108 25.78 2 14 40 0
List A 71 58 17 1187 77* 28.95 0 9 16 0
Twenty20 8 6 2 150 50* 37.50 132 113.63 0 1 8 4 1 0
Bowling averages
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 72 13395 6977 179 7/70 38.97 3.12 74.8 6 1
List A 71 3037 2241 81 4/23 4/23 27.66 4.42 37.4 2 0 0
Twenty20 8 7 138 198 6 1/14 1/14 33.00 8.60 23.0 0 0 0
Career statistics
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 Durham v Somerset at Chester-le-Street, Sep 1-4, 2009 scorecard
List A debut 2001/02
Last List A Somerset v Durham at Taunton, Sep 27, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut Anguilla v Grenada at Coolidge, Feb 3, 2008 scorecard
Last Twenty20 New South Wales v Somerset at Hyderabad (Decc), Oct 18, 2009 scorecard
Profile

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.
Andrew Miller

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Jun 26, 2008

Omari Banks hooks Johann Louw, Northamptonshire v Somerset, Twenty20 Cup,   Northampton, June 26, 2008

Omari Banks hooks Johann Louw

© PA Photos

Jun 24, 2008

Omari Banks brings out the reverse sweep, Warwickshire v Somerset, Twenty20 Cup, Edgbaston, June 24, 2008

Omari Banks brings out the reverse sweep

© Getty Images

Feb 5, 2008

Omari Banks, player portrait

Omari Banks, player portrait

© Stanford 20/20

Country Fixtures Country Results
2nd T20I: WI Women v Eng Women at Basseterre
Nov 11 (10:00 local, 14:00 GMT)
3rd T20I: WI Women v Eng Women at Basseterre
Nov 12 (10:00 local, 14:00 GMT)
Queensland v West Indians at Brisbane
Nov 18-21 (10:00 local, 00:00 GMT)
1st Test: Australia v West Indies at Brisbane
Nov 26-30 (10:00 local, 00:00 GMT)
2nd Test: Australia v West Indies at Adelaide
Dec 4-8 (10:00 local, 23:30 GMT)
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