West Indies / Players
Full name Ottis Delroy Gibson
Born March 16, 1969, Sion Hill, St Peter, Barbados
Current age 40 years 251 days
Major teams West Indies, Barbados, Border, Durham, Gauteng, Glamorgan, Griqualand West, Leicestershire, Staffordshire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast
Other Coach
Height 6 ft 2 in
Education Ellerslie Secondary School, Barbados
Batting | Bowling | Career statistics | Profile | Notes | Latest Articles | Latest Photos
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 2 | 4 | 0 | 93 | 37 | 23.25 | 174 | 53.44 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ODIs | 15 | 11 | 1 | 141 | 52 | 14.10 | 138 | 102.17 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| First-class | 177 | 267 | 36 | 5604 | 155 | 24.25 | 2 | 29 | 68 | 0 | ||||
| List A | 212 | 159 | 38 | 2548 | 102* | 21.05 | 1 | 5 | 59 | 0 | ||||
| Twenty20 | 25 | 16 | 2 | 166 | 22 | 11.85 | 133 | 124.81 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 2 | 4 | 472 | 275 | 3 | 2/81 | 2/132 | 91.66 | 3.49 | 157.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ODIs | 15 | 15 | 739 | 621 | 34 | 5/40 | 5/40 | 18.26 | 5.04 | 21.7 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| First-class | 177 | 32441 | 18319 | 659 | 10/47 | 27.79 | 3.38 | 49.2 | 28 | 8 | |||
| List A | 212 | 9807 | 7533 | 310 | 5/19 | 5/19 | 24.30 | 4.60 | 31.6 | 11 | 5 | 0 | |
| Twenty20 | 25 | 25 | 475 | 617 | 18 | 2/20 | 2/20 | 34.27 | 7.79 | 26.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Test debut | England v West Indies at Lord's, Jun 22-26, 1995 scorecard |
| Last Test | South Africa v West Indies at Cape Town, Jan 2-6, 1999 scorecard |
| Test statistics | |
| ODI debut | England v West Indies at Lord's, May 28, 1995 scorecard |
| Last ODI | West Indies v India at Bridgetown, May 3, 1997 scorecard |
| ODI statistics | |
| First-class debut | 1990/91 |
| Last First-class | Kent v Durham at Canterbury, Sep 19-21, 2007 scorecard |
| List A debut | 1991/92 |
| Last List A | Durham v Glamorgan at Chester-le-Street, Sep 15, 2007 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut | Lancashire v Leicestershire at Manchester, Jul 2, 2004 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 | Leicestershire v Durham at Leicester, Jul 4, 2007 scorecard |
A bowler capable of genuine pace, the athletic Ottis Gibson was also an intelligent bowler with the old ball for West Indies. But he became seen, possibly unfairly, as a one-day specialist - his hard-hitting late middle-order batting was particularly effective in the closing overs of the innings. He toured England in 1995, playing in the Lord's Test, and won a second cap when drafted into the West Indies side as emergency cover during their ill-fated tour of South Africa in 1998-99. His nomadic career took him to Glamorgan, Staffordshire, and three South African provincial sides. Frustrated by niggling injuries, he took up coaching and found work with the ECB before returning to the game with Leicestershire in 2004. He added one final side to his CV when he moved to Durham in 2006 to enjoy one of his most successful seasons, and his career-best 155 in the final match of the summer helped keep his team in the top flight. In 2007 he became the 79th player to take all ten wickets in an innings when he skittled Hampshire for 115 to take 10 for 47 in 17.3 overs. He finished the season with a record number of wickets in any season for Durham and was instrumental in their two trophies and was unsurprisingly named Most Valuable Player and Player of the Year at the PCA Awards that September. He also expressed an interest in moving into coaching and was named as England's bowling coach for the tour of Sri Lanka that autumn.
Martin Williamson September 2007
PCA Player of the Year 2007
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2008
- Only Harmison can judge his career - Gibson (Oct 8, 2009)
- England bowlers firing blanks (Jul 19, 2008)
- Gibson, Bell and Sidebottom in Wisden five (Apr 9, 2008)
- Ottis Gibson (Apr 1, 2008)
- Ottis Gibson ... the one who got away (Nov 16, 2007)
Nov 17, 2009
England's bowling coach, Ottis Gibson, was called upon to field
© Getty Images
Oct 8, 2009
Ottis Gibson leads a Sky Sports coaching seminar
© havassports
Aug 26, 2009
England bowling coach Otis Gibson talks with Andy Flower at Stormont
© PA Photos
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