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Ottis Gibson

Ottis Gibson
Personal information
Full name Ottis Delroy Gibson
Born (1969-03-16) 16 March 1969 (age 47)
Saint Peter, Barbados
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right arm fast
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 210) 22 June 1995 v England
Last Test 6 January 1999 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 73) 28 May 1995 v England
Last ODI 3 May 1997 v India
Domestic team information
Years Team
2006–2007 Durham
2004–2005 Leicestershire
2000–2001 Gauteng
1998–2000 Griqualand West
1994–1996 Glamorgan
1992–1995 Border
1990–1998 Barbados
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODI FC LA
Matches 2 15 177 212
Runs scored 93 141 5,604 2,548
Batting average 23.25 14.10 24.25 21.05
100s/50s 0/0 0/1 2/29 1/5
Top score 37 52 155 102*
Balls bowled 472 739 32,441 9,807
Wickets 3 34 659 310
Bowling average 91.66 18.26 27.79 24.30
5 wickets in innings 2 28 5
10 wickets in match n/a 8 n/a
Best bowling 2/81 5/40 10/47 5/19
Catches/stumpings 0/– 3/– 68/– 59/–
Source: , 15 February 2009

Ottis Delroy Gibson (born 16 March 1969) is a cricket coach and former player from Barbados. A pace bowler and exploiter of the older cricket ball for the West Indies, Gibson is now the temporary bowling coach for the England cricket team. From 2010-2014, Gibson was the head coach for the West Indies, and previously worked as permanent bowling coach for England until 2010.

Gibson made two Test appearances for the West Indies. In his first outing against England in 1995, he picked up the wickets of Alec Stewart and Darren Gough in the first innings, finishing with figures of 2-81, but was less successful in the second with 0-51. With the bat he made 29 and 14, as the West Indies slumped to a 72-run defeat.

His second appearance came in 1999 against South Africa. He took the wicket of Jacques Kallis in the first innings to end with 1-92, but in the second innings, again finished with 0-51. He made his highest Test score of 37 during his first knock, and made 13 before being run out in his second. South Africa eventually won by 149 runs.

Gibson was seen primarily as a one-day specialist - "his hard-hitting late middle-order batting was particularly effective in the closing overs of the innings." He played in 15 One Day Internationals, top scoring with 52 against Australia and taking best figures of 5-42 against Sri Lanka. He took another 5 wicket haul against the same opposition and two four-fors, finishing with an impressive bowling average of 18.26.

Gibson's county cricket career saw him play for Glamorgan before taking up coaching with the ECB after a series of niggling injuries. However, he returned to playing with Leicestershire in 2004. In 2006, he moved to Durham. As well as playing for three South African provincial sides, Gibson has also made appearances for Staffordshire.


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