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Full name | Ottis Delroy Gibson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Saint Peter, Barbados |
16 March 1969 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting style | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling style | Right arm fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006–2007 | Durham | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004–2005 | Leicestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2000–2001 | Gauteng | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1998–2000 | Griqualand West | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1994–1996 | Glamorgan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1992–1995 | Border | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1990–1998 | Barbados | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.