Phil Simmons
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| Full name | Philip Verant Simmons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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18 April 1963 Arima, Trinidad |
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| Batting style | Right-hand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder, Coach | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Lendl Simmons (nephew) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 191) | 11 January 1988 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 17 November 1997 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 51) | 16 October 1987 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 30 May 1999 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1983–2001 | Trinidad and Tobago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1989–1990 | Durham | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | Border | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994–1998 | Leicestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–2000 | Easterns | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2002 | Wales Minor Counties | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 25 March 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Philip Verant Simmons (born 18 April 1963) was the former coach of the West Indies cricket team and a former all-round cricketer who played as an opening batsman, a medium-fast bowler and a slip fielder.
Simmons' first home was in Arima, Trinidad, a few miles outside Port of Spain. He lived just two doors down from Larry Gomes, a former West Indian batsman. He proved to be adept at a number of sports, but excelled at cricket and was soon playing for the regional side East Zone. He made the leap to represent Trinidad and Tobago in 1983 with the help and encouragement of Rohan Kanhai, the coach at East Zone.
He played cricket for a number of first-class sides in the West Indies and England as well as international cricket for the West Indian cricket team. He was voted a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1997.
In his career in first-class cricket, he averaged 35.61 with the bat and 28.68 with the ball. During the 1996 season with Leicestershire, he accumulated 1244 runs and took 56 wickets and 35 catches, helping his side to win the County Championship that year for only the second time in their history. However, like many cricketers before him, he found the transition to Test level difficult, although he proved more adept to at the international one day game. His international career didn't get off to the most auspicious start. In W.C. 1992, Phil Simmons got 3 matches to Play (v India, he scored 20 runs off 22 balls, v Sri Lanka, he scored 110 runs off 125 balls & v Australia, he scored none). During wsc 92/93 matches which included Host Australia & Pakistan, Phil Simmons impressed through his bowling against Pakistan (Most Economical Bowling Spell in O.D.I. History by taking 4 wickets, giving 3 runs, 8 maidens in 10 overs). At Sharjah Champions Trophy in 1993, Phil Simmons won player of the series award by scoring 3 half centuries for achieving 330 runs as batsman. In 95/96 wsc which included host aussies & sri lanka, Phil Simmons failed to impress through his all rounder performances which costed his place for World cricket cup which was held in Pakistan, India & Sri Lanka.
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