Lance Gibbs
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Full Name
Lancelot Richard Gibbs
Born
September 29, 1934, Queenstown, Georgetown, Demerara, British Guiana
Age
89y 339d
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Offbreak
Playing Role
Bowler
RELATIONS
(cousin)
With his lissom figure and unusually long fingers, West Indies offspinner Lance Gibbs extracted pronounced turn and bounce, which he paired with a fierce accuracy, all from an unusual, chest-on action.
Gibbs had almost unlimited stamina and determination (he had a permanently sore, and often split, spinning finger) and it was not much of a surprise that he became the first spinner to pass 300 Test wickets. He ended with 309 wickets in 79 Tests - including 18 five-fors - conceding his runs at a staggering 1.99 per over.
His peak as a bowler was between 1960 and 1962. He was left out of the first two Tests in Australia but took three wickets in four balls in Sydney; a hat-trick in the next Test, in Adelaide; and another six in Melbourne, finishing with 19 wickets in the series.
The following winter he returned the remarkable figures of 8 for 38 from 53 overs against India in Barbados, all eight wickets coming in a 15-over spell at a cost of just six runs. It was a performance he never bettered, though he came close at Old Trafford the following year, when he took 11 wickets in a big win for West Indies. Gibbs was the third most prolific wicket-taker in that series, with 26, behind Fred Trueman and Charlie Griffith. At the same venue three years on, he took twin five-fors to set up another West Indies win in the first Test - and eventually the series - as in 1963.
Starting in 1967, Gibbs played seven seasons of county cricket for Warwickshire, of which 1971 was his most successful: he took 131 first-class wickets at an average of under 19, with nine five-fors then.
After his retirement Gibbs settled in the USA. He managed the 1991 West Indies tour of England.
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Match | Bat | Bowl | Date | Ground | Format |
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WSC Caval. vs WSC WI | 0 | 3/42 | 03-Feb-1979 | Devonport | OTHEROD |
West Indies vs Australia | 2 & 0 | 2/68 & 0/62 | 31-Jan-1976 | Melbourne | Test # 770 |
West Indies vs Australia | 3 & 0* | 2/77 & 3/106 | 23-Jan-1976 | Adelaide | Test # 768 |
West Indies vs Australia | 5 & 0* | 0/52 & 0/4 | 03-Jan-1976 | Sydney | Test # 767 |
West Indies vs Australia | 0* & 5* | 2/81 | 26-Dec-1975 | Melbourne | Test # 766 |
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