Lance Gibbs

Lance Gibbs

Personal information
Full name	Lancelot Richard Gibbs
Born	(1934-09-29) 29 September 1934 (age 89) Georgetown, British Guiana
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right arm off break
Relations	Clive Lloyd (cousin)
International information
National side	West Indies (1958–1976)
Test debut (cap 99)	5 February 1958 v Pakistan
Last Test	5 February 1976 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 4)	5 September 1973 v England
Last ODI	7 June 1975 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1953–1975	Guyana
1967–1973	Warwickshire
1969–1970	South Australia
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODI FC LA Matches 79 3 330 54 Runs scored 488 0 1,729 53 Batting average 6.97 – 8.55 4.07 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 Top score 25 0* 43 8* Balls bowled 27,115 156 78,103 2,891 Wickets 309 2 1,024 64 Bowling average 29.09 29.50 27.22 25.26 5 wickets in innings 18 0 50 1 10 wickets in match 2 0 10 0 Best bowling 8/38 1/12 8/37 5/38 Catches/stumpings 52/– 0/– 203/– 20/–
Medal record Men's Cricket Representing  West Indies ICC Cricket World Cup Winner 1975 England
Source: CricketArchive, 7 January 2009

Lancelot Richard Gibbs (born 29 September 1934) is a former West Indies cricketer, one of the most successful spin bowlers in Test cricket history. He took 309 Test wickets, only the second player (after Fred Trueman) to pass 300, the first spinner to pass that milestone, and had an exceptional economy rate of under two runs per over. He was a member of the squad which won the 1975 Cricket World Cup.

In 2009, Gibbs was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.^[1]