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Full name Lancelot Richard Gibbs
Born September 29, 1934, Queenstown, Georgetown, Demerara, British Guiana
Current age 73 years 344 days
Major teams West Indies,British Guiana,Guyana,South Australia,Warwickshire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Relations Cousin - CH Lloyd
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
79
109
39
488
25
6.97
0
0
0
52
0
ODIs
3
1
1
0
0*
-
0
-
0
0
0
0
0
0
First-class
330
352
150
1729
43
8.55
0
0
203
0
List A
54
25
12
53
8*
4.07
0
0
20
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
79
148
27115
8989
309
8/38
11/157
29.09
1.98
87.7
11
18
2
ODIs
3
3
156
59
2
1/12
1/12
29.50
2.26
78.0
0
0
0
First-class
330
78430
27878
1024
8/37
27.22
2.13
76.5
50
10
List A
54
2891
1617
64
5/38
5/38
25.26
3.35
45.1
0
1
0
Career statistics
Test debut
West Indies v Pakistan at Port of Spain, Feb 5-11, 1958 scorecard
Last Test
Australia v West Indies at Melbourne, Jan 31-Feb 5, 1976 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
England v West Indies at Leeds, Sep 5, 1973 scorecard
Last ODI
Sri Lanka v West Indies at Manchester, Jun 7, 1975 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1953/54 - 1974/75
List A span
1963 - 1975
Profile
With his lissom figure and unusually long fingers, Lance Gibbs allied pronounced spin and bounce to a fierce accuracy, and all from an unusual chest-on action. In his later years he added the arm-ball to his repertoire, and add into the equation almost unlimited stamina and determination (he had a permanently sore and often split spinning-finger), and his feat of being only the second bowler - and first spinner - to pass 300 wickets is understandable. He ended with 309 wickets in 79 Tests - including 18 five-fors - all the while conceding his runs at a staggering 1.99 per over. Brave and indefatigable, his best spell came between 1960 and 1962. He was left out of the first two Tests in Australia, but Gibbs took three wickets in four balls at Sydney and a hat-trick in the next Test at Adelaide. The following winter he returned the remarkable figures of 53.3-37-38-8 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. After his retirement he settled in the USA, although he did manage the 1991 West Indies tour of England.
Rob Smyth
