Ottis Gibson

This article is about the West Indian cricketer. For the Methodist missionary, see Otis Gibson.

Ottis Gibson

Personal information
Full name	Ottis Delroy Gibson
Born	16 March 1969 (1969-03-16) (age 42) Saint Peter, Barbados
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right arm fast
International information
National side	West Indies
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
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2006–2007	Durham
2004–2005	Leicestershire
2000–2001	Gauteng
1998–2000	Griqualand West
1994–1996	Glamorgan
1992–1995	Border
1990–1998	Barbados
Career statistics
Competition	Tests	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	2	15	177	212
Runs scored	93	141	5,604	2,548
Batting average	23.25	14.10	24.25	21.05
100s/50s	0/0	0/1	2/29	1/5
Top score	37	52	155	102*
Balls bowled	472	739	32,441	9,807
Wickets	3	34	659	310
Bowling average	91.66	18.26	27.79	24.30
5 wickets in innings	–	2	28	5
10 wickets in match	–	n/a	8	n/a
Best bowling	2/81	5/40	10/47	5/19
Catches/stumpings	0/–	3/–	68/–	59/–
Source: [[1]], 15 February 2009

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 head coach for the West Indies. He previously worked as bowling coach for England.^[2]

International career

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.^[3]

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.^[4]

Perhaps unfairly,^{[citation needed]} 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."^[5] 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.^[6]

Cricketing career

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.^[7]

Durham career

Gibson signed a two year contract with Durham in 2006. In his first season, he picked up 48 wickets and recorded a highest first-class score of 155, to keep his side in the division.^[8]

On 22 July 2007, he took 10/47 against Hampshire, becoming the 79th bowler in first-class cricket to take 10 wickets in an innings and the first in the County Championship since Richard Johnson in 1994:

Wicket	Batsman	How Out	Score	Total
1	Michael Carberry	caught by Ben Harmison	4	13-1
2	John Crawley	caught by Philip Mustard	6	29-2
3	Michael Lumb	lbw	16	65-3
4	Chris Benham	bowled	2	67-4
5	Nic Pothas	caught and bowled	0	67-5
6	Dimitri Mascarenhas	caught by Philip Mustard	8	81-6
7	Shane Warne	lbw	1	85-7
8	Shaun Udal	caught by Philip Mustard	4	89-8
9	David Griffiths	caught by Philip Mustard	2	115-9
10	James Bruce	bowled	0	115

Hampshire finished 115 all out, and Gibson walked away with astonishing figures of 17.3-1-47-10. Despite this feat, the match ended in a draw.^[9]

Later in 2007, Gibson bowled Durham to victory, again against Hampshire, in the Friends Provident Trophy. After setting 312 to win, with Gibson smashing fifteen off just seven balls, the Dynamos bowled out the Hawks for just 187. Gibson had Michael Lumb and Sean Ervine caught by Michael Di Venuto first and second ball of the innings respectively, both for 0. He then had Kevin Pietersen out lbw for 12 to leave Hampshire 17-3, finishing with figures of 3-24. He picked up the Player of the Match award for his efforts.^[10] Gibson remarked after the game, "Unbelievable. But we've got four games left and if I'm going to get through them I'm going to have to cut down on the celebrations a little bit."^[11]

Coaching

On 20 September 2007 Gibson was appointed as England's bowling coach for the one-day series in Sri Lanka because Allan Donald had commentary duties in South Africa.^[12] He had previously worked with Peter Moores at the National Academy during the past two winters.^[13]

At the end of the one-day series in Sri Lanka, Gibson was appointed full-time as England's bowling coach, effectively ending his playing career.^[14]

On 30 January 2010 it was announced that Gibson would be leaving his England post to take up a new role head coach of the West Indies.^[2]

References

1. ^ Ottis Gibson Cricinfo
2. ^ ^{a b} Gibson leaves England for West Indies ESPN cricinfo, 2 February 2010
3. ^ England v. West Indies scorecard from www.cricinfo.com
4. ^ South Africa v. West Indies scorecard from www.cricinfo.com
5. ^ Batting style from www.cricinfo.com
6. ^ ODI Career from www.cricinfo.com
7. ^ Career information from www.cricinfo.com
8. ^ Career Statistics from www.cricketarchive.com
9. ^ Durham v. Hampshire scorecard from www.cricinfo.com
10. ^ Friends Provident Trophy Final 2007 scorecard from www.cricinfo.com
11. ^ Final Quote from www.cricinfo.com
12. ^ Gibson named England bowling coach for Sri Lanka tour from www.cricinfo.com
13. ^ Gibson relishes new England role BBC Sport
14. ^ Gibson takes England bowling role BBC Sport

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Name	Gibson, Ottis
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Date of birth	16 March 1969
Place of birth	Saint Peter
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