Ottis Gibson

Ottis Gibson

Source: [1], 25 January 2006

Ottis Delroy Gibson (b. 16 March, 1969) is a cricketer from Barbados. A bowler capable of genuine pace, Gibson was also an intelligent bowler with the old ball for the West Indies. But he became seen, possibly unfairly, as a one-day specialist - his hard-hitting late middle-order batting was particularly effective in the closing overs of the innings. He toured England in 1995, playing in the Lord's Test, and won a second cap when drafted into the West Indies side as emergency cover during their ill-fated tour of South Africa in 1998-99. His nomadic career took him to Glamorgan, Staffordshire, and three South African provincial sides. Frustrated by niggling injuries, he took up coaching and found work with the ECB before returning to the game with Leicestershire in 2004.

Gibson moved on to Durham for the 2006 season, and has a two-year contract. He picked up 48 wickets in 2006 and recorded a highest first-class score of 155 to help Durham to stay in the first division.

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 first in the County Championship since Richard Johnson in 1994. [2]