Gordon Greenidge was
a technically sound opening batsman with powerful strokeplay, he
learned his cricket in England where he migrated with his parents as a
young boy . At twenty three years old Greenidge made his Test
debut for the West Indies under new captain Clive Lloyd on the 1974
tour of India. Over the course of an outstanding career Greenidge was to be acclaimed, along with Gavaskar as the finest
opening batsman of the 1980's and the best ever opener from the
Caribbean.
From early in his Test career Greenidge seem destined to achived
greatness, the skills he aquired in playing the turing ball while
growing up in England were to proved crictical in his mastering the art
of batting. Greenidge was a superb technician, with a solid defensive
techniques and superbed attacking stroke play.
He was equally impressive all around the wicket with his
stroke-play his shots off the back-foot, namely : the Square Cut, the
Pull or the Hook were awesome but Greenidge could also play the front
foot shots on both sides of the wicket just as easily and with just as
much power.
Gordon Greenidge along with
Desmond Haynes formed what was an enduring and prolific
opening partnership for Barbados and the West Indies, with 16 century
stands at the Test level, four of them in excess of 200.
Gordon Greenidge Test Cricket
Statistics
Full Name
Cuthbert Gordon Greenidge
Number
of Test
108
Number of ODIs
128
Test Run Aggregate
7,558
ODI Run Aggregate
5,134
Test
Batting Average
44,72
ODI
Batting Average
45.03
Total Test Wickets
0
Total ODI Wickets
1
Test Bowling Average
-
ODI Bowling Average
45.00
Test
Centuries
19
ODI
Centuries
11
Date of Birth
May
1, 1951, Black Bess, St Peter, Barbados
Test Debut
India
v West Indies at Bangalore - Nov 22-27, 1974
Last Test Match
West
Indies v Australia at St John's - Apr 27-May 1, 1991
ODI Debut
Pakistan v
West Indies at Birmingham - Jun 11, 1975
Last ODI Match
England v
West Indies at Manchester - May 25, 1991
Batting
Style
Right hand bat
Bowling
Style
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Cricket
Legends These players are the 50 greatest cricketers of
the century, as voted by a blue-ribbon panel of judges assembled by
ESPN. The panelists were asked to list in order, their top 50 players.
Cricketing legends from Australia, England, India, New Zealand,
Pakistan, South Africa and the West Indies all made it to the final 50.
Among them are some famous West Indies fast bowlers, great Aussie
legends, and modern heros of the game. Disc 5 features the great George
Headley.
