Ottis Gibson

Gibson's figures are also the second best in the County Championship since 1945 (bettered only by Johnson's).

Ottis Delroy Gibson (born 16 March 1969) is a Barbadian cricket coach and former cricketer who played for the West Indies cricket team.

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.

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 in the first innings and 13 in the second, South Africa eventually winning by 149 runs.

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."

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.

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.

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.

He has been appointed as Bangladesh bowling head coach and previously twice worked as bowling coach for England, from 2007 to 2010 and again from 2015 to 2017.

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.

Hampshire finished 115 all out, but despite Gibson's wickets the match ended in a draw.

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 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.

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." Gibson went onto help Durham to second place in the County Championship division 1 that year, the county's highest finish to that point.

Gibson made two Test appearances for the West Indies.

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.

He had previously worked with Peter Moores at the National Academy during the past two winters.

England won the five match ODI series 3–2.

The series was low scoring, with England restricting Sri Lanka to 164 and 211 twice in three of the games.

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.

England lost the three match Test series 1–0, and although Sri Lanka were once restricted to 188, they also posted scores of 499 and 548.

In 2008, England won the T20I series against New Zealand 2–0.

They lost the ODI series 3–1, although this was largely down to poor batting, although New Zealand scored 340 in the fourth match.

They won the three match Test series 2-1 and dismissed for New Zealand for 198 and 168 in two of their innings.

New Zealand toured England for the return series.

From 2010 to 2014, Gibson was the head coach for the West Indies, where he led the team to be champions of the 2012 T20 World Cup.

Gibson also coached the South African cricket team from 2017 to 2019.

He was the pace bowling coach of the Bangladesh national cricket team and Multan Sultans.

In January 2022 Gibson was appointed the head coach of Yorkshire County Cricket Club, he is set to join the team after the conclusion of the 2022 Pakistan Super League season.

Gibson's county cricket career saw him play for Glamorgan before taking up coaching with the ECB after a series of niggling injuries.