Gordon Greenidge
West Indies
Personal information
Batting style	Right hand bat
Bowling style	Right arm leg break
Career statistics
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	108	128
Runs scored	7558	5134
Batting average	44. The West Indian cricket team, also known colloquially as The Windies or The West Indies, is a multi-national Cricket team representing Leg spin is a style of Spin bowling in Cricket. A leg spinner bowls right-arm with a Wrist spin action causing the ball to spin anti-clockwise at the point Test cricket is the longest form of the Sport of Cricket. It has long been considered the ultimate test of playing ability between cricketing nations Note Most of the information here pertains to men's cricket ODI matches are also played in Women's cricket. Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 72	45. 03
100s/50s	19/34	11/31
Top score	226	133*
Overs	4. In the sport of Cricket, an over is a set of six consecutive balls bowled in succession 2	10
Wickets	0	1
Bowling average	n/a	45. In the sport of Cricket the word wicket has several distinct meanings Meanings of wicket Set of stumps Primarily the wicket Bowling average is a Statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the Sport of Cricket. 00
5 wickets in innings	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	n/a
Best bowling	n/a	1/21
Catches/stumpings	96/0	45/0
As of 7 November 2005 Source: [1]

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Gordon Greenidge was a feared opening batsman for the West Indies. He began his Test career against India at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore in 1974 and continued playing internationally until 1991. The Indian cricket team is an international Cricket team representing India. Records Test Match Records Highest innings total India 626/all out - India vs Pakistan 3rd Test in Bangalore Highest individual score 267 Bangalore ( officially Bengaluru ( Kannada: ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು) is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. He was half of the West Indies most prolific opening partnership with Desmond Haynes. Desmond Leo Haynes (born February 15, 1956 in Barbados) is a West Indian Cricketer and cricket coach Greenidge went on to play 108 Test matches scoring 7,558 runs with 19 centuries. Test cricket is the longest form of the Sport of Cricket. It has long been considered the ultimate test of playing ability between cricketing nations He also played 128 One Day Internationals, including the 1975 and 1983 World Cup Finals, scoring 5,134 runs and 11 centuries. Note Most of the information here pertains to men's cricket ODI matches are also played in Women's cricket. The Cricket World Cup is the premier international championship of men's One Day International (ODI Cricket.

Greenidge is perhaps best known in England for his amazing double-double century performances against the home side in the 1984 summer Test series (also known as the "Blackwash" series WI winning 5-0). The Wisden Trophy is awarded to the winner of the Test cricket series played between England and the West Indies. He scored 214 runs during the second Test at Lords in June of 1984, then followed up with 223 runs during the fourth Test at Old Trafford during the last five days of July, cementing his place in Test cricket history. The first of those innings was on the last day as West Indies successfully chased 342 for victory; it remains the highest run chase ever at Lords.

He also played many seasons for Hampshire in the English County Championship, and for many years opened with Barry Richards to form the most feared county opening pair. Hampshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic Cricket structure representing the historic county The County Championship is the domestic first class Cricket competition in England and Wales. Barry Anderson Richards (born 21 July 1945 in Durban) to Les and Doreen Richards was one of South Africa 's finest ever Cricketers and He began his first class cricket career there before he played for Barbados and could have qualified for England. First-class cricket refers to the class of Cricket matches of three or more days scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players and officially adjudged first-class by The England cricket team is the national cricket team which represents England and Wales. Late on in his career he appeared for Scotland. In his career he scored 37,000 runs and 92 centuries.

Greenidge is one of the best batsman to represent West Indies in international Tests and is currently on the West Indies selection committee for Test matches, along with fellow 1980s WI cricketing hero Viv Richards. Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards, KNH, (born St John's, Antigua on 7 March 1952 is a former West Indian Cricketer. His son Carl is also a professional cricketer with Gloucestershire. Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic Cricket structure representing the historic

Gordon Greenidge's career performance graph.

Greenidge was also successful in his coaching career. He became the coach of Bangladesh in 1997. The Bangladeshi cricket team, also known as "The Tigers", is a national Cricket team representing Bangladesh. Under his guidance Bangladesh became the champions of ICC Trophy in 1997 along with the chance to play at their first world cup finals in 1999. The ICC World Cup Qualifier (formerly ICC Trophy) is an international One-day cricket tournament run under the auspices of the International Cricket Council Soon afterwards Greenidge was given the honorary citizenship of the country. He also coached them during the 1999 Cricket World Cup and the team eventually promoted to a Test playing nation after their stunning performance during the World Cup. The 1999 Cricket World Cup was hosted primarily by England, but Ireland, Wales, Scotland and the Netherlands also hosted some games