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Full name Geoffrey Alan Greenidge
Born May 26, 1948, Fontabelle, St Michael, Barbados
Current age 60 years 137 days
Major teams West Indies,Barbados,Sussex
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak googly
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
5
9
2
209
50
29.85
0
1
0
3
0
First-class
182
332
22
9112
205
29.39
16
45
95
0
List A
107
100
7
1879
82
20.20
0
11
32
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
5
4
156
75
0
-
-
-
2.88
-
0
0
0
First-class
182
948
13
7/124
72.92
1
0
List A
107
6
6
1
1/6
1/6
6.00
6.00
6.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
West Indies v New Zealand at Georgetown, Apr 6-11, 1972 scorecard
Last Test
West Indies v Australia at Georgetown, Apr 6-11, 1973 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1966/67 - 1975/76
List A span
1969 - 1975
Profile
Geoff Greenidge exploded onto the scene when he smashed 205 on his debut as an opener for Barbados against the Leeward Islands in 1966-67, and grabbed 7 for 124 with his legspin in the Leeward's first innings for good measure. He made his Test debut against New Zealand at Georgetown in 1971-72, scoring 50 and 35*, following up with 38 and 21 in the final Test of the series at Port-of-Spain. But the following winter he struggled to maintain his form against Australia and was dropped. He continued to play with success for Barbados and, between 1968 and 1975, with mixed fortunes for Sussex. In 1976 he was at the centre of a massive row when the Guyanese government cancelled the Shell Shield match with Barbados because Greenidge had visited Rhodesia with an international side the previous winter. Barbados refused to back down and returned home. He was, for more than three decades, the last white player to be picked for West Indies, before Brendan Nash, the Australian-born batsman, was selected in 2008. Martin Williamson
