Gavin Tonge

Gavin Tonge
Personal information
Full name Gavin Courtney Tonge
Born 13 January 1983 (1983-01-13) (age 29)
Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda
Nickname tonges
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Batting style Right-hand
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Role Bowler
International information
National side West Indies
Test debut (cap 283) 16 December 2009 v Australia
ODI debut 28 July 2009 v Bangladesh
Last ODI 30 September 2009 v India
Domestic team information
Years Team
2003– Leeward Islands
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODI FC List A
Matches 1 5 26 27
Runs scored 25 10 336 101
Batting average 25.00 5.00 9.33 7.76
100s/50s -/- 0/0 0/1 0/0
Top score 23* 5 157 28
Balls bowled 168 300 3,540 1,301
Wickets 1 5 75 37
Bowling average 115.00 44.80 27.74 29.16
5 wickets in innings 0 0 4 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a – n/a
Best bowling 1/28 4/25 7/58 4/25
Catches/stumpings 0/- –/– 16/– 4/–
Source: CricketArchive, 15 December 2009

Gavin Courtney Tonge (born January 13, 1983) is a West Indian cricketer. He is a right-arm fast-medium bowler and has represented West Indies in One Day International and Test cricket, as well as playing first class cricket for Antigua and Leeward Islands.

Career

Tonge began his first-class career in the 2002–03 season, having played in U-19 matches since 2000. He played his first game for Leeward Islands on February 28, 2003.[1] He returned single-figure wicket tallies for his first five seasons, without a five-wicket-haul, however in the 2008–09 season he took 44 wickets at 25.09, including four five-wicket-hauls.[2] His efforts led to a place in the West Indies ODI team.[3]

Tonge was also selected to represent the West Indies at the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy and featured in their opening defeat at the hands of Pakistan on September 23, 2009, earning his best ever bowling figures in limited overs cricket of 4/25.[4]

He made his Test debut against Australia in December 2009 in Perth when he replaced the injured Darren Sammy.

Notes

  1. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Gavin Tonge". Cricket Archive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/45/45897/First-Class_Matches.html. Retrieved 16 December 2009. 
  2. ^ "First-class Bowling in Each Season by Gavin Tonge". Cricket Archive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/45/45897/f_Bowling_by_Season.html. Retrieved 16 December 2009. 
  3. ^ "Player Profile: Gavin Tonge". CricInfo. http://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/player/53153.html. Retrieved 16 December 2009. 
  4. ^ "Statistics / Statsguru / GC Tonge / One-Day Internationals". CricInfo. http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/53153.html?class=2;template=results;type=bowling;view=innings. Retrieved 16 December 2009. 

External links

Leeward Islands cricket team – current squad