Leon Garrick

Leon Garrick
Personal information
Full name Leon Vivian Garrick
Born 11 November 1976 (1976-11-11) (age 35)
Saint Ann, Jamaica
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm medium pace
International information
National side West Indies
Only Test 19 April 2001 v South Africa
ODI debut 28 April 2001 v South Africa
Last ODI 19 August 2001 v Kenya
Domestic team information
Years Team
1996–2003 Jamaica
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs FC LA
Matches 1 3 57 30
Runs scored 27 99 3,121 663
Batting average 13.50 33.00 32.17 25.50
100s/50s 0/0 0/1 6/14 0/4
Top score 27 76 200* 76
Balls bowled 0 0 14 4
Wickets 1 0
Bowling average 4.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 1/4 0/6
Catches/stumpings 2/– 0/– 59/– 7/–
Source: Cricket Archive, 31 October 2010

Leon Vivian Garrick (born 11 November 1976) is a Jamaican cricketer. He played only one Test and three One Day Internationals for West Indies in 2001. Prior to playing Test cricket he played for Jamaica senior and youth teams, most notably in the domestic competition in 1997 he made successive centuries that helped to announce his presence. He learned his craft under the guidance of Derrick Azan at the Garvey Maceo High School in Jamaica, an institution renowned for its excellence in School boy cricket in Jamaica, having produced the now deceased West Indies all rounder Laurie Williams, Keith Hibbert, Audley Sanson who represented Jamaica at the Senior level. Whilst at Garvey Maceo he played alongside Andrew Davis and Rohan Belight both of whom represented Jamaica at the Under-19 level. Leon has played for Middlesex in the Jamaica County Competition and also the Kaiser Sports Club. He was a brilliant bastman who was comfortable playing any type of bowling and it must be recalled that he was also adept at fielding, donning the wicket keeper gloves, a role that he mastered whilst at Garvey Maceo.

Leon Garrick has the record for the largest opening partnership with fellow Jamaican team mate Chris Gayle the partner ship was worth 425 with Garrick scoring 200 runs and Gayle scoring 208 runs with both batsmen not out.