Tino Best
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Tino la Bertram Best is a West Indian cricket
er.
Short in stature, Tino Best is a fast and aggressive bowler with a bowling average of 48.67 in Test cricket.
He made six appearances for a small cricket club in Shropshire (Madeley Salop Cricket Club) where his express pace was extremely successful. His stay was cut short by his call up to West Indies A for their tour of England in the summer of 2002.
In the West Indies 2004 tour of England, Best played in the Lord's Test and was stumped off Ashley Giles
' bowling after some banter from Andrew Flintoff
wound him up sufficiently to try to slog the ball into the windows at Lord's
.
In the Second Test against Pakistan in 2005
, after a wicketless first innings - where he had Kamran Akmal
caught
off a no ball
- and a second innings spell of 5-0-30-0, Best took four wickets in 11 balls, as Pakistan faltered from 223 for 4 to 309 all out. However, it was not enough to give West Indies the win.
Best was dropped from the Test side after the July 2005 tour of Sri Lanka
, with his only ODI appearance since that tour being a May 2006 match against Zimbabwe.
In 2007, Best agreed to play for a small village side playing in the T. Rippon Mid Essex Cricket Premier League called High Roding. However at an EGM called by fellow club Springfield it was voted that Best could not play in the league. The official ruling was that "no player that has played first class cricket in the previous 24 months can play in the league."1
Despite successful performances for Barbados in domestic cricket he has not been part of the West Indies side since 2005 and, in February 2008, signed with the rebel Indian Cricket League for three years, putting his future international career in doubt.
In April 2010, Yorkshire County Cricket Club
signed Best, who said "Signing for Yorkshire starts a new chapter in my career, I think I can take some wickets...but I am a little scared of the cold weather". Tim Bresnan
has indicated that Tino is settling into County cricket life well, "He (Tino) already feels like part of the furniture, heck, he can almost eat as many yorkshire puddings as me!". Best was dismissed by Yorkshire in July 2010.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er.
Short in stature, Tino Best is a fast and aggressive bowler with a bowling average of 48.67 in Test cricket.
He made six appearances for a small cricket club in Shropshire (Madeley Salop Cricket Club) where his express pace was extremely successful. His stay was cut short by his call up to West Indies A for their tour of England in the summer of 2002.
In the West Indies 2004 tour of England, Best played in the Lord's Test and was stumped off Ashley Giles
Ashley Giles
Ashley Fraser Giles MBE is a retired English cricketer. Giles played the entirety of his 14-year first-class career at Warwickshire County Cricket Club where he is now employed as Director of Cricket...
' bowling after some banter from Andrew Flintoff
Andrew Flintoff
Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff MBE is a former English cricketer who played for Lancashire County Cricket Club, England and the Indian Premier League team Chennai Super Kings. A tall fast bowler, batsman and slip fielder, Flintoff according to the ICC rankings was consistently rated amongst the top...
wound him up sufficiently to try to slog the ball into the windows at Lord's
Lord's Cricket Ground
Lord's Cricket Ground is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London. Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club and is the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club, the England and Wales Cricket Board , the European Cricket Council and, until August 2005, the...
.
In the Second Test against Pakistan in 2005
Pakistani cricket team in West Indies in 2005
Pakistan toured West Indies for three ODIs and two Tests in May and June 2005. West Indies tried to restore confidence after being whitewashed in ODIs and losing 0-3 in a 4-Test home series against South Africa, while Pakistan came off a relatively successful tour of India where they won the ODI...
, after a wicketless first innings - where he had Kamran Akmal
Kamran Akmal
Kamran Akmal is a Pakistani cricketer who has played Tests, ODIs and T20Is for Pakistan as a wicket-keeper.- International career :He is a quick-scoring batsman and a wicket-keeper, who has achieved 6 centuries in Test innings...
caught
Caught
Caught is a method of dismissing a batsman in the sport of cricket. Being caught out is the most common method of dismissal at higher levels of competition...
off a no ball
No ball
In the sport of cricket a no ball is a penalty against the fielding team, usually as a result of an illegal delivery by the bowler. The delivery of a no ball results in one run to be added to the batting team's score, and an additional ball must be bowled...
- and a second innings spell of 5-0-30-0, Best took four wickets in 11 balls, as Pakistan faltered from 223 for 4 to 309 all out. However, it was not enough to give West Indies the win.
Best was dropped from the Test side after the July 2005 tour of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
, with his only ODI appearance since that tour being a May 2006 match against Zimbabwe.
In 2007, Best agreed to play for a small village side playing in the T. Rippon Mid Essex Cricket Premier League called High Roding. However at an EGM called by fellow club Springfield it was voted that Best could not play in the league. The official ruling was that "no player that has played first class cricket in the previous 24 months can play in the league."1
Despite successful performances for Barbados in domestic cricket he has not been part of the West Indies side since 2005 and, in February 2008, signed with the rebel Indian Cricket League for three years, putting his future international career in doubt.
In April 2010, Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
signed Best, who said "Signing for Yorkshire starts a new chapter in my career, I think I can take some wickets...but I am a little scared of the cold weather". Tim Bresnan
Tim Bresnan
Timothy 'Tim' Thomas Bresnan is an English cricketer. He is a fast-medium bowler, as well as being respected for his ability with the bat for Yorkshire. He normally fields in the deep. He won the NBC Denis Compton Award in 2002 and 2003. In June 2006 he was called up to the England One Day...
has indicated that Tino is settling into County cricket life well, "He (Tino) already feels like part of the furniture, heck, he can almost eat as many yorkshire puddings as me!". Best was dismissed by Yorkshire in July 2010.