(1951-05-01) 1 May 1951 (age 73) St Peter, Barbados
Batting
Right-handed
Bowling
Right-arm medium/off-break
Role
Opening batsman
Relations
Carl Greenidge (son) Mark Lavine (cousin)
Ria Greenidge (daughter)
International information
National side
West Indies (1974-1991)
Test debut (cap 150)
22 November 1974 v India
Last Test
27 April 1991 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 16)
11 June 1975 v Pakistan
Last ODI
25 May 1991 v England
Domestic team information
Years
Team
1970–1987
Hampshire
1973–1991
Barbados
1990
Scotland
Career statistics
Competition
Test
ODI
FC
LA
Matches
108
128
523
440
Runs scored
7,558
5,134
37,354
16,349
Batting average
44.72
45.03
45.88
40.56
100s/50s
19/34
11/31
92/183
33/94
Top score
226
133*
273*
186*
Balls bowled
26
60
955
286
Wickets
0
1
18
2
Bowling average
–
45.00
26.61
105.50
5 wickets in innings
–
0
1
0
10 wickets in match
–
0
0
0
Best bowling
–
1/21
5/49
1/21
Catches/stumpings
96/–
45/–
516/–
172/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing West Indies
ICC Cricket World Cup
Winner
1975 England
Winner
1979 England
Runner-up
1983 England and Wales
Source: CricketArchive, 24 January 2009
Sir Cuthbert Gordon GreenidgeKCMG MBE (born 1 May 1951)[1] is a Barbadian retired cricketer who represented the West Indies in Test and One Day International (ODI) teams for 17 years, as well as Barbados and Hampshire in first-class cricket. Greenidge is regarded worldwide as one of the greatest and most destructive opening batsmen in cricket history.[2][3][4][5][6] In 2009, Greenidge was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.[7] He was a member of the squads which won the World Cups in 1975, 1979 and runners-up in 1983.
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^"Gordon Greenidge: A fascinating study of a cricketer co-produced by two cultures". Cricket Country. May 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
^"Who is Hampshire's greatest overseas player?". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
^"The best of Gordon Greenidge is the best of batting". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
^"Gordon Greenidge: One Of West Indies' Greatest – Almanack". Wisden. May 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
^"West Indian epic: when Gordon Greenidge unleashed hell on Australia | Cricket". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
^Cricinfo (2 January 2009). "ICC and FICA launch Cricket Hall of Fame". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
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medium-fast bowler. He was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire, the son of GordonGreenidge. Greenidge played for Gloucestershire and has in the past represented both...
Cup. Richards made his test debut in 1974 against India along with GordonGreenidge. His best years were between 1976 and 1983 where he averaged a remarkable...
from four years earlier with a 92 run victory. West Indian batsman, GordonGreenidge ended the tournament as the leading run scorer with 253 runs from four...
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and officials, including Colin Croft, Deryck Murray, Joel Garner, GordonGreenidge, Desmond Haynes, Michael Holding, Clive Lloyd, Viv Richards and Andy...
of 113 innings, second only to the partnership between West Indians GordonGreenidge and Desmond Haynes. Langer's retirement came after several injuries...
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bowled GordonGreenidge with a huge inswinger to which the batsman had shouldered arms. That was the third time within 3 months he had bowled Greenidge. He...
prominence in the late 1980s in a side that included such players as GordonGreenidge, Desmond Haynes, Malcolm Marshall and Courtney Walsh and represented...
overs) v West Indies 218/2 (48.3 overs) Duncan Fletcher 71* (88) Andy Roberts 3/36 (12 overs) GordonGreenidge 105* (147) Peter Rawson 2/39 (12 overs)...
toss and chose to bat Javed Miandad and Pervez Mir (both Pak) and GordonGreenidge (WI) all made their ODI debuts. Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to...
the greatest opening partnerships in history with fellow Barbadian GordonGreenidge." The cricket almanac Wisden noted his "combination of timing and barely...
2020 New Years Honours List for services to cricket. Sir Cuthbert GordonGreenidge KCMG MBE, created a Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and...
(333) Gary Gilmour (11) 1979 Clive Lloyd Viv Richards Not Awarded GordonGreenidge (253) Mike Hendrick (10) 1983 Kapil Dev Mohinder Amarnath Not Awarded...
in the Test team before establishing a successful partnership with GordonGreenidge in the mid-1970s. He was an aggressive batsman who liked to counterattack...
Archived from the original on 9 August 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2010. "GordonGreenidge". Cricinfo. ESPN. Archived from the original on 23 September 2013....
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