Leon Romero
| Personal information | ||||
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| Full name | Leon Constantine Romero | |||
| Born | 29 December 1974 New York, USA |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium pace | |||
| Role | Batsman | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | United States of America | |||
| ODI debut (cap 9) | 10 September 2004 v New Zealand | |||
| Last ODI | 13 September 2004 v Australia | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 2004–2005 |  United States |
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| 1999–2001 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
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| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | ODI | FC | LA | ICCT |
| Matches | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 |
| Runs scored | 1 | 275 | 187 | 100 |
| Batting average | 0.50 | 18.33 | 23.37 | 33.33 |
| 100s/50s | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Top score | 1 | 48 | 57 | 48 |
| Balls bowled | 24 | 18 | 28 | 0 |
| Wickets | 1 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Bowling average | 52.00 | - | 57.00 | - |
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Best bowling | 1/52 | 0/0 | 1/52 | - |
| Catches/stumpings | 1/0 | 15/0 | 5/1 | 3/0 |
| Source: CricketArchive, 18 October 2008 | ||||
Leon Constantine Romero (born 29 December 1974) is an American cricketer.[1] A right-handed batsman, right-arm medium pace bowler and occasional wicket-keeper,[2] he played two One Day Internationals (ODIs) for the United States national cricket team in the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy,[3] having previously played first-class and List A cricket for Trinidad & Tobago.[2]
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Trinidad & Tobago career
Born in New York in 1974, Leon Romero first played cricket in Trinidad and Tobago. He played for the Trinidad & Tobago Under-19 team in 1994, and played several matches for North and East Trinidad against South and Central Trinidad between 1996 and 2000.[4]
He made his first-class debut in January 1999, playing in the Busta Cup against Guyana. He played further matches against the Windward Islands, Jamaica and Barbados that season, and played a match against India A later in the year.[5]
He played twice in the 2000 Busta Cup, against the Leeward Islands and the Windward Islands[5] and made his List A debut later in the year, playing in the Red Stripe Bowl against Barbados, Jamaica and Canada.[6] He played against Guyana and West Indies B in the 2001 Busta Cup,[5] before his career in Trinidad finished in 2002 with a match for North Trinidad against South Trinidad.[4]
[edit] International career
Romero first played for the USA in 2004.[7] His first match for them, and his final first-class match, was an ICC Intercontinental Cup match against Canada in Fort Lauderdale.[5] He made his ODI debut later in the year, playing against New Zealand and Australia in the ICC Champions Trophy in England.[3] He took the wicket of Hamish Marshall in the New Zealand match,[8] his only wicket in first-class or List A cricket.[2]
He last played for the USA in the 2005 ICC Trophy[7] in Ireland. After warm-up matches against the Northern Cricket Union President's XI and Namibia,[4] he played three matches in the tournament proper against Denmark, Bermuda and Oman.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ Leon Romero at Cricinfo
- ^ a b c Leon Romero at CricketArchive
- ^ a b ODIs played by Leon Romero at CricketArchive
- ^ a b c Other matches played by Leon Romero at CricketArchive
- ^ a b c d First-class matches played by Leon Romero at CricketArchive
- ^ a b List A matches played by Leon Romero at CricketArchive
- ^ a b Teams played for by Leon Romero at CricketArchive
- ^ Scorecard of New Zealand v USA, 10 September 2004 at CricketArchive
