Leon Romero
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Full name | Leon Constantine Romero | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
New York, USA | 29 December 1974|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting style | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling style | Right-arm medium pace | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ODI debut (cap 9) | 10 September 2004 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 13 September 2004 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004–2005 | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1999–2001 | Trinidad and Tobago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
Biography
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]
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]
References
- ↑ Leon Romero at Cricinfo
- 1 2 3 Leon Romero at CricketArchive
- 1 2 ODIs played by Leon Romero at CricketArchive
- 1 2 3 Other matches played by Leon Romero at CricketArchive
- 1 2 3 4 First-class matches played by Leon Romero at CricketArchive
- 1 2 List A matches played by Leon Romero at CricketArchive
- 1 2 Teams played for by Leon Romero at CricketArchive
- ↑ Scorecard of New Zealand v USA, 10 September 2004 at CricketArchive