Leon Romero

Leon Romero

Personal information
Full name	Leon Constantine Romero
Born	(1974-12-29) 29 December 1974 New York, USA
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm medium pace
Role	Batsman
International information
National side	United States
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
1999–2001	Trinidad and Tobago
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]

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]

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