September 29 down the years … The long-fingered Mr Gibbs … Birth of an indefatigable West Indian spinner 1934
Lance Gibbs, the first spinner to 300 Test wickets.
Lance Gibbs, the first spinner to 300 Test wickets.

The birth of the first spinner to take 300 Test wickets. With his lissome figure and unusually long fingers, Lance Gibbs allied pronounced spin and bounce to a fierce accuracy.He took 309 wickets in 79 Tests – including 18 five-fors – all the while conceding his runs at a staggering 1.99 per over. Brave and indefatigable, his best run was between 1960 and 1962.

He was left out of the first two Tests in Australia, but Gibbs took three wickets in four balls in Sydney and a hat-trick in the next Test, in Adelaide.
The following winter he returned the remarkable figures of 53.3-37-38-8 against India in Barbados, all eight wickets coming in a 15-over spell at a cost of just six runs. It was a performance he never bettered. (ESPN Cricinfo)

 

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