Richard Simeon Gabriel (born 5 June 1952) is a former West Indian cricketer. He played 11 One Day Internationals for the West Indies in 1983-84.

Richard Gabriel
Personal information
Full name
Richard Simeon Gabriel
Born (1952-06-05) 5 June 1952 (age 72)
Point Fortin, Trinidad and Tobago
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleOpening batsman
International information
National side
ODI debut8 January 1984 v Australia
Last ODI11 February 1984 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1968-69 to 1985-86Trinidad and Tobago
Career statistics
Competition ODIs FC LA
Matches 11 84 33
Runs scored 167 3,974 697
Batting average 15.18 28.58 22.48
100s/50s 0/0 5/18 1/2
Top score 41 129 108*
Balls bowled 0 130 14
Wickets 4 1
Bowling average 13.50 14.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 3/15 1/8
Catches/stumpings 1/– 70/– 7/–
Source: Cricket Archive, 19 October 2010

An opening batsman, Gabriel made his debut for Trinidad and Tobago aged just 16 years old in 1969. He was the youngest player to play for the national team. In 1970 he was one of the leading batsmen for the West Indies youth team on their unbeaten tour of England.[1]

He represented West Indies during the 1983-84 Benson & Hedges World Series Cup One day International tournament in Australia, replacing an injured Gordon Greenidge. He played all of his 11 internationals in Australia that season, between 8 January and 11 February 1984, opening the batting.[2] He scored 167 runs at an average of 15.18.

He played for Trinidad and Tobago from 1969 till 1986.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Wisden 1971, p. 844.
  2. ^ "ODI Matches played by Richard Gabriel". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  3. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Richard Gabriel". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
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