Gareth Rohan Breese (born 9 January 1976) is a West Indian cricketer. Born in Montego Bay, St James, Jamaica, he attended Wolmer's Boys School in Kingston. Breese played as a right arm offspinner.[1]

Gareth Breese
Personal information
Full name
Gareth Rohan Breese
Born (1976-01-09) 9 January 1976 (age 48)
Montego Bay, Saint James Parish, Jamaica
NicknameBriggy
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 244)17 October 2002 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1996–2006Jamaica
2004–2014Durham (squad no. 70)
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA T20
Matches 1 125 188 106
Runs scored 5 4,693 2,206 765
Batting average 2.50 26.36 21.62 15.30
100s/50s 0/0 4/28 0/4 0/0
Top score 5 165* 68* 37
Balls bowled 188 18,825 6,944 1,778
Wickets 2 287 195 93
Bowling average 67.50 30.26 27.97 21.56
5 wickets in innings 0 12 2 0
10 wickets in match 0 3 0 0
Best bowling 2/108 7/60 5/41 4/14
Catches/stumpings 1/– 114/– 73/– 40/–
Source: CricketArchive, 25 August 2015

Career

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He played one Test match in 2002, as a spin bowler in Chennai against India. Breese scored five runs in two innings, and took two wickets, but conceded 135 runs in 31 overs.

Breese featured for over 100 first class games for Jamaica and Durham. He played for Durham from 2004 until 2014,[2] qualifying as a non-overseas player due to owning a British passport. With 31 wickets, he was the third highest wicket-taker for Durham in 2005, as the team was promoted from Division Two in the County Championship. As a batsman he hit several half-centuries, at number seven and eight in the batting order, which helped Durham to several victories, such as an unbeaten 79 at Taunton as Durham chased 243 to win after Breese had come in at 98 for 4.[1]

With Durham Breese went on to win the 2007 Friends Provident Trophy by a margin of 125 runs over Hampshire in the final at Lord's. He also scored the winning runs for Durham in the 2014 Royal London One-Day Cup final against Warwickshire at Lord's in what was his final appearance with the club.[3][1][2]

Personal life

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Breese is the son of Jean "Binta" Breeze, former Jamaican dub poet and storyteller who was acknowledged as the first woman to write and perform dub poetry.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gareth Breese". cricinfo.com. Cricinfo.
  2. ^ a b Alan Gardner, "Stokes nerve guides Durham to title", ESPNcricinfo, 20 September 2014.
  3. ^ Ged Scott, "One-Day Cup final: Durham beat Warwickshire at Lord's", BBC Sport, 20 September 2014.
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