Tino Best

Infobox Cricketer


nationality = West Indian
country = West Indies
country abbrev = WI
name = Tino Best
picture = Cricket_no_pic.pngbatting style = Right hand bat
bowling style = Right arm fast
balls = true
tests = 12
test runs = 174
test bat avg = 10.23
test 100s/50s = -/-
test top score = 27
test overs = 1851
test wickets = 26
test bowl avg = 45.03
test 5s = -
test 10s = -
test best bowling = 4/46
test catches/stumpings = 1/-
ODIs = 10
ODI runs = 44
ODI bat avg = 11.00
ODI 100s/50s = -/-
ODI top score = 24
ODI overs = 446
ODI wickets = 12
ODI bowl avg = 29.75
ODI 5s = -
ODI 10s = -
ODI best bowling = 4/35
ODI catches/stumpings = 3/-
date = 25 January
year = 2006
source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/51436.html CricInfo

Tino la Bertram Best (born August 26, 1981 in Barbados) is a West Indian cricketer.

Short in stature, Tino Best is a fast and aggressive bowler with a bowling average of 45 in Test cricket.

He made six appearances for a small cricket club in Shropshire (Madeley Salop Cricket Club) where his express pace was extremely successful. His stay was cut short by his call up to West Indies A for their tour of England in the summer of 2002.

In the West Indies 2004 tour of England, Best played in the Lord's Test and was stumped off Ashley Giles' bowling after some banter from Andrew Flintoff wound him up sufficiently to try to slog the ball into the windows at Lord's.

In the Second Test against Pakistan in 2005, after a wicketless first innings - where he had Kamran Akmal caught off a no ball - and a second innings spell of 5-0-30-0, Best took four wickets in 11 balls, as Pakistan faltered from 223 for 4 to 309 all out. However, it was not enough to give West Indies the win.

Best was dropped from the Test side after the July 2005 tour of Sri Lanka, with his only ODI appearance since that tour being a May 2006 match against Zimbabwe.

Best has recently agreed to play for a small village side playing in the T. Rippon Mid Essex Cricket Premier League called High Roding. However at an EGM called by fellow club Springfield it was voted that Best could not play in the league. The official ruling was that "no player that has played first class cricket in the previous 24 months can play in the league."Fact|date=June 2008

Despite successful performances for Barbados in domestic cricket he has not been part of the West Indies side since 2005 and, in February 2008, signed with the rebel Indian Cricket League for three years, putting his future international career in doubt.

Best has three adoring children, Career, Season and Personal.