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Tino Best

Personal information
Full name	Tino la Bertram Best
Born	(1981-08-26) 26 August 1981 (age 43) Saint Michael, Barbados
Nickname	Animal, Bobski
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast
Role	Bowler
Relations	Carlisle Best (great-uncle)
International information
National side	West Indies (2003–2014)
Test debut (cap 251)	1 May 2003 v Australia
Last Test	19 December 2013 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 123)	15 May 2004 v Bangladesh
Last ODI	4 January 2014 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2001/02–2015/16	Barbados
2010	Yorkshire
2013–2014	St Lucia Zouks
2016	Hampshire
2016	St Kitts & Nevis Patriots
2017	Barbados Tridents
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 25 26 121 68 Runs scored 401 76 1,593 195 Batting average 12.53 9.50 12.06 10.83 100s/50s 0/1 0/0 0/2 0/0 Top score 95 24 95 24 Balls bowled 3,716 1,300 15,609 2,902 Wickets 57 34 330 88 Bowling average 40.19 34.02 29.37 29.00 5 wickets in innings 2 0 13 1 10 wickets in match 0 0 2 0 Best bowling 6/40 4/35 7/33 5/24 Catches/stumpings 6/– 4/– 42/– 15/–
Source: CricketArchive, 26 May 2016

Tino la Bertram Best (born 26 August 1981) is a former West Indian cricket player. He is known for his fast bowling. Tino played for his home team, Barbados, starting in 2002. He also played for the English club Yorkshire in 2010.

Tino Best made his first Test match appearance in May 2003. A year later, he played his first One Day International (ODI). In 2004, a back injury kept him from playing for almost a year. He later joined the Indian Cricket League in 2008.

A special moment in his career happened on 10 June 2012. He set a new record for the highest score by a number 11 batsman in a Test match. He scored 95 runs against England. This record was later broken by Ashton Agar in 2013. Tino also shared a huge 143-run partnership with Denesh Ramdin in that same match. This was one of the biggest partnerships for the last wicket in Test cricket history.

Starting His Cricket Journey

Tino Best began his professional cricket career on 25 January 2002. He played his first first-class cricket match for Barbados against Guyana. In that game, he took four wickets for 50 runs. Barbados won the match by 162 runs. By the end of his first season, Tino had taken 17 wickets in 5 matches.

Joining the International Team

When Tino Best was called up for the Test series against Australia, he was the top wicket-taker for Barbados. This was during the 2002/03 season. He made his Test debut in May 2003. He opened the bowling for the West Indies team.

After his first Test, Tino was not chosen for some international tours. Other fast bowlers like Fidel Edwards and Jerome Taylor started playing more. However, Tino kept improving in domestic cricket. He took 49 wickets in one season, which earned him a spot back on the West Indies team in March 2004. This was for a series against England.

Tino took his first international wickets in his second Test match. His first dismissal was the batsman Graham Thorpe. England won the series, but Tino was the West Indies' best wicket-taker. He took 12 wickets in four matches.

In 2004, the West Indies toured England. Tino played in a match at Lord's. During this game, he got a back injury. This injury was more serious than first thought. He could not play cricket again until March 2005. In June 2005, he took four quick wickets against Pakistan.

Playing for Different Teams

Even though Tino Best played well for Barbados, he didn't play international cricket much after May 2006. In February 2008, he signed with the Indian Cricket League (ICL). He played Twenty20 cricket for Mumbai Champs in the ICL.

In July 2009, there was a disagreement between the West Indies players and the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). Because of this, a less experienced team was chosen to play against Bangladesh. Tino Best was part of this team. He took two wickets in the series. The West Indies lost the series. All the players who played during this time, including Tino, were given special contracts by the WICB.

In April 2010, Tino signed a contract to play for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in England. He played well at first, and his contract was extended. However, his performance later dropped, and he was not chosen for the team as often. He took 18 wickets in nine matches for Yorkshire. In August 2010, his contract with the West Indies team was not renewed.

Tino played very well in the 2011/12 domestic season. He took 17 wickets. This led to him being called back to the international team in March 2012. He was chosen for the West Indies' ODI team to play Australia. Later, he joined the Test squad when the West Indies toured England.

In July 2014, Tino Best played for the Rest of the World team. This was in a special match at Lord's to celebrate 200 years of the ground.