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Lendl Simmons

Personal information
Full name	Lendl Mark Platter Simmons
Born	(1985-01-25) 25 January 1985 (age 39) Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right arm medium-fast
Relations	PV Simmons (uncle)
International information
National side	West Indies
Test debut (cap 273)	6 March 2009 v England
Last Test	25 October 2011 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 132)	7 December 2006 v Pakistan
Last ODI	21 February 2015 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2001–	Trinidad and Tobago
2012–	Chittagong Kings
2013–	Guyana Amazon Warriors
2014–	Mumbai Indians
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODI FC LA Matches 8 48 88 110 Runs scored 278 1,385 4,848 2,995 Batting average 17.37 30.47 33.43 29.95 100s/50s 0/0 1/12 10/22 4/19 Top score 49 122 282 122 Balls bowled 192 90 1,032 324 Wickets 1 1 17 4 Bowling average 147.00 82.00 32.64 76.50 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a Best bowling 1/60 1/3 3/6 1/3 Catches/stumpings 5/– 21/– 92/4 54/2
Source: cricinfo, 24 July 2013

Lendl Mark Platter Simmons (born 25 January 1985) is a West Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman, an occasional right-arm medium pace bowler and a part-time wicket-keeper.

A prominent junior cricketer, he played in both the 2002 Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand and the 2004 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Bangladesh for the West Indies U-19s. Two years later he made his ODI debut against Pakistan at Faisalabad on 7 December 2006.

Simmons is capable of large scores; with three first class double-centuries to his name, but at the same time he has been prone to inconsistency. His career best of 282, in a first-class match for West Indies A against a touring England XI in January 2009, heralded his Test debut in the final Test of that tour. Simmons scored 24 and 8 as the West Indies secured a series-clinching draw at the Queen's Park Oval, Trinidad.^[1] Simmons was retained for the following West Indian tour of England, but has played no further Tests.

In April 2014 it was announced that Simmons had been signed by Indian Premier League side Mumbai Indians, replacing Jalaj Saxena. This had the aim of improving the team's fortunes, after they had gone without a win in any of their 4 matches prior to his signing. On 22nd May 2014, Simmons scored his maiden IPL century helping his team post a 7 wickets win over Kings XI Punjab. ^[2]

In August 2014, Simmons was travelling in the USA between games for Guyana Amazon Warriors in the Caribbean Premier League when his bat attracted the attention of US customs officials, who apparently believed that it was being used to smuggle illegal drugs. As a consequence, they drilled several holes into the bat. ^[3]

His uncle is former West Indian Test cricketer Phil Simmons.^[4]

Simmons was selected for Mumbai Indians for play 2014 IPL and 2015 IPL seasons. He opened the batting with Indian Parthiv Patel during the 2015 season due to injury of Aaron Finch, where they became the best opening pair of the IPL 8 with an average over 50. Simmons played a major role in the team guided to the IPL 8 win by Mumbai Indians. It was their second title in IPL. ^[5][6]

Lendl Simmons' One Day International Centuries
#	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year	Result
1	102	62	Ireland	Nelson, New Zealand	Saxton Oval	2015	Lost

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