Leon Romero
{{Short description|American cricketer}}
{{EngvarB|date=August 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Leon Romero
| country = United States
| fullname = Leon Constantine Romero
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|12|29|df=yes}}
| birth_place = New York, USA
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm medium
| role = Batsman
| international = true
| odidebutdate = 10 September
| odidebutyear = 2004
| odidebutagainst = New Zealand
| odicap = 9
| lastodidate = 13 September
| lastodiyear = 2004
| lastodiagainst = Australia
| columns = 3
| column1 = ODI
| matches1 = 2
| runs1 = 1
| bat avg1 = 0.50
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 1
| deliveries1 = 24
| wickets1 = 1
| bowl avg1 = 52.00
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 1/52
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/0
| column2 = FC
| matches2 = 10
| runs2 = 275
| bat avg2 = 18.33
| 100s/50s2 = 0/0
| top score2 = 48
| deliveries2 = 18
| wickets2 = 0
| bowl avg2 = –
| fivefor2 = –
| tenfor2 = –
| best bowling2 = –
| catches/stumpings2 = 15/0
| column3 = LA
| matches3 = 8
| runs3 = 187
| bat avg3 = 23.37
| 100s/50s3 = 0/1
| top score3 = 57
| deliveries3 = 28
| wickets3 = 1
| bowl avg3 = 57.00
| fivefor3 = 0
| tenfor3 = 0
| best bowling3 = 1/52
| catches/stumpings3 = 5/1
| date = 18 October
| year = 2008
| source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/10/10371/10371.html CricketArchive
}}
Leon Constantine Romero (born 29 December 1974) is an American cricketer.[http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/usa/content/player/25862.html Leon Romero] at Cricinfo A right-handed batsman, right-arm medium pace bowler and occasional wicket-keeper,[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/10/10371/10371.html Leon Romero] at CricketArchive he played two One Day Internationals (ODIs) for the United States national cricket team in the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy,[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/10/10371/One-Day_International_Matches.html ODIs played by Leon Romero] at CricketArchive having previously played first-class and List A cricket for Trinidad and Tobago.
Biography
=Trinidad and Tobago career=
Born in New York in 1974, Leon Romero first played cricket in Trinidad and Tobago. He played for the Trinidad and Tobago under-19 team in 1994, and played several matches for North and East Trinidad against South and Central Trinidad between 1996 and 2000.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/10/10371/Other_matches.html Other matches played by Leon Romero] at CricketArchive
He made his first-class debut in January 1999, playing in the Busta Cup against Guyana. He played further matches against the Windward Islands, Jamaica and Barbados that season, and played a match against India A later in the year.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/10/10371/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Leon Romero] at CricketArchive
He played twice in the 2000 Busta Cup, against the Leeward Islands and the Windward Islands and made his List A debut later in the year, playing in the Red Stripe Bowl against Barbados, Jamaica and Canada.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/10/10371/List_A_Matches.html List A matches played by Leon Romero] at CricketArchive He played against Guyana and West Indies B in the 2001 Busta Cup, before his career in Trinidad finished in 2002 with a match for North Trinidad against South Trinidad.
=International career=
Romero first played for the US in 2004.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/10/10371/all_teams.html Teams played for by Leon Romero] at CricketArchive His first match for them, and his final first-class match, was an ICC Intercontinental Cup match against Canada in Fort Lauderdale. He made his ODI debut later in the year, playing against New Zealand and Australia in the ICC Champions Trophy in England. He took the wicket of Hamish Marshall in the New Zealand match,[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/80/80591.html Scorecard] of New Zealand v USA, 10 September 2004 at CricketArchive his only wicket in first-class or List A cricket.
He last played for the US in the 2005 ICC Trophy in Ireland. After warm-up matches against the Northern Cricket Union President's XI and Namibia, he played three matches in the tournament proper against Denmark, Bermuda and Oman.
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Category:Cricketers from New York City
Category:United States One Day International cricketers
Category:21st-century American sportsmen
Category:Trinidad and Tobago cricketers
Category:American emigrants to Trinidad and Tobago
Category:American sportspeople of Trinidad and Tobago descent