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| Full name | Leon Constantine Romero | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 December 1974 New York, USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut(cap 9) | 10 September 2004 v New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 13 September 2004 v Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Leon Constantine Romero (born 29 December 1974) is an American cricketer. [1] A right-handed batsman, right-arm medium pace bowler and occasional wicket-keeper, [2] he played two One Day Internationals (ODIs) for the United States national cricket team in the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy, [3] having previously played first-class and List A cricket for Trinidad and Tobago. [2]
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. [4]
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. [5]
He played twice in the 2000 Busta Cup, against the Leeward Islands and the Windward Islands [5] and made his List A debut later in the year, playing in the Red Stripe Bowl against Barbados, Jamaica and Canada. [6] He played against Guyana and West Indies B in the 2001 Busta Cup, [5] before his career in Trinidad finished in 2002 with a match for North Trinidad against South Trinidad. [4]
Romero first played for the US in 2004. [7] His first match for them, and his final first-class match, was an ICC Intercontinental Cup match against Canada in Fort Lauderdale. [5] He made his ODI debut later in the year, playing against New Zealand and Australia in the ICC Champions Trophy in England. [3] He took the wicket of Hamish Marshall in the New Zealand match, [8] his only wicket in first-class or List A cricket. [2]
He last played for the US in the 2005 ICC Trophy [7] in Ireland. After warm-up matches against the Northern Cricket Union President's XI and Namibia, [4] he played three matches in the tournament proper against Denmark, Bermuda and Oman. [6]