{{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.<ref>[http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/usa/content/player/25862.html Leon Romero] at Cricinfo</ref> A right-handed batsman, right-arm medium pace bowler and occasional wicket-keeper,<ref name="CAP">[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/10/10371/10371.html Leon Romero] at CricketArchive</ref> he played two One Day Internationals (ODIs) for the United States national cricket team in the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy,<ref name="ODIs">[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/10/10371/One-Day_International_Matches.html ODIs played by Leon Romero] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019051654/http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/10/10371/One-Day_International_Matches.html |date=19 October 2012 }} at CricketArchive</ref> having previously played first-class and List A cricket for Trinidad and Tobago.<ref name="CAP" />
==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.<ref name="OthM">[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/10/10371/Other_matches.html Other matches played by Leon Romero] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019051720/http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/10/10371/Other_matches.html |date=19 October 2012 }} at CricketArchive</ref>
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.<ref name="FCM">[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/10/10371/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Leon Romero] at CricketArchive</ref>
He played twice in the 2000 Busta Cup, against the Leeward Islands and the Windward Islands<ref name="FCM" /> and made his List A debut later in the year, playing in the Red Stripe Bowl against Barbados, Jamaica and Canada.<ref name="LAM">[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/10/10371/List_A_Matches.html List A matches played by Leon Romero] at CricketArchive</ref> He played against Guyana and West Indies B in the 2001 Busta Cup,<ref name="FCM" /> before his career in Trinidad finished in 2002 with a match for North Trinidad against South Trinidad.<ref name="OthM" />
===International career===
Romero first played for the US in 2004.<ref name="Teams">[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/10/10371/all_teams.html Teams played for by Leon Romero] at CricketArchive</ref> His first match for them, and his final first-class match, was an ICC Intercontinental Cup match against Canada in Fort Lauderdale.<ref name="FCM" /> He made his ODI debut later in the year, playing against New Zealand and Australia in the ICC Champions Trophy in England.<ref name="ODIs" /> He took the wicket of Hamish Marshall in the New Zealand match,<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/80/80591.html Scorecard] of New Zealand v USA, 10 September 2004 at CricketArchive</ref> his only wicket in first-class or List A cricket.<ref name="CAP" />
He last played for the US in the 2005 ICC Trophy<ref name="Teams" /> in Ireland. After warm-up matches against the Northern Cricket Union President's XI and Namibia,<ref name="OthM" /> he played three matches in the tournament proper against Denmark, Bermuda and Oman.<ref name="LAM" />
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