12 Facts About Tino Best

Tino la Bertram Best was born on 26 August 1981 and is a former West Indian cricketer.

In 2008 Tino Best signed to play in the Indian Cricket League because he had not played international cricket since 2006.

Tino Best returned to the side when the West Indies fielded a side weakened by contract disputes between leading players and the West Indies Cricket Board but was dropped shortly after.

Tino Best made his debut in first-class cricket on 25 January 2002, playing for Barbados against Guyana in the Busta Cup.

The West Indies lost and Tino Best bowled twenty overs without taking a wicket.

Tino Best played in the Lord's Test and was stumped off Ashley Giles' bowling after some banter from Andrew Flintoff wound him up sufficiently to try to slog the ball into the windows at Lord's.

Tino Best was fined half his match fee in July 2005 for bowling three beamers during a Test against Sri Lanka.

Tino Best was dropped from the Test side after the July 2005 tour of Sri Lanka.

Tino Best appeared in the cricket movie Hit for Six playing a Barbados cricket player.

Tino Best played Twenty20 cricket for Mumbai Champs during his spell at ICL, he played Twenty20 that season for Barbados.

Tino Best signed a contract with Yorkshire County Cricket Club in April 2010 to represent them until the end of May After some good performances, his contract was extended, but his form tailed off and he was demoted from opening the bowling, before being dropped from the team at the end of July.

Tino Best was more successful in Yorkshire's one-day matches, taking ten wickets from five matches at an average of less than 20.