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Philip Verant Simmons (born 18 April 1963) is the coach of the West Indies cricket team and a former all-round cricketer who played as an opening batsman, a medium-fast bowler and a slip fielder. ==Career== Simmons' first home was in Arima, Trinidad, a few miles outside Port of Spain. He lived just two doors down from Larry Gomes, a former West Indian batsman. He proved to be adept at a number of sports, but excelled at cricket and was soon playing for the regional side East Zone. He made the leap to represent Trinidad and Tobago in 1983 with the help and encouragement of Rohan Kanhai, the coach at East Zone. He played cricket for a number of First-class sides in the West Indies and England as well as international cricket for the West Indian cricket team. He was voted a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1997. In his career in First-class cricket, he averaged 35.61 with the bat and 28.68 with the ball. During the 1996 season with Leicestershire, he accumulated 1244 runs and took 56 wickets and 35 catches, helping his side to win the County Championship that year for only the second time in their history. However, like many cricketers before him, he found the transition to Test level difficult, although he proved more adept to at the international one day game. His international career didn't get off to the most auspicious start. In March of 2015, The West Indies Cricket Board announced his appointment to the role of West Indies Head Coach on a three-year contract 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Phil Simmons」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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