Gareth West

Gareth Lawrence West (born 26 July 1976) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played 26 matches in total from 2000 to 2004.

Early life West was born in July 1976 at New Plymouth in Taranaki, New Zealand. West, along with his brother Regan West, had mixed Irish and New Zealand heritage, enabling Regan to represent Ireland in One Day and Twenty20 Internationals during his own career. He took 1/18 in the first innings, failing to take a wicket in the second, and was not called to bat at all. He went on to play five more matches during this first season, scoring only 21 runs at 4.20, but took 14 wickets at 29.07. He also played three one day matches, scoring 11 runs at 5.50, and taking six wickets at 22.83.

West went on to play only four more four-day matches across the 2002–03 season, enjoying another weak season with the bat: scoring only 35 runs, 31 of which in one innings which inflated his average to 17.50.