Trinidad & Tobago career

Born in New York in 1974, Leon Romero first played cricket in Trinidad and Tobago. He played for the Trinidad & Tobago Under-19 team in 1994, and played several matches for North and East Trinidad against South and Central Trinidad between 1996 and 2000.

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.

He played twice in the 2000 Busta Cup, against the Leeward Islands and the Windward Islands and made his List A debut later in the year, playing in the Red Stripe Bowl against Barbados, Jamaica and Canada. He played against Guyana and West Indies B in the 2001 Busta Cup, before his career in Trinidad finished in 2002 with a match for North Trinidad against South Trinidad.

International career

Romero first played for the USA 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 USA 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]