Full Name

Kirk Anton Edwards

Born

November 03, 1984, Barbados

Age

39y 137d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Offbreak

Playing Role

Batter

Kirk Edwards announced himself on the world stage in style, becoming only the 14th West Indian batsman to score a century on his Test debut, and in the process joining the likes of George Headley, Lawrence Rowe and Gordon Greenidge.

Born into a cricketing family, Kirk Edwards started playing the sport at a young age and raked in the runs at age-group-level cricket. After impressive performances as a top-order batsman for the Barbados Under-19 side, he was named vice-captain of West Indies Under-19s for the 2004 Youth World Cup. Two years later he made his first-class debut but had to wait till 2009 before hitting his maiden first-class hundred, against Windward Islands in Bridgetown. Edwards found a place in the West Indies A side that toured Bangladesh, Ireland and England in 2010, and made the opportunity count by scoring 147 in a 50-over match against England Lions at Northampton.

More runs for West Indies A, against Pakistan A on their tour of the West Indies, found him a place in West Indies' squad for their one-day series in Sri Lanka at the end of 2010 but the series was postponed due to unexpected rains in Sri Lanka. In February 2011, Edwards scored 171 against England Lions in Bridgetown in a first-class match, and a few days later was on a plane to India to replace an injured Adrian Barath in West Indies' 2011 World Cup squad. He played only one match during the tournament, but was included in the squad for the subsequent home one-day series against Pakistan and India. He made his Test debut in the final match of India's Test series in the West Indies in 2011, and his second-innings hundred has raised hopes that West Indies have found a quality middle-order batsman for Test cricket.

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Kirk Edwards Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests1732198612131.80205248.052811112150
ODIs16162331123*23.6449467.001023720
FC991718544719033.41--1033--580
List A87849186414724.85--37--260
T20s191922034511.9425579.600012670

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests17124190---4.75-000
ODIs16------------
FC99124190---4.75-000
List A87-000-----000
T20s19------------
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Photos of Kirk Edwards

Kirk Edwards brought up his fifty
West Indies players celebrate the fall of a wicket
Kirk Edwards gets under a catch during a training session
Kirk Edwards lost his off stump for 0
Kirk Edwards was bowled trying to sweep
Jason Holder braves the Ice Bucket Challenge