Full Name

Akeal Jerome Hosein

Born

April 25, 1993, Port-of-Spain

Age

32y 172d

Batting Style

Left hand Bat

Bowling Style

Slow Left arm Orthodox

Playing Role

Bowler

Education

Success Laventille Composite School

A left-arm fingerspinner known for his relentless accuracy, Hosein is thrifty while also retaining the ability to take wickets - which makes him a valuable T20 asset, especially in the powerplay. He played a vital role in Trinbago Knight Riders' CPL win in 2020, taking ten wickets at an economy of 5.5 from seven matches. A few months later, at 27, he got his break in international cricket when several senior West Indies players opted out of a tour of Bangladesh due to Covid-19 concerns. Hosein took three wickets on ODI debut.

He started the 2021 T20 World Cup in the UAE as a net bowler but was drafted into the main squad as an injury replacement. At the 2024 T20 World Cup in the Caribbean, he took nine wickets at an economy of 5.6. Earlier that the year he had been part of MI Emirates' winning side in the ILT20, taking 12 wickets in ten matches.

Hosein possesses a knuckleball as well as a swinging arm ball, but he tends to rely on subtle variations in speed and length to trick batters. He is also a handy lower-order batter and memorably hit 44 not out off 16 balls from No. 11 in a T20I West Indies lost by a run to England in Bridgetown in January 2022. A few months later in an ODI in Multan, he smashed 60 off 37 balls (with six sixes) from No. 7.

Hosein represented West Indies Under-19 in the 2012 World Cup and less than a year later made his first-class debut for Trinidad, taking 11 wickets in his third match and scoring an unbeaten century in the next. But then the opportunities dried up - before his 22nd birthday, he had played 13 first-class matches; in the next five years he would play only two. The tide turned after a strong 2019-20 first-class season in which he was T&T's highest wicket-taker, with 36 at an average of 20.6, although nearly all his success came in limited-overs cricket thereafter.

Akeal Hosein Career Stats

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
ODIs383820901687574/394/3929.594.8436.6100
T20Is817716882023765/115/1126.617.1922.2210
FC244141931838666/3311/6727.842.6363.5331
List A8989463733851225/265/2627.744.3738.0410
T20s247233491457842305/115/1125.147.0621.3510

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
ODIs382892666014.0036473.07011410160
T20Is81341529044*15.26259111.96001815180
FC24404644102*17.88--12--230
List A8953136026015.0578776.49013319340
T20s24712050109355*15.61965113.26016154470

Akeal Hosein T20 Stats

Bowling

TournamentTeamsMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
CPL2 teams89801658183572 4/13 4/1325.486.6423.0100
Men's 1002 teams121222532015 3/23 3/2321.338.5315.0000
Major League Cricket2 teams161526430519 3/15 3/1516.056.9313.8000
PSL2 teams141433044618 4/23 4/2324.778.1018.3100
ILT202 teams292959970921 4/23 4/2333.767.1028.5100
BBL2 teams151534839419 3/15 3/1520.736.7918.3000
IPLSRH1124401 1/40 1/4040.0010.0024.0000
CLT20BR3360713 2/25 2/2523.667.1020.0000

Batting & Fielding

TournamentTeamsMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
CPL2 teams89452036844*14.72331111.17002117160
Men's 1002 teams1231653.001154.54000000
Major League Cricket2 teams166211955*29.7582145.12019620
PSL2 teams141141283118.28107119.62006740
ILT202 teams291981443013.0917582.28004650
BBL2 teams151031003014.2884119.04004530
IPLSRH1111616*-10160.00001100
CLT20BR32018129.0014128.57002100
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Akeal Hosein and Rohit Paudel pose with the series trophy
Akeal Hosein brings out the bat-drop celebration after the win
Akeal Hosein got two wickets
Akeal Hosein dented Guyana Amazon Warriors from the start
Akeal Hosein struck early
Jason Holder gets a big hug from Akeal Hosein after completing a catch