Johnson Charles

West Indies|Wicketkeeper Batter
Johnson Charles
INTL CAREER: 2011 - 2023
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Full Name

Johnson Charles

Born

January 14, 1989, St Lucia

Age

34y 76d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Fielding Position

Wicketkeeper

Playing Role

Wicketkeeper Batter

A muscular opener with a penchant for swatting the ball square either side of the wicket, much like Dwayne Smith, Johnson Charles was part of West Indies' T20 World Cup winning teams in 2012 and 2016. While Smith's second skill is seam bowling, Charles' is wicketkeeping. With Denesh Ramdin representing West Indies in all three formats, and Andre Fletcher also in the limited-overs mix, West Indies have used Charles' second skill sparingly.

Charles' power-hitting came to the fore when he muscled 52 off 36 balls against India, setting up West Indies' win over India in the World T20 semi-final in Mumbai in 2016. After the tournament-winning victory, St Lucia Prime Minister Kenny Anthony announced that Charles would have a grandstand named after him at Beausejour Stadium, now Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium.

Charles also showed sparks of brilliance during his 84 against England in Pallekele in 2012, and 57 against Australia in Brisbane in 2013. Charles' knock helped West Indies secure their first win over Australia in any format for 16 years. Charles hit a century as well in the fifth ODI on that Australian tour, having elbowed way into the West Indies ODI team in 2012 with a string of startling displays for the Windward Islands in the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament.

He, however, has failed to crack the consistency code. He played for Antigua Hawksbills in the inaugural CPL in 2013, before moving to St Lucia Zouks.

Career Averages
Batting & Fielding
FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
ODI48480128313026.72153183.802414035211
T20I4140097111824.27742130.861410344142
FC35656122715120.79--13--610
List A1041040247317723.77--38--443
T202242199560711826.704289130.72332533261825
Bowling
FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
ODI4815120---14.40-000
T20I41------------
FC35924016752/142/1433.404.1748.0000
List A104613116531/221/2255.007.5543.6000
T202245436951/51/513.809.628.6000
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Johnson Charles shapes to loft the ball over the off side
Johnson Charles slammed a 39-ball century
Johnson Charles had much to celebrate about
Johnson Charles and Kyle Mayers run between the wickets
Johnson Charles tees off in the powerplay
Johnson Charles' 14-ball 28 kept the momentum flowing