Shai Hope

West Indies|Wicketkeeper Batter
Shai Hope
INTL CAREER: 2015 - 2023
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Full Name

Shai Diego Hope

Born

November 10, 1993, Barbados

Age

29y 135d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Fielding Position

Wicketkeeper

Playing Role

Wicketkeeper Batter

Education

Queens College & St. Bede’s School

RELATIONS

KA Hope

(brother)

Shai Hope made his Test debut as a 21-year-old, having played just 14 first-class matches at the time. But few in the Caribbean doubted his talent as a batsman. Clive Lloyd gave him his West Indies cap, and coach Stuart Law insisted that he only needed one innings to get going. The world eventually got to know why the boy from Barbados was rated so highly when he became the first player, in 534 first-class matches, to score a hundred in each innings at Headingley.

Hope was 23 at the time, the youngest member of the XI, leading West Indies to victory with scores of 147 and 118 not out. They had been faced with a target of 322 - not since Bradman's Invincibles rocketed to 404 for 3 in 1948 had a team chased that many on Yorkshire's storied turf, and won. Adding to the occasion was the fact West Indies had been dismantled only a week ago, England beating them by an innings and 209 runs to ensure their fans could savour the advent of day-night Test cricket in the country.

Hope made his first-class debut in 2012-13, but propelled himself into consideration for the West Indies team after a superb season in 2014-15, when he scored 628 runs in nine matches - he was the fourth-highest run-getter in the tournament. He racked up 538 runs at 67.25 in 2015-16 - the highest average among the top-10 - and secured his maiden first-class double-hundred at his homeground, Kensington Oval, in March 2017
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Career Averages
Batting & Fielding
FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Test38723172614725.01412441.85251996531
ODI10610112445217050.02591075.3214213666911112
T20I191703045517.88251121.1102321091
FC6711983832215*34.52862944.4091341420781
List A14113512597617048.58789775.67173348410115619
T2073703152191*22.701249121.770612063328
Bowling
FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Test38------------
ODI106------------
T20I19------------
FC6711250---2.50-000
List A141------------
T2073------------
Shai Diego Hope
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Rassie van der Dussen was struck flush on the lower jaw by a stray throw
Shai Hope flips the coin, with Mashrafe Mortaza alongside him
Tamim Iqbal and Shai Hope put on 184 runs for the second wicket
Shai Hope and Imrul Kayes at the toss
Shai Hope helped Guyana Amazon Warriors ace the 195-run chase with four balls to spare
Shai Hope swivels into a pull