Shane Dowrich

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Shane Dowrich
Personal information
Full name
Shane Omari Dowrich
Born (1991-10-30) 30 October 1991 (age 31)
Barbados
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
International information
National side
Test debut(cap  303)3 June 2015 v  Australia
Last Test3 December 2020 v  New Zealand
Only ODI(cap  191)7 May 2019 v  Bangladesh
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches35111841
Runs scored1,57065,027497
Batting average 29.076.0033.2916.56
100s/50s3/90/07/300/0
Top score125* 6131* 48
Catches/stumpings 85/50/0293/2522/8
Source: Cricinfo, 16 March 2023

Shane Omari Dowrich (born 30 October 1991) is a Barbadian international cricketer who plays as a wicket-keeper. He has featured for the West Indies, Barbados along with CPL teams St Kitts and Nevis Patriots and Barbados Tridents in his cricketing career. [1] Dowrich is also the current captain of the Barbados' first class side. [2]

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Early career

A Combermere School student who came through the YMPC Cricket Club, [3] Dowrich represented the West Indies at the 2010 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, [4] making his first-class debut for Barbados at the age of 18 on his return, [5] and was awarded the Lord Gavron Award for promising young cricketers in Barbados alongside Roston Chase at the end of the year. [6] As part of this award, Dowrich spent the 2012 English season playing for Sefton Park [7] in the Liverpool and District Cricket Competition, scoring two centuries as he totaled 733 league runs at an average of 52.35 [8] despite returning to the Caribbean mid-season to play for West Indies A.

International career

In May 2015 he was named in the 14-man Test squad to face Australia. [9] He made an impressive start on his Test debut against Australia at Windsor Park, Roseau, Dominica. [10] After conceding a lead of 170 in the first innings, West Indies were struggling at 3/37. He and Marlon Samuels added 144 runs for the fourth wicket before a collapse led West Indies to 216 all out and handed victory to Australia.

On 1 November 2017 Dowrich scored his maiden test century in the second test against Zimbabwe at the Queen's Sports Club, Bulawayo. [11] On 7 June 2018 he notched 125 not out in the first test against Sri Lanka at the Queens Park Oval in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. [12] In October 2018, Cricket West Indies (CWI) awarded him a red-ball contract for the 2018–19 season. [13] [14]

On 25 January 2019 Dowrich scored 116 not out in the first test against England at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados. With this knock he put on a 295 run partnership with Jason Holder, with the twosome notching the highest unbeaten partnership and the third highest seventh wicket partnership in the history of test match cricket. [15] In April 2019, he was named in the West Indies' One Day International (ODI) squad for the 2019 Ireland Tri-Nation Series. [16] He made his ODI debut for the West Indies, in the second match of the tri-series, against Bangladesh on 7 May 2019. [17]

In May 2019, Cricket West Indies (CWI) named him as one of ten reserve players in the West Indies' squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. [18] [19] In June 2020, Dorwich was named in the West Indies' Test squad, for their series against England. [20] The Test series was originally scheduled to start in May 2020, but was moved back to July 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [21]

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