Akeal Hosein

Akeal Jerome Hosein (born 25 April 1993) is a Trinidadian cricketer who has played for Trinidad and Tobago in West Indian domestic cricket, as well as representing the Trinbago Knight Riders in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL).

Akeal Hosein
Personal information
Full nameAkeal Jerome Hosein
Born (1993-04-25) 25 April 1993
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 200)20 January 2021 v Bangladesh
Last ODI25 January 2021 v Bangladesh
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2013–2016Trinidad and Tobago
2014-2019Barbados Tridents
2020-presentTrinbago Knight Riders
Career statistics
Competition List A T20 FC
Matches 16 29 15
Runs scored 103 128 449
Batting average 12.87 14.22 19.52
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 1/1
Top score 28 22* 102*
Balls bowled 720 398 2101
Wickets 21 13 27
Bowling average 21.80 35.76 36.37
5 wickets in innings 0 0 2
10 wickets in match 0 0 1
Best bowling 4/8 2/18 6/33
Catches/stumpings 7/0 2/0 14/0
Source: Cricinfo, 25 January 2021

Career

Born in Port of Spain, Hosein represented the West Indies under-19s at the 2012 Under-19 World Cup in Australia.[1] His first-class debut for Trinidad and Tobago came during the 2012–13 Regional Four Day Competition, against Jamaica.[2] The following season, Hosein was man of the match in consecutive games, taking 6/33 and 5/34 against the Windward Islands and then scoring a maiden first-class century, 102 not out, against the Leewards.[3] He subsequently signed with the Barbados Tridents for the 2014 Caribbean Premier League, and has since made appearances for the team at the 2014 Champions League Twenty20 and the 2015 CPL tournaments.[4]

In November 2019, he was named in Trinidad and Tobago's squad for the 2019–20 Regional Super50 tournament.[5] In July 2020, he was named in the Trinbago Knight Riders squad for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League.[6][7]

In December 2020, Hosein was named in the West Indies' One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Bangladesh.[8] He made his ODI debut for the West Indies, against Bangladesh, on 20 January 2021.[9]

References
  1. Under-19 ODI matches played by Akeal Hosein – CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  2. First-class matches played by Akeal Hosein – CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  3. Matches in which Akeal Hosein won an award – CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  4. Twenty20 matches played by Akeal Hosein – CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  5. "Spinner Khan is T&T Red Force Super50 skipper". Trinidad and Tobago Guardian. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  6. "Nabi, Lamichhane, Dunk earn big in CPL 2020 draft". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  7. "Teams Selected for Hero CPL 2020". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  8. "Jason Holder, Kieron Pollard, Shimron Hetmyer among ten West Indies players to pull out of Bangladesh tour". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  9. "1st ODI (D/N), Dhaka, Jan 20 2021, ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Super League". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
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