Kirk Edwards
Kirk Anton Edwards (born 3 November 1984) is a West Indian cricket player. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium bowler. He has played for West-Indies and Barbados.
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| Full name | Kirk Anton Edwards | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 November 1984 Barbados | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-hand batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Only Test (cap 291) | 6 July 2011 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 158) | 11 July 2011 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 22 August 2014 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2015 | Barbados | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Combined Campuses and Colleges | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Jamaica | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Domestic career
In May 2018, he was selected to play for the Windward Islands national cricket team in the Professional Cricket League draft, ahead of the 2018–19 season.[1][2] In October 2019, he was named as the captain of the Windward Islands for the 2019–20 Regional Super50 tournament.[3]
International career
Edwards made his Test debut for the West Indies against India at Windsor Park in Dominica in July 2011. He scored 110 runs in the second innings making him the first person to score a Test century at Windsor Park and the 13th West Indies cricketer to score a century on Test debut.[4][5] In 2008, Edwards coached at Phoenix Cricket Club in Ireland. Edwards played his club cricket in Barbados for Maple Cricket Club, where he led the team in the Twenty20 Club Champions League 2009 tournament in Trinidad.[6] In 2010, Edwards moved to Wanderers Cricket Club.[7]
References
- "Odean Smith picked by T&T; no takers for Roshon Primus". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- "Professional Cricket League squad picks". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- "Windwards name squad for Super50s". Stabroke News. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
- "Edwards wants to be an important part of West Indies cricket". Hindustan Times. Indo-Asian News Service. 10 July 2011. Archived from the original on 12 July 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
- "Statistics / Statsguru / Test matches / Batting records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
- Holder, Keith (4 May 2009). "Five Barbados players in Maple squad for WIPA Twenty20 Club champions tournament in Trinidad – Edwards named captain". Barbados Cricket Association. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
- Hackett, Phillip (6 October 2010). "Edwards leads way for Wanderers". The Nation. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2011.