Kyle Hope

Kyle Antonio Hope (born 20 November 1988) is a Barbadian cricketer who has played for both Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago in West Indian domestic cricket, as well as the Combined Campuses and Colleges. He is a right-handed middle-order batsman.

Kyle Hope
Personal information
Full nameKyle Antonio Hope
Born (1988-11-20) 20 November 1988
Saint Michael Parish, Barbados
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RelationsSD Hope (brother)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 312)17 August 2017 v England
Last Test29 October 2017 v Zimbabwe
ODI debut (cap 179)30 June 2017 v India
Last ODI26 December 2017 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2010–2013Barbados
2011–2015Combined Campuses
2015–presentTrinidad and Tobago
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 3 5 37 28
Runs scored 41 133 1856 835
Batting average 6.83 33.25 29.46 32.11
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 2/10 1/3
Top score 25 46 105* 107
Balls bowled – – 12 –
Wickets – – – –
Bowling average – – – –
5 wickets in innings – – 0 0
10 wickets in match n/a n/a 0 0
Best bowling -/- -/- -/- -/-
Catches/stumpings 2/– 1/– 31/– 14/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 26 December 2017

Career

Hope was born in Saint Michael Parish, and attended Queen's College and The Lodge School.[1] He made his first-class debut for Barbados during the 2009–10 Regional Four Day Competition, and made semi-regular appearances over the following three seasons.[2] After a period of poor form, Hope was left without a team for the 2013–14 season, although the following year he appeared for the Combined Campuses in the 2014–15 Regional Super50.[3] He had earlier played for the team in the 2011 and 2012 Caribbean Twenty20 tournaments.[4] For the 2015–16 season, Hope switched to Trinidad and Tobago, returning to first-class cricket for the first time since February 2013.[2] His younger brother, Shai Hope, is also a professional cricketer, and has played international cricket for the West Indies.[5]

In June 2017, he was added to the West Indies One Day International (ODI) squad, ahead of the third match against India.[6] He made his ODI debut for the West Indies against India on 30 June 2017.[7] The following month, he was named in the West Indies squad for the Test series against England.[8] He made his Test debut in the first match of the series on 17 August 2017.[9]

In November 2019, he was named in Trinidad and Tobago's squad for the 2019–20 Regional Super50 tournament.[10] In June 2020, he was selected by Barbados, in the players' draft hosted by Cricket West Indies ahead of the 2020–21 domestic season.[11]

References
  1. West Indies / Players / Kyle Hope – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  2. First-class matches played by Kyle Hope – CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  3. List A matches played by Kyle Hope – CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  4. Twenty20 matches played by Kyle Hope – CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  5. West Indies / Players / Shai Hope – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  6. "Kyle Hope, Ambris earn maiden ODI call-ups". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  7. "India tour of West Indies, 3rd ODI: West Indies v India at North Sound, Jun 30, 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  8. "Roach returns, Reifer picked for England tour". ESPNcricinfo. 15 July 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  9. "1st Test (D/N), West Indies tour of England at Birmingham, Aug 17–21 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  10. "Spinner Khan is T&T Red Force Super50 skipper". Trinidad and Tobago Guardian. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  11. "Ashmead Nedd joins Leeward Hurricanes in 2020/2021 Professional Players Draft". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
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