McPherson Meade

McPherson Meade (born 16 February 1979) is a West Indian cricketer. Meade is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He also plays football for the Montserrat football team as a goalkeeper. He was born on Montserrat.

Meade appeared at Under-19 level for the Leeward Islands in 1997 and 1998, making a total of eight appearances for the team.[1] Starting in 2004, Meade played club cricket in England for Chingford Cricket Club.[1] In 2006, Montserrat were invited to take part in the 2006 Stanford 20/20, whose matches held official Twenty20 status. Meade made his Twenty20 debut for Montserrat in their first-round match against Guyana,[2] with their first-class opponents winning the match by 8 wickets. Meade scored 21 runs opening the batting, before he was dismissed by Mahendra Nagamootoo.[3]

Meade continued to play club cricket in England for Chingford, who had by 2007 been promoted to the Essex Premier League.[4] In January 2008, Montserrat were invited to part in the 2008 Stanford 20/20, where Meade made two further Twenty20 appearances, in a preliminary round match against the Turks and Caicos Islands and in a first round match against Nevis.[2] Against the Turks and Caicos Islands, he took the wickets of Henry Saunders and Chabbie Charlery, finishing with figures of 2/10 from four overs. He wasn't required to bat in Montserrat's nine wicket victory.[5] Against Nevis, he took the wickets of Runako Morton and Joel Simmonds to finish with figures of 2/22 from four overs. In Montserrat's unsuccessful chase, he was dismissed for 9 runs by Tonito Willett.[6] Later in 2008, he played for Chingford in the Essex Premier League, making seven appearances during the season.[4] He continues to play minor matches for Montserrat and is the current captain of the team.[7]