Shai Hope

Shai Hope
Hope in 2019
Personal information
Full name
Shai Diego Hope
Born (1993-11-10) 10 November 1993 (age 31)
Saint Michael, Barbados
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeft-arm medium
RoleWicket-keeper-batter
RelationsKyle Hope (brother)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 302)1 May 2015 v England
Last Test21 November 2021 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 175)29 November 2016 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI3 December 2023 v England
ODI shirt no.4
T20I debut (cap 68)29 December 2017 v New Zealand
Last T20I13 August 2023 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2012–presentBarbados
2015–2021Barbados Tridents
2022–presentGuyana Amazon Warriors
2023Yorkshire
2024Khulna Tigers
2024Delhi Capitals
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 38 121 69 164
Runs scored 1726 5132 4019 6875
Batting average 25.01 51.32 35.25 49.1
100s/50s 2/5 17/25 9/15 19/39
Top score 147 170 215* 170
Catches/stumpings 53/1 125/13 84/2 180/20
Source: CricInfo, 7 January 2024

Shai Diego Hope (born 10 November 1993) is a Barbadian cricketer, who plays as a wicketkeeper/batsman for the West Indies cricket team.[1][2] He is also the current ODI captain of the Windies.[3][4] In June 2018, he was named the Men's Cricketer of the Year, Test Cricketer of the Year and the ODI Cricketer of the Year at the annual Cricket West Indies' Awards.[5] The following year, he was named the CWI ODI Player of the Year.[6] He is generally regarded as one of the best ODI batsmen in the contemporary cricketing world. Hope has also twice been named, for both 2020 and 2022, in the ICC ODI Team of the Year.[7][8][9]

  1. ^ "Shai Hope". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Shai Hope profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  3. ^ Ali, Azad (28 February 2023). "Hope, Powell honored to lead WI". www.caribbeanlife.com. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Shai Hope and Rovman Powell take charge as West Indies white-ball captains". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Shai Hope, Stafanie Taylor clean up at CWI Awards". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  6. ^ "Jason Holder, Deandra Dottin dominate CWI awards". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ "Babar Azam leads ICC Men's ODI Team of the Year 2022". icc-cricket.com. International Cricket Council. 24 January 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  9. ^ "Shai Hope and Alzarri Joseph named in ICC ODI Team of the Year". Cricket West Indies. 24 January 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2023.