Chadwick Walton

Chadwick Walton
Personal information
Full name
Chadwick Antonio Kirkpatrick Walton
Born (1985-07-03) 3 July 1985 (age 39)
Kingston, Jamaica
NicknameRope
BattingRight-handed
RoleTop-order batter
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 280)9 July 2009 v Bangladesh
Last Test17 July 2009 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 153)23 September 2009 v Pakistan
Last ODI26 December 2017 v New Zealand
T20I debut (cap 60)11 January 2014 v New Zealand
Last T20I5 August 2018 v Bangladesh
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2007/08–2015/16Combined Campuses and Colleges
2010/11–2018/19Jamaica
2013–2016Jamaica Tallawahs
2017–2018Guyana Amazon Warriors (squad no. 59)
2017Khulna Titans
2018–2019Islamabad United (squad no. 59)
2019–presentJamaica Tallawahs
2019/20, 2022Chattogram Challengers
2020–presentKarachi Kings
2020Galle Gladiators
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA T20
Matches 2 87 90 175
Runs scored 13 3,879 1,978 3,300
Batting average 3.25 27.51 25.68 22.29
100s/50s 0/0 5/22 4/7 0/13
Top score 10 125 169 99*
Balls bowled 162
Wickets 4
Bowling average 21.25
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 2/10
Catches/stumpings 10/– 223/25 110/10 96/16
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 8 October 2021

Chadwick Antonio Kirkpatrick Walton (born 3 July 1985) is a West Indies cricketer from Jamaica. Nicknamed Rope, Walton is a right-hand batsman and wicket keeper who played a series of first class cricket matches for Combined Campuses and Colleges and University of West Indies Vice-Chancellor's XI before being chosen for the West Indies Test side. He played his first match against Bangladesh on 9 July 2009.[1] During his first Test series, he equalled Ridley Jacobs's record of five dismissals in an innings. Walton was picked by Karachi Kings for Season 5 of Pakistan Super League.[2]

Despite being tidy behind the stumps, Walton's batting has been a serious concern. He has made 2 ducks in 2 One Day International innings and has only managed 10 runs in 4 Test innings.[3]

Following the West Indies A-team tour of India, Walton was named in the 15-member Test squad for the upcoming West Indies' tour of India 4 October 2013.[4] He made his return to international cricket after Marlon Samuels was ruled out of the limited-overs series in New Zealand due to a chronic wrist injury.[5] He was unable to capitalize in the course of the series in which he managed only 17 runs in the three matches that he played. Known regionally as a powerful striker, his T20I debut was also fruitless where he managed 9 runs in the two T20Is played at Eden Park and Wellington Regional Stadium (commercially known as Westpac Stadium).

In February 2017, he scored his first century in List A cricket, when he made 117 in the semi-final of the 2016–17 Regional Super50 tournament.[6] He followed this up with his second List A century less than two weeks later, against the touring England team.[7] In the 2017 CPL Draft, he was selected by the Guyana Amazon Warriors with a $110,000 contract.[8]

On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Vancouver Knights in the players' draft for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament.[9][10] Later the same month, he was named the Best Regional T20 Cricketer of the Year at the annual Cricket West Indies' Awards.[11]

In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Vancouver Knights franchise team in the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament.[12] In July 2020, he was named in the Jamaica Tallawahs squad for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League.[13][14]

  1. ^ "West Indies name replacement squad". ESPNcricinfo. 8 July 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2009.
  2. ^ "Chadwick Walton Cricketer Profile on CricKnock.com". CricKnock. Archived from the original on 28 January 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Player Profile: Chadwick Walton". ESPNcricinfo. July 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2009.
  4. ^ "Kirk Edwards, Walton in Test squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  5. ^ "Samuels returns home from NZ with wrist injury". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  6. ^ "Jamaica smash 434 to surge into final". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Stokes brought down to earth but England's batting fires". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  8. ^ "Nabi, Rashid get taken in 2017 CPL draft". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  9. ^ "Global T20 Canada: Complete Squads". SportsKeeda. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  10. ^ "Global T20 Canada League – Full Squads announced". CricTracker. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  11. ^ "Shai Hope, Stafanie Taylor clean up at CWI Awards". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  12. ^ "Global T20 draft streamed live". Canada Cricket Online. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  13. ^ "Nabi, Lamichhane, Dunk earn big in CPL 2020 draft". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  14. ^ "Teams Selected for Hero CPL 2020". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 6 July 2020.