Devendra Bishoo

Devendra Bishoo
Personal information
Full name Devendra Bishoo
Born 6 November 1985 (1985-11-06) (age 26)
New Amsterdam, Guyana
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Right arm leg break
Role Bowler
International information
National side West Indies
Test debut (cap 289) 12 May 2011 v Pakistan
Last Test 22 November 2011 v India
ODI debut (cap 157) 17 March 2011 v England
Last ODI 15 October 2011 v Bangladesh
Domestic team information
Years Team
2007–present Guyana
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 10 13 31 23
Runs scored 118 10 416 39
Batting average 10.72 2.00 10.14 4.87
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 26 6* 39 10*
Balls bowled 2,728 666 7,502 1,146
Wickets 39 20 125 45
Bowling average 36.23 23.80 30.09 17.60
5 wickets in innings 1 0 6 1
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 1 n/a
Best bowling 5/90 3/34 6/64 6/36
Catches/stumpings 7/– 2/– 20/– 5/–
Source: CricketArchive, 28 November 2011

Devendra Bishoo (born November 6, 1985, New Amsterdam, Berbice, Guyana)[1] is a Guyanese and West Indian cricketer of East Indian origin. He is a leg-spinner who made his international debut playing for the West Indies cricket team in the Cricket World Cup 2011.[2]

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Domestic

Earlier he had played 20 first-class matches and was the player of the tournament in the 2010 Caribbean Twenty20 tournament.

International

Bishoo was a replacement for the injured Dwayne Bravo[2] at the World Cup in Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka from 19 February to 2 April 2011. He made his international debut against England at Chennai on 17 March, taking 3/34 in his 10 overs.[1] Bishoo adapted his bowling to the slow pitches of the Indian subcontinent, reducing the pace of his stock delivery and introducing variations of speed.[3]

Bishoo played his first Twenty20 International match against Pakistan at St.Lucia. He put in a match-winning performance of 4/17 in 4 overs taking the Man of the Match award as West Indies won by 7 runs.

References

  1. ^ a b Profile espncricinfo Retrieved 20 March 2011
  2. ^ a b http://www.cricketworld.com/bishoo-named-as-world-cup-replacement-for-bravo/27026.htm
  3. ^ Veera, Sriram (19 June 2011), Kohli and Bishoo pursue greatness, ESPNcricinfo, http://www.espncricinfo.com/west-indies-v-india-2011/content/current/story/519605.html, retrieved 2011-06-20 

External links

West Indies Squad – 2011 Cricket World Cup
Adrian Barath, Carlton Baugh and Dwayne Bravo were replaced due to injury by Kirk Edwards, Devon Thomas and Devendra Bishoo respectively.
Guyana squad – Current Squad