Kirk Edwards

Kirk Edwards
Personal information
Full name Kirk Anton Edwards
Born (1984-11-03) 3 November 1984
Barbados
Batting style Right-hand batsman
Bowling style Right-arm off break
Role Batsman
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 291) 6 July 2011 v India
ODI debut (cap 158) 11 July 2011 v India
Last ODI 11 June 2011 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2005/06–present Barbados
2008/09 Combined Campuses and Colleges
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODI FC LA
Matches 9 11 49 50
Runs scored 665 153 3,120 1,101
Batting average 39.11 33.33 37.59 26.21
100s/50s 2/4 1/0 6/19 1/4
Top score 121 123* 171 147
Balls bowled 24 – 24 –
Wickets 0 – 0 –
Bowling average – – – –
5 wickets in innings – – – –
10 wickets in match – – – –
Best bowling – – – –
Catches/stumpings 7/0 0/0 31/– 14/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 11 April 2013

Kirk Anton Edwards (born 3 November 1984) is a West Indian cricket player. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium bowler. He has played for West-Indies and Barbados.

International career

Edwards made his Test debut for the West Indies against India at Windsor Park in Dominica in July 2011. He scored 110 runs in the second innings making him the first person to score a Test century at Windsor Park and the 13th West Indies cricketer to score a century on Test debut.[1][2]In 2008, Edwards coached at Phoenix Cricket Club in Ireland. Edwards played his club cricket in Barbados for Maple Cricket Club, where he led the team in the Twenty20 Club Champions League 2009 tournament in Trinidad.[3] In 2010, Edwards moved to Wanderers Cricket Club.[4]

International Centuries

One Day International centuries

One Day International Centuries of Kirk Edwards
# Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year Result
1 110 1  India Dominican Republic Roseau, Dominica Windsor Park 2011 Drawn
2 121 3  Bangladesh Bangladesh Mirpur, Bangladesh Shere Bangla Stadium 2011 Won

International Awards

Test Cricket

Man of the Match awards

S No Series Season Match Performance Result
1 2nd Test - West Indies in Bangladesh Test Series 2011/12 1st Innings: 121 (273 balls, 14x4, 2x6) ; 1 ct.
2nd Innings: 86 (204 balls, 7x4, 1x6) ; 1 ct.		  West Indies won by 229 runs.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Edwards wants to be an important part of West Indies cricket". Hindustan Times. Indo-Asian News Service. 10 July 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
  2. ↑ "Statistics / Statsguru / Test matches / Batting records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
  3. ↑ Holder, Keith (4 May 2009). "Five Barbados players in Maple squad for WIPA Twenty20 Club champions tournament in Trinidad – Edwards named captain". Barbados Cricket Association. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  4. ↑ Hackett, Phillip (6 October 2010). "Edwards leads way for Wanderers". The Nation. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  5. ↑ "West Indies in Bangladesh Test Series, 2011 - 2nd Test".

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