Obed McCoy

Obed McCoy

Personal information
Full name	Obed Christopher McCoy
Born	(1997-01-04) 4 January 1997 (age 28)
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Left-arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	West Indies (2018–present)
ODI debut (cap 187)	24 October 2018 v India
Last ODI	27 October 2018 v India
T20I debut (cap 79)	8 March 2019 v England
Last T20I	17 June 2024 v Afghanistan
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2017–present	Windward Islands
2017–2022	St Lucia Kings
2022–2023	Rajasthan Royals
2022	Sussex
2022–	Barbados Royals
2023	Fortune Barishal
2024	Paarl Royals
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 2 35 4 20 Runs scored 0 63 15 70 Batting average – 10.50 7.50 10.00 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 Top score 0* 23* 11* 14* Balls bowled 84 693 414 623 Wickets 4 49 6 19 Bowling average 27.25 19.91 46.33 31.26 5 wickets in innings 0 1 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 2/38 6/17 3/56 2/28 Catches/stumpings 0/– 4/– 3/– 6/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 18 June 2024

Obed Christopher McCoy (born 4 January 1997) is a Vincentian professional cricketer who plays for the West Indies cricket team internationally. He made his international debut for the West Indies in October 2018.[1]

Domestic and T20 career

He made his List A debut for the West Indies Under-19s in the 2016–17 Regional Super50 on 25 January 2017.[2] Prior to his List A debut, he was named in the West Indies squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup squads.[3]

He made his Twenty20 debut for St Lucia Stars in the 2017 Caribbean Premier League on 4 August 2017.[4] He made his first-class debut for the Windward Islands in the 2017–18 Regional Four Day Competition on 2 November 2017.[5]

In June 2018, he was named in the Cricket West Indies B Team squad for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament.[6] He was the leading wicket-taker in the tournament for the Cricket West Indies B Team, with eleven dismissals in seven matches.[7] In July 2020, he was named in the St Lucia Zouks squad for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League.[8][9]

In April 2021, he was signed by Multan Sultans to play in the rescheduled matches in the 2021 Pakistan Super League.[10] In February 2022, he was bought by the Rajasthan Royals in the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament.[11] In June 2022, in his first match for Sussex, McCoy took his first five-wicket haul in Twenty20 cricket, against Somerset in the 2022 T20 Blast in England.[12]

International career

In October 2018, he was named in the West Indies' One Day International (ODI) squad for series against India.[13] He made his ODI debut for the West Indies against India on 24 October 2018.[14] In March 2019, he was added to the West Indies' Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the series against England.[15] He made his T20I debut for the West Indies against England on 8 March 2019.[16]

In September 2021, McCoy was named in the West Indies' squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[17]

On 1 August 2022, McCoy recorded career best bowling figures of 6–17 against India.[18] These are the best bowling figures by a West Indies player in the T20I format. These are also the best bowling figures for any side against India in the T20I format.[19] Two matches later, on 6 August 2022, McCoy recorded the most expensive bowling figures for a West Indies player in the T20I format with figures of 2-66.[20]

References

1. "Obed McCoy". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
2. "West Indies Cricket Board Regional Super50, Group A: Windward Islands v West Indies Under-19s at North Sound, Jan 25, 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
3. "Hetmyer to lead West Indies at Under-19 World Cup". ESPNcricinfo. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
4. "1st Match (D/N), Caribbean Premier League at Gros Islet, Aug 4, 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
5. "5th Match, WICB Professional Cricket League Regional 4 Day Tournament at Gros Islet, Nov 2-5 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
6. "Windies B squad for Global T20 League in Canada". Cricket West Indies. Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
7. "Global T20 Canada 2018, Cricket West Indies B Team: Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
8. "Nabi, Lamichhane, Dunk earn big in CPL 2020 draft". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
9. "Teams Selected for Hero CPL 2020". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
10. "Lahore Qalandars bag Shakib Al Hasan, Quetta Gladiators sign Andre Russell". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
11. "IPL 2022 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
12. "Obed McCoy's dream debut". The Cricketer. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
13. "Pollard, Darren Bravo return to Windies T20I squad". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
14. "2nd ODI (D/N), West Indies tour of India at Visakhapatnam, Oct 24 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
15. "Obed McCoy to replace Andre Russell in Windies T20 squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
16. "2nd T20I (D/N), England tour of West Indies at Basseterre, Mar 8 2019". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
17. "T20 World Cup: Ravi Rampaul back in West Indies squad; Sunil Narine left out". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
18. "India vs West Indies, 2nd T20I Highlights: Obed McCoy takes six as West Indies beat India by five wickets, level series". The Times of India. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
19. "McCoy 6 for 17, King 68 help West Indies level series". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
20. "Avesh and Arshdeep dominate WI batters as India take unassailable 3-1 lead". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 August 2022.

External links

• Obed McCoy at ESPNcricinfo