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Akeal Hosein

Akeal Hosein
Personal information
Full name
Akeal Jerome Hosein
Born (1993-04-25) 25 April 1993 (age 31)
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 200)20 January 2021 v Bangladesh
Last ODI18 June 2023 v USA
T20I debut (cap 86)6 July 2021 v South Africa
Last T20I19 June 2024 v England
T20I shirt no.7
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2013–2016Trinidad and Tobago
2014–2019Barbados Tridents
2020–Trinbago Knight Riders
2022–Melbourne Renegades
2023Sunrisers Hyderabad
2023-Quetta Gladiators
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 38 55 24 89
Runs scored 266 192 1838 3385
Batting average 14.00 16.00 27.84 27.74
100s/50s 0/1 0/0 1/2 0/1
Top score 60 44* 102* 60
Balls bowled 2,090 1,116 4193 4637
Wickets 57 48 66 122
Bowling average 29.59 28.79 17.88 15.05
5 wickets in innings 0 1 3 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 1 0
Best bowling 4/39 5/11 6/33 5/26
Catches/stumpings 16/– 15/– 23/– 34/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 19 June 2024

Akeal Jerome Hosein (born 25 April 1993) is a Trinidadian cricketer who has played for Trinidad and Tobago in West Indian domestic cricket, as well as representing the Trinbago Knight Riders in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL).

Domestic and T20 career

Born in Port of Spain, Hosein represented the West Indies under-19s at the 2012 Under-19 World Cup in Australia.[1] His first-class debut for Trinidad and Tobago came during the 2012–13 Regional Four Day Competition, against Jamaica.[2] The following season, Hosein was man of the match in consecutive games, taking 6/33 and 5/34 against the Windward Islands and then scoring a maiden first-class century, 102 not out, against the Leewards.[3] He subsequently signed with the Barbados Tridents for the 2014 Caribbean Premier League, and has since made appearances for the team at the 2014 Champions League Twenty20 and the 2015 CPL tournaments.[4]

In November 2019, he was named in Trinidad and Tobago's squad for the 2019–20 Regional Super50 tournament.[5] In July 2020, he was named in the Trinbago Knight Riders squad for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League.[6][7] On 23 December 2022, he was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad for IPL 2023.[8] He was released by them in November 2023 after just one season.[9]

In 2023, Hosein was signed to play for the Quetta Gladiators in the 9th edition of the Pakistani Super League.

On 8 March 2024, during a game against Peshawar Zalmi, Hosein took a hat-trick, dismissing Aamer Jamal, Mehran Mumtaz and Luke Wood in three consecutive deliveries, becoming only the sixth bowler to take a hat-trick in the PSL.[10][11]

International career

In December 2020, Hosein was named in the West Indies' One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Bangladesh.[12] He made his ODI debut for the West Indies, against Bangladesh, on 20 January 2021.[13] In February 2021, he was named in the West Indies' Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Sri Lanka.[14]

In May 2021, Akeal was given a white-ball central contract by the Cricket West Indies for the 2020–21 season. He was one of the 10 players to be given a white-ball central contract for the 2020–21 season.[15][16] In June 2021, he was added to the West Indies' Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against South Africa.[17] He made his T20I debut on 3 July 2021, for the West Indies against South Africa.[18] In July 2021, he was included in the West Indies squad to play the last two T20Is against Australia.[19]

In September 2021, Hosein was named as one of four reserve players in the West Indies' squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[20] In October 2021, Hosein was added to the West Indies' 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup squad replacing Fabian Allen who was ruled out with an ankle injury.[21]

In May 2024, he was named in the West Indies squad for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament.[22]

References

  1. ^ Under-19 ODI matches played by Akeal Hosein – CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  2. ^ First-class matches played by Akeal Hosein – CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  3. ^ Matches in which Akeal Hosein won an award – CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  4. ^ Twenty20 matches played by Akeal Hosein – CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  5. ^ "Spinner Khan is T&T Red Force Super50 skipper". Trinidad and Tobago Guardian. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  6. ^ "Nabi, Lamichhane, Dunk earn big in CPL 2020 draft". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Teams Selected for Hero CPL 2020". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  8. ^ Ramanujam, Srinidhi (23 December 2022). "2023 IPL auction: The list of sold and unsold players".
  9. ^ "Sunrisers Hyderabad full list of players retained, released and traded ahead of IPL 2024 auction". The Hindu Sportstar. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  10. ^ "Akeal Hosein takes hat-trick for Quetta Gladiators in Pakistan Super League 2024". crictoday.com. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  11. ^ "Akeal Hosein Takes First Hat-Trick For Quetta Gladiators in PSL History During Peshawar Zalmi Clash". Times Now. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  12. ^ "Jason Holder, Kieron Pollard, Shimron Hetmyer among ten West Indies players to pull out of Bangladesh tour". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  13. ^ "1st ODI (D/N), Dhaka, Jan 20 2021, ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Super League". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  14. ^ "West Indies name exciting squads for CG Insurance T20I and ODI series against Sri Lanka". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  15. ^ "CWI announces West Indies Men's Central Contracts for 2021-2022 season". CricTracker. Archived from the original on 5 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  16. ^ "West Indies announce men's central contracts for 2021-22; Jason Holder only one to be retained across formats". www.sportskeeda.com. Archived from the original on 10 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  17. ^ "Changes to 13-member squad for 4th CG Insurance T20 International". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  18. ^ "5th T20I, St George's, Jul 3 2021, South Africa tour of West Indies". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  19. ^ "Yahoo Cricket". cricket.yahoo.net. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  20. ^ "T20 World Cup: Ravi Rampaul back in West Indies squad; Sunil Narine left out". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  21. ^ "Akeal Hosein replaces injured Fabian Allen in West Indies squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  22. ^ "West Indies has announced their Squad for the T20I World Cup". ScoreWaves. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
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