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[PICTURES] Shai Hope - Solid prospect for the West Indies

This guy bats way way too slow. His ODI career strike rate is 74 and List A strike rate is 73.6.
 
Good innings holding from one end.

Had he batted slowly, even very slowly, but a little better, WI would have won the game much earlier. His very slow batting ensured that despite Hetmyer's brilliance India stayed in the game.

Even tough it worked today This surely not the way to play ODI cricket.
 
Had he batted slowly, even very slowly, but a little better, WI would have won the game much earlier. His very slow batting ensured that despite Hetmyer's brilliance India stayed in the game.

Even tough it worked today This surely not the way to play ODI cricket.

West indies team are fully of power hitters so you need one guy from one end to hold,He just has to work on rotating strike.
 
West indies team are fully of power hitters so you need one guy from one end to hold,He just has to work on rotating strike.

I am not against holding an end and agree that you need someone like this in this line up. But being at 50 from around 100 balls means you are not good at it. You score 20 more, you are still very slow at 70 from 100 balls and you should be able to score 70 from 100 without taking many risk in modern day cricket.

Scoring those 20/30 runs change all the match :
with 120/130 from the last 20 overs the team defending still believe they can do something
-with 100/110 from the last 20 overs it's game set and match.
 
Hope has a fine temperament and can score big, but it’s at the cost of a low strike rate.

I know, West Indies have attacking players lower down, but Hope still needs to score at around 80-85 at the least.

Scoring in the 70’s will not be good enough in the long term.
 
Hope has a fine temperament and can score big, but it’s at the cost of a low strike rate.

I know, West Indies have attacking players lower down, but Hope still needs to score at around 80-85 at the least.

Scoring in the 70’s will not be good enough in the long term.

It's good enough for now, he has a rock solid foundation and gives other sloggers the liberty to hit out without thinking about collapse.
 
I am not against holding an end and agree that you need someone like this in this line up. But being at 50 from around 100 balls means you are not good at it. You score 20 more, you are still very slow at 70 from 100 balls and you should be able to score 70 from 100 without taking many risk in modern day cricket.

Scoring those 20/30 runs change all the match :
with 120/130 from the last 20 overs the team defending still believe they can do something
-with 100/110 from the last 20 overs it's game set and match.

Hope he learns it:)
 
Shai Hope is the key to West Indies ODI team. Only guy who has a calm head and can hold the innings and gives freedom to the others to play their attacking game.
 
I understood about his low strike rate only today. He purposely plays the anchor role. He is capable of upping the ante. But he let others tae the control.
 
I understood about his low strike rate only today. He purposely plays the anchor role. He is capable of upping the ante. But he let others tae the control.

He takes the momentum from opposition bowling, who lose rhythym as Hope is blocking on one end and other batsmen are slogging on other end, which disrupts the field setting.
 
Shai Hope interview: Headingley heroics 'still sinking in' for West Indies batsman

Shai Hope is a history maker - but has had times when he wondered whether he would make it at all.

The West Indies star, 26, became the first man in the game to score two centuries in the same first-class match at Headingley as he inspired his side to a win over England on their 2017 tour.

But those tons were Hope's first in international cricket's longest form and when he went into that Leeds clash he averaged under 19 from 11 games and had struck just a solitary fifty.

If I said no, I'd be lying," the right-hander told Sky Sports when asked whether he ever had fears he would not succeed at Test level.

"If you are not getting those big scores that you know you can get there is going to be some level of doubt.

"But it's all about self-belief, believing you can do it at this level. I think it's about sticking to it as long as you can and something will happen for you."

Hope's perseverance paid off in Yorkshire three years ago - an initial 147 helped West Indies carve out a lead of 169 on first innings, while his unbeaten 118 then steered them to their target of 322 as they rallied from their innings thrashing in the series opener at Edgbaston a week earlier.

"Honestly, it's still sinking in," said Hope, part of the West Indies side that will take on England again in the three-Test #raisethebat series, which begins at The Ageas Bowl on Wednesday.

"I was just focused on the team. Yes, it's a record, yes, it's history but at the end of the day I was more pleased with the win than my own performance."

The frustration for Hope is that those Headingley hundreds remain his only tons in Test cricket - an average of 25.51 in 19 Tests since his superb showing at Leeds not doing justice to his talent.

The Barbadian cannot put his finger on his recent Test struggles but has been boosted by his form in one-day internationals, with his average of 52.20 an all-time record for a West Indies batsman.

"I can't say yes as if I knew the answer then I'd be scoring a lot more runs!" added Hope when quizzed on his recent lack of Test runs.

Has the expectation now on him played on his mind? "Yes and no. There is always going to be pressure when you are playing for the entire region and people look up to you and want to see you do well.

"I don't think it is a bad thing, I think it's something you have to relish. I try to use it to my advantage out in the middle.

"It just so happens that I have been a lot more successful in one-day cricket but I want to transfer that into the longest format. Hopefully I can do that in this series."

Hope is confident that if he and his fellow batsmen can provide the runs, then the West Indies bowlers have the pace to rattle England, naming one member of the squad as one of the quickest bowlers he has encountered in his career and another as a tremendous prospect.

Shannon Gabriel is the fastest I've faced, along with Oshane Thomas [who is in England as one of West Indies' reserves for the series]," said Hope.

"Our guys all bowl over 90mph, all have the fireworks. Shannon looks pretty sharp, back to his normal self, which is nice to see. I think his break [after ankle surgery last year] was a positive for him.

"Chemar Holder, too, is an exciting young fast bowler," Hope added of his 22-year-old Barbados team-mate, the most prolific seamer in last season's West Indies Championship with 36 wickets at 18.91.

"Very skilful, knows what he is looking to do - he has the smarts to go along with his fast bowling and can really work up some steam.

"I am happy to see him here and hope he can continue. He has a very bright future ahead of him."

West Indies have headed to England as Wisden Trophy holders for the first time since 2009 by dint of their 2-1 victory over Joe Root's men in the Caribbean in early 2019.

Hope feels the impending series is a "perfect opportunity" for his side to end a run of 32 years without a series win in England - the tourists recording two draws and then six straight series defeats since the Viv Richards-captained side trounced the hosts 4-0 in 1988 - despite batsmen Shimron Hetmyer and Darren Bravo and all-rounder Keemo Paul opting out of the tour over coronavirus concerns.

"Everyone in the group is excited to be playing high-intensity cricket again - we are raring to go and showcase our skills and win the series," added Hope. "It's 32 years since we won a series here and that added motivation will push us even more. This is a perfect opportunity for us.

"Everyone is improving. We have gelled as a team and Jason [Holder] has done a very good job as captain. We want to continue that. We want to move up the rankings but there is only one way you can do that.

"We will miss [Hetmyer, Bravo and Paul] and what they bring on and off the field but it's all about West Indies winning and not a particular player winning. We need to do whatever we can to make the team win."

England have proved formidable at home over recent years, going unbeaten in Test series on their own turf since Sri Lanka won 1-0 in 2014.

Hope said: "We know England are very difficult to beat, especially at home. We acknowledge that, we have done our research and made sure we have got everything in place to combat what they throw at us.

"I think our win at home in 2019 will play a big part, England will come at us a lot more. That win in the Caribbean was a big boost for us but [trying to win here] is going to give us an extra push."

West Indies had been holed up at Emirates Old Trafford since arriving in England in June but are now at The Ageas Bowl - and Hope cannot wait for top-level international cricket to resume.

"It has been pretty smooth. From the time we got off the aircraft in Manchester everything has been put in place for us to be as safe as and secure as possible, so I must definitely commend the work the ECB has done," said Hope about staying in a biosecure environment amid the coronavirus pandemic.

"We have been together a lot, played a bit of dominoes, listened to music and had a laugh - but it's only a matter of time before we get out and do what we really came to do."
https://www.skysports.com/cricket/n...oics-still-sinking-in-for-west-indies-batsman
 
West Indies haven't had a great wicket-keeper batsman in a while. Shai Hope has filled that void.

Great find for West Indies.
 
He is going to need to have the series of his life for West Indies to have a chance against England.
 
Shai Hope interview: Headingley heroics 'still sinking in' for West Indies batsman

Shai Hope is a history maker - but has had times when he wondered whether he would make it at all.

The West Indies star, 26, became the first man in the game to score two centuries in the same first-class match at Headingley as he inspired his side to a win over England on their 2017 tour.

But those tons were Hope's first in international cricket's longest form and when he went into that Leeds clash he averaged under 19 from 11 games and had struck just a solitary fifty.

If I said no, I'd be lying," the right-hander told Sky Sports when asked whether he ever had fears he would not succeed at Test level.

"If you are not getting those big scores that you know you can get there is going to be some level of doubt.

"But it's all about self-belief, believing you can do it at this level. I think it's about sticking to it as long as you can and something will happen for you."

Hope's perseverance paid off in Yorkshire three years ago - an initial 147 helped West Indies carve out a lead of 169 on first innings, while his unbeaten 118 then steered them to their target of 322 as they rallied from their innings thrashing in the series opener at Edgbaston a week earlier.

"Honestly, it's still sinking in," said Hope, part of the West Indies side that will take on England again in the three-Test #raisethebat series, which begins at The Ageas Bowl on Wednesday.

"I was just focused on the team. Yes, it's a record, yes, it's history but at the end of the day I was more pleased with the win than my own performance."

The frustration for Hope is that those Headingley hundreds remain his only tons in Test cricket - an average of 25.51 in 19 Tests since his superb showing at Leeds not doing justice to his talent.

The Barbadian cannot put his finger on his recent Test struggles but has been boosted by his form in one-day internationals, with his average of 52.20 an all-time record for a West Indies batsman.

"I can't say yes as if I knew the answer then I'd be scoring a lot more runs!" added Hope when quizzed on his recent lack of Test runs.

Has the expectation now on him played on his mind? "Yes and no. There is always going to be pressure when you are playing for the entire region and people look up to you and want to see you do well.

"I don't think it is a bad thing, I think it's something you have to relish. I try to use it to my advantage out in the middle.

"It just so happens that I have been a lot more successful in one-day cricket but I want to transfer that into the longest format. Hopefully I can do that in this series."

Hope is confident that if he and his fellow batsmen can provide the runs, then the West Indies bowlers have the pace to rattle England, naming one member of the squad as one of the quickest bowlers he has encountered in his career and another as a tremendous prospect.

Shannon Gabriel is the fastest I've faced, along with Oshane Thomas [who is in England as one of West Indies' reserves for the series]," said Hope.

"Our guys all bowl over 90mph, all have the fireworks. Shannon looks pretty sharp, back to his normal self, which is nice to see. I think his break [after ankle surgery last year] was a positive for him.

"Chemar Holder, too, is an exciting young fast bowler," Hope added of his 22-year-old Barbados team-mate, the most prolific seamer in last season's West Indies Championship with 36 wickets at 18.91.

"Very skilful, knows what he is looking to do - he has the smarts to go along with his fast bowling and can really work up some steam.

"I am happy to see him here and hope he can continue. He has a very bright future ahead of him."

West Indies have headed to England as Wisden Trophy holders for the first time since 2009 by dint of their 2-1 victory over Joe Root's men in the Caribbean in early 2019.

Hope feels the impending series is a "perfect opportunity" for his side to end a run of 32 years without a series win in England - the tourists recording two draws and then six straight series defeats since the Viv Richards-captained side trounced the hosts 4-0 in 1988 - despite batsmen Shimron Hetmyer and Darren Bravo and all-rounder Keemo Paul opting out of the tour over coronavirus concerns.

"Everyone in the group is excited to be playing high-intensity cricket again - we are raring to go and showcase our skills and win the series," added Hope. "It's 32 years since we won a series here and that added motivation will push us even more. This is a perfect opportunity for us.

"Everyone is improving. We have gelled as a team and Jason [Holder] has done a very good job as captain. We want to continue that. We want to move up the rankings but there is only one way you can do that.

"We will miss [Hetmyer, Bravo and Paul] and what they bring on and off the field but it's all about West Indies winning and not a particular player winning. We need to do whatever we can to make the team win."

England have proved formidable at home over recent years, going unbeaten in Test series on their own turf since Sri Lanka won 1-0 in 2014.

Hope said: "We know England are very difficult to beat, especially at home. We acknowledge that, we have done our research and made sure we have got everything in place to combat what they throw at us.

"I think our win at home in 2019 will play a big part, England will come at us a lot more. That win in the Caribbean was a big boost for us but [trying to win here] is going to give us an extra push."

West Indies had been holed up at Emirates Old Trafford since arriving in England in June but are now at The Ageas Bowl - and Hope cannot wait for top-level international cricket to resume.

"It has been pretty smooth. From the time we got off the aircraft in Manchester everything has been put in place for us to be as safe as and secure as possible, so I must definitely commend the work the ECB has done," said Hope about staying in a biosecure environment amid the coronavirus pandemic.

"We have been together a lot, played a bit of dominoes, listened to music and had a laugh - but it's only a matter of time before we get out and do what we really came to do."
https://www.skysports.com/cricket/n...oics-still-sinking-in-for-west-indies-batsman

A very impressive kinock considering that Headingley is the fastest, bounciest pitch in England.
 
Hasn't kicked on in Test cricket after the 2017 Headingley heroics as many hoped.

Since that match he hasn't scored a hundred and averages 25. It's in ODIs however where he's impressed though his SR is a bit on the slow side.
 
Deservedly dropped for the New Zealand tour.

Can't keep living off that Headingley knock forever.
 
'Hope should drop T20 cricket' - WI legend Lloyd believes shortest format spoiling player's batting

West Indies legend Clive Lloyd does not believe discarded batsman Shai Hope should be playing T20 cricket as the sport's shortest format ruins his game.

After a barren run of form, which has led to the player averaging 19.48 since December 2017 and just 14.45 since February 2019, Hope was dropped from the team ahead of the upcoming tour of New Zealand. Not surprisingly, since his struggles in a 2-1 defeat against England, a place where he made headlines three years ago, saw his overall Test average slip to 26.27.

The 26-year-old is one of a few players to represent the regional team in all three formats. He has not had these struggles in One Day Internationals where he averages 52.20 from 78 games. In T20s, however, he averages 21.63 in 13 matches with a strike rate of 136.

It is his involvement in the later that the former West Indies skipper believes could be a problem.

“I don’t think this T20 is for Shai Hope, he gets into bad habits,” Lloyd told the Mason and Guest radio program.

“I know that you don’t want to take away money from people, but the point is that he should not be playing in T20s, it is destroying his cricket,” he added.

Lloyd also believes the player should have been possibly included in some kind of A-team for the tour, instead of being left out of the squad entirely.

“If we had A-teams and A-team tours, young Shai Hope should have had a stint with the A-team to build his confidence back as England did with Nasser Hussain and (Mark) Ramprakash."

https://www.sportsmax.tv/index.php/...ves-shortest-format-spoiling-player-s-batting
 
He has come good in ODIs. It’s time for West Indies to give him a long rope at 4 in tests. They don’t have many options, so they should back him.
 
Very consistent but he needs to improve his SR. The sweet spot for WI is when he scores 60 off 80. If he scores a hundred, he consumes 130 balls and their chances of victory will go down against good teams.
 
Noted cricket commentator and pundit, Joseph ‘Reds’ Perreira, believes batsman Shai Hope should be a definite selection for the 13-man West Indies squad, which will face South Africa in a few days time.

The 27-year-old batsman, who was dropped from the team after a poor run of form last November, has looked sharp since returning to the fold. Against Sri Lanka, in March, Hope slammed 258 runs in the three-match series, including a shot-filled 110.

He certainly looks to have taken that type of form into red-ball cricket with the West Indies Best vs Best four-day practice match this week. Hope made 79 in the first innings and got another century, 104, in the second.

Interestingly, however, because of a lack of quality options in the position, Perreira believes Hope can be used as an opener alongside West Indies Test captain Kraigg Brathwaite for the upcoming series.

“It’s been a little mystery why they didn’t want to use him as an opener. If you have stacks of openers then you probably don’t want to sacrifice a middle-order batsman,” Perreira told the Mason and Guest radio program.

“However, when the cupboard is very bare, it’s not reinventing the wheel, it’s not magical thinking, Hope has definitely got to play…I certainly would be opening with Brathwaite and Hope.”

Hope opened at the top of the innings for the four-day practice match.

https://www.sportsmax.tv/index.php/...-hope-test-recall-would-try-batsman-as-opener
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">An unforgettable experience for my first Pakistan tour. It’s a shame the way things had to end but I’m definitely looking forward to returning if the opportunity arises! Thank you Pakistan 💚 <a href="https://t.co/GTsHBL2oNM">pic.twitter.com/GTsHBL2oNM</a></p>— Shai Hope (@shaidhope) <a href="https://twitter.com/shaidhope/status/1475097936304525313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 26, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Hits 11th ODI hundred for WI in match against Netherlands.
 
Shai Hope drove pacer Hasan Ali to cover boundary to reach three-figures off 118 balls, also completing 4,000 ODI runs in his 93rd match.

He is the 11th West Indies batsman to reach the milestone in ODI cricket.
 
His stats, performances are right up there

He is on course to get 10,000 ODI runs for West Indies
 
has a very high batting average in odi, but is strike rate is really poor 78% - terrible for today game
 
Shai Hope becomes the 10th player to hit a hundred in their 100th ODI vs India
 
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Can't believe Hope has raced away to 100 ODIs even after debuting over a year later than Babar.

He is still the backbone of WI ODI team. But he needs to become a little more proactive in the middle overs. Playing at 70 in the middle overs is a crime in this day and age.
 
Still capable of those big scores, even though he has long quiet spells.
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A full masterclass from Shai Hope! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WIvIND?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WIvIND</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MenInMaroon?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MenInMaroon</a> <a href="https://t.co/Sdr03N9eyK">pic.twitter.com/Sdr03N9eyK</a></p>— Windies Cricket (@windiescricket) <a href="https://twitter.com/windiescricket/status/1551268968526135298?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 24, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
Yeah.

Windies have been struggling to bat out 50 overs for a while. Someone like Shai Hope is necessary. He is the accumulator.

He was the difference once again yday between winning and losing He batted through yday and only finished with a strike rate of 85

He shouldve at least finished with a run a ball after 50 overs

Still bats too slow Theres no room for players with strike rates like his in modern cricket because like yday he will cost you more oftwn than not
 
Awful, awful player. Textbook example of why batting average is useless as a metric in LOIs in 2022.

Not sure if he's that selfish or has zero talent to play at international level and is backed up by corrupt selectors.
 
Terrible knock but Windies need a batsman who can average close to 50 in ODIs at strike rate of 80. They might do better with Bavuma perhaps.
 
The Yorkshire County Cricket Club is delighted to announce the signing of Headingley record-breaker Shai Hope on a short-term overseas contract.

Hope, 29, will be available for the first three LV= Insurance County Championship games and will be one of the Club’s overseas players, linking up on the eve of the 2023 season.

In 2017, the Bajan became the first player ever to score two hundreds in the same first-class match at Headingley when he did it for the West Indies in a Test Match against England.

Hope, who plays as a wicketkeeper/batter, made his Test debut for the West Indies as a 21-year-old, having played just 14 first-class matches at the time.

Darren Gough, Managing Director for Yorkshire County Cricket Club, said: “He is a great signing.

“He brings so much experience – one thing we are lacking is just a little bit of experience so he just gives us that and comes into the squad for this first game.”

The right-handed batter’s twin hundreds feat came in the 534th first-class match at Headingley.

Hope was 23 at the time, the youngest member of the XI, leading West Indies to victory with scores of 147 and 118 not out. They had been faced with a target of 322 – not since Bradman’s Invincibles rocketed to 404 for 3 in 1948 had a team chased that many on Yorkshire’s storied turf, and won.

Adding to the occasion was the fact the West Indies had been dismantled only a week earlier, England beating them by an innings and 209 runs to ensure their fans could savour the advent of day-night Test cricket in the country.

“We felt we needed just the one experienced face in and we went for Shai. He has been playing well for the West Indies in one-day matches, he has got a record of playing Test cricket – he had his two hundreds at Headingley before for the West Indies,” said Gough.

Hope has recently just finished playing against South Africa in an ODI series.

Gough added: “Hope has literally just got home a few days ago so it is a straight turn around. He will have to adjust to playing red ball, from white ball but he is a fantastic player and it’s good to have someone of his quality to come in at short notice for three games.”

Hope made his first-class debut in 2012-13, but propelled himself into consideration for the West Indies team after a superb season in 2014-15, when he scored 628 runs in nine domestic matches – he was the fourth-highest run-getter in the WI regional four-day tournament.

He racked up 538 runs at 67.25 in 2015-16 – the highest average among the top-10 run-scorers – and secured his maiden first-class double-hundred at his home ground, Kensington Oval, in March 2017.

The new club captain of Yorkshire and Pakistan batter, Shan Masood, will not be available for the initial rounds of the 2023 County Championship after being selected in Pakistan’s upcoming home series against New Zealand.
 
Shai Hope is a glimmer of hope for WI. Hope this lad can bring back WI into ICC longer format events.
 
Has visibly worked on release shots and added some power to his game in last one year. He's batting at 4 now as opposed to opening. Perhaps the likes of Lara and Haynes told him bat in the middle order.
 
Shai Hope reveals the secret behind his yesterday’s spectacular knock in the chase against England.

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Shai Hope scored 68 runs off 68 deliveries in the 2nd ODI against England.

He played like a lone warrior!

Is he going to be a next big thing after Virat and Babar?
 
Shai Hope's transformation since 2023 has been nothing short of revolutionary:

ODIs:

Till 2022:Avg: 49, SR: 74

Since 2023:Avg: 58, SR: 96

T20Is:
Till 2022: Avg: 18, SR: 121

Since 2023:Avg: 41, SR: 152

From steady to explosive,Hope has evolved into a complete modern batter
 
He is on a different level when it comes to ODIs

17th ODI hundred for Shai Hope against England in 2nd ODI

He is now the joint-third-highest century-maker for West Indies in ODIs

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Most ODI hundreds since 2020:

𝟵 - 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗶 𝗛𝗼𝗽𝗲
8 - Babar Azam
7 - Quinton de Kock, Fakhar Zaman, Virat Kohli, Rahmanullah Gurbaz
 
Shai Hope is very underrated. He already has over 5,300 ODI runs with 17 ODI centuries (from 129 games and with an average of around 50). He is only 30 years old.
 
Shai Hope in T20Is from 2017 to 2022:

Inns: 17
Runs: 304
Avg: 18
SR: 121

Shai Hope in last 2 years:

Inns: 19
Runs: 529
Avg: 35.8
SR: 151
 
A ton of the highest calibre by Shai Hope 101 (59).

Only the 3rd Hundred in the ILT20 and a mighty impressive one! A hundred that had class and control written all over it!
 
A ton of the highest calibre by Shai Hope 101 (59).

Only the 3rd Hundred in the ILT20 and a mighty impressive one! A hundred that had class and control written all over it!

He is a proper batter.

West Indian Mahela Jayawardene. Someone who can play traditionally but also can go nuts in T20.
 
JUST IN: Shai Hope takes over from Rovman Powell as West Indies T20I captain, in addition to his existing role in charge of the ODI team
 
It is well known that Sammy is a big fan hope.
With kraigg stepping down as test captain to likely to take the reigns as test captain also.
JUST IN: Shai Hope takes over from Rovman Powell as West Indies T20I captain, in addition to his existing role in charge of the ODI team
 
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