[PICTURES/VIDEOS] Jomel Warrican: West Indies’ left-arm spin ace

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Jomel Andrel Warrican (born May 20, 1992) is a cricketer from the West Indies, known for his left-arm orthodox spin bowling and right-handed batting at the lower order.

Warrican was included in the West Indies' Test squad for their tour to Sri Lanka in September 2015. He made his Test debut against Sri Lanka on October 22, 2015, taking 4 wickets for 67 runs on the opening day of the match.

Born in Saint Vincent, Warrican relocated to Barbados where he attended Combermere School and became part of the Empire Cricket Club. In 2009, he received the Lord Gavron Award for emerging young cricketers in Barbados, sharing the honor with Jason Holder. Warrican also represented the West Indies in the 2010 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. In 2011, he spent a season playing for Sefton Park in the Liverpool and District Cricket Competition, where he took 51 wickets and scored 373 runs. Upon returning to the Caribbean, Warrican made his first-class debut for Barbados in March 2012, but it wasn’t until the 2014 season that he established himself as a regular. That year, he topped the wicket-taking chart in the BCA Elite Cricket League and set a record for slow bowlers, helping Empire win the 3-day game championship. His stellar form continued in the Regional Four Day Competition, where he claimed 49 wickets, including two 8-wicket hauls.

In June 2020, Warrican was named one of the eleven reserve players in the West Indies' Test squad for their series against England, which was postponed from May to July 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

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Jomel Warrican made history during the first Test of the two-match series against Pakistan at Multan Cricket Stadium by taking seven wickets in Pakistan’s second innings. His impressive performance of 7/32 broke the record previously held by West Indies legends Malcolm Marshall (5/33 in the 1986 Lahore Test) and Andy Roberts (9/187 in 1975).

While Marshall’s record was set during a West Indies win, Warrican’s achievement came in a losing effort, with the Men in Maroon trailing 0-1 in the series after a 127-run defeat. Overall, Warrican finished with match figures of 10/101, making him the first West Indian bowler to claim a 10-wicket haul in Pakistan. This feat sets a new benchmark for the best-ever match figures by a West Indian bowler in Tests in Pakistan.

 

[Abid Z]

He actually bowled very well. Pakistan got lucky against England by having a couple of really good spinners brought in at the last minute. If England were able to bring in better spinners in place of Leach and Bashir then the matches would have been a lot tighter. West Indies have a gem of a bowler and on this kind of wicket we are seeing top class spin attacks going against two relatively poor batting line ups v spin. If Pak bat last on a wearing track against him they are in trouble in the next match

 

[RidiculousMan]

The next W after Walcott, Weekes and Worrell.

 

[sweep_shot]

He is a good spinner. Keeps it tight.

Well-deserved 7-fer.

 

[ElRaja]

if anyone has experience bowling on ragging turners, its windies first class veterans, some of the first class stats are mental, just go look up nikita millers first class numbers, lol.

 

[kingusama92]

Hard to judge a spinner on a track like this but you could see his experience shine through.

Warrican knew the right line and length to bowl along with how to make subtle manipulations to draw the batsmen into his traps.

Much better than all of the others including Motie.

 

[hassan918]

Hard to judge a spinner on a track like this but you could see his experience shine through.

Warrican knew the right line and length to bowl along with how to make subtle manipulations to draw the batsmen into his traps.

Much better than all of the others including Motie.

You must have some skills to succeed on any type of wicket and he proved that he is good enough to be successful at the top level.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Best from the windies POV

 

[FearlessRoar]

He looks like a solid asset for the West Indies in the Test format, as Pakistan's batters seemed helpless against him on Day 1 of the second Test between Pakistan and the West Indies.

 

[sweep_shot]

Another great game for him.

He is a very handy spinner on turning tracks.

 

[RidiculousMan]

Warrican again proves Ashwin and Jadeja thrived on spin wickets

 

[Champ_Pal]

Warrican again proves Ashwin and Jadeja thrived on spin wickets

He just proved that Pakistan can’t play spin either.

 

[FearlessRoar]

What a Test series Jomel Warrican had against Pakistan:

1st Test: 3/69 & 7/32

2nd Test: 5/27 & 4/43

 

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Jomel Warrican gives it back to Sajid Khan, who celebrated after dismissing Warrican in the second Test between Pakistan and the West Indies.

 

[FearlessRoar]

What a Test series Jomel Warrican had against Pakistan:

1st Test: 3/69 & 7/32

2nd Test: 5/27 & 4/43

Jomel Warrican is the Player of the Match and the Series.

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