William Perkins (West Indian cricketer)
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| Full name | William Keith Donald Perkins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 October 1986 Barbados | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman, Wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2006–2011 | Trinidad and Tobago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011– | Combined Campuses and Colleges | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–present | Trinbago Knight Riders | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 29 November 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William Perkins (born 8 October 1986) is a West Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman who occasionally plays as wicketkeeper.
Perkins first came to prominence playing for the West Indies in the 2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, where he scored 133 from 150 balls in a victory against the United States, an innings that won him the man of the match award.[1] His performances in the tournament earned him a Twenty20 debut for Trinidad and Tobago in the Stanford 20/20 tournament. In his first match, he scored 53 from 28 balls in an eight-wicket win.[2] He subsequently made his first-class debut in January 2007.[3]
Continued domestic success in Twenty20 cricket – in his first nine games, he averaged more than 40 at a strike rate of over 125[4] – earned him a place in the West Indies team for a Twenty20 International against Australia. Opening the innings in a match shortened to eleven overs per side, he scored 9 in a seven-wicket victory.[5]
Having helped Trinidad and Tobago to victory in the Stanford 20/20, scoring an unbeaten half-century in the final,[6] Perkins was included in the initial squad for the team to face England in the Stanford Super Series for a collective prize of $20 million and attended a training camp, but did not make the final squad.[7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ "West Indies' strength proves too much for USA". Cricinfo. 6 February 2006. Retrieved 16 September 2008.
- ^ "Cayman Islands v Trinidad and Tobago in 2006". CricketArchive. 5 July 2006. Retrieved 16 September 2008.
- ^ "Cricinfo – Barbados v Trinidad & Tobago at Crab Hill, Jan 4–7, 2007". Cricinfo. 7 January 2007. Retrieved 16 September 2008.
- ^ "William Perkins". CricketArchive. 18 June 2008. Retrieved 16 September 2008.
- ^ "Cricinfo – Only Twenty20 International: West Indies v Australia at Bridgetown, Jun 20, 2008". Cricinfo. 20 June 2008. Retrieved 16 September 2008.
- ^ "Trinidad are the million-dollar men". Cricinfo. 25 February 2008. Retrieved 16 September 2008.
- ^ "Stanford Superstars Twenty20 squad announced". Cricinfo. 22 July 2008. Retrieved 16 September 2008.
- ^ "Stanford Superstars squad named". ECB. 14 August 2008. Archived from the original on 17 September 2008. Retrieved 16 September 2008.