Kirk Edwards

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Kirk Anton Edwards (born 3 November 1984) is a West Indies former international cricketer. He played as a right-handed batsman, domestically mainly for Barbados.

Fullname
Kirk Anton Edwards
Born (1984-11-03) 3 November 1984 (age 41)
Barbados
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
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Kirk Edwards
Personal information
Full name
Kirk Anton Edwards
Born (1984-11-03) 3 November 1984 (age 41)
Barbados
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleBatsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 291)6 July 2011 v India
Last Test13 September 2014 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 158)11 July 2011 v India
Last ODI22 August 2014 v Bangladesh
ODI shirt no.30
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2005/06–2014/15Barbados
2008/09Combined Campuses and Colleges
2015/16Jamaica
2017/18–2019/20Windward Islands
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 17 16 99 87
Runs scored 986 331 5,447 1,864
Batting average 31.80 33.33 33.41 24.85
100s/50s 2/8 1/0 10/33 3/7
Top score 121 123* 190 147
Balls bowled 24 24
Wickets 0 0
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings 15/– 2/– 58/– 26/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 12 March 2020
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Domestic career

In May 2018, he was selected to play for the Windward Islands national cricket team in the Professional Cricket League draft, ahead of the 2018–19 season.[1][2] In October 2019, he was named as the captain of the Windward Islands for the 2019–20 Regional Super50 tournament.[3]

International career

Edwards made his Test debut for the West Indies against India at Windsor Park in Dominica in July 2011. He scored 110 runs in the second innings making him the first person to score a Test century at Windsor Park and the 13th West Indies cricketer to score a century on Test debut.[4][5] In 2008, Edwards coached at Phoenix Cricket Club in Ireland. Edwards played his club cricket in Barbados for Maple Cricket Club, where he led the team in the Twenty20 Club Champions League 2009 tournament in Trinidad.[6] In 2010, Edwards moved to Wanderers Cricket Club.[7]

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