Shai Hope is a Barbadian cricketer who plays as a wicketkeeper-batsman for the West Indies and is the current ODI and T20I captain. He was named Men’s Cricketer of the Year, Test Cricketer of the Year, and ODI Cricketer of the Year at the 2018 Cricket West Indies Awards, and later won the CWI ODI Player of the Year in 2019. He has been named in the ICC ODI Team of the Year in 2020 and 2022 and is the first cricketer to score hundreds against all Full Member nations in international cricket.
Hope has played in various T20 leagues, including the Rangpur Rangers in the 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League and the Barbados Tridents in the 2020 Caribbean Premier League. On 15 October 2022, he became captain of Barbados Pride for the 2021–22 Regional Super50 tournament. In 2023, he joined Yorkshire for three County Championship matches, scoring 83, 53*, and having one game abandoned due to rain.
Shai Hope Records and Achievement
Shai Hope made his Test debut at the age of 21. He scored 628 runs in the 2014-15 regional four-day competition and followed it with 538 runs the next season. In March 2017, he recorded his maiden first-class double century at Kensington Oval.
Hope became the first player in 534 first-class matches at Headingley to score a century in each innings. In 2023, he scored an unbeaten 109 against England, surpassing 5000 ODI runs and becoming the joint-fastest West Indies player to reach that mark. He was also appointed West Indies white-ball captain in 2023.
Shai Hope Career Stats
Shai Hope has played 46 Tests, scoring 2,260 runs. He has made 4 centuries and 6 fifties, hitting 260 fours and 10 sixes. In 148 ODIs, he has 6,113 runs with 19 centuries and 30 fifties. He also hit 487 fours and 120 sixes in ODIs. In 63 T20Is, he has 1,535 runs, including 1 century and 10 fifties.
In first-class cricket, he has 4,589 runs in 78 matches with 11 centuries and 16 fifties. In List A matches, he has 7,856 runs in 191 games with 22 centuries and 44 fifties. Across 211 T20 matches, he has 5,552 runs and has made 4 centuries and 28 fifties.
| Batting | ||||||
| Format | Mat | Runs | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s |
| Tests | 46 | 2260 | 4 | 6 | 260 | 10 |
| ODIs | 148 | 6113 | 19 | 30 | 487 | 120 |
| T20Is | 63 | 1535 | 1 | 10 | 118 | 83 |
| FC | 78 | 4589 | 11 | 16 | 503 | 25 |
| List A | 191 | 7856 | 22 | 44 | 621 | 158 |
| T20s | 211 | 5552 | 4 | 28 | 417 | 253 |
Shai Hope’s Personal Life
Shai Hope has an older brother, Kyle Hope, who also plays professional cricket. He went to Queen’s College in Saint James, Barbados, for his secondary education and later studied at Bedes Senior School in East Sussex, England, where former Sussex captain Alan Wells coached him. While at Bedes, Hope led the 1st XI to the national 20/20 final and scored a half-century. In 2012, he played briefly for Chiddingly CC in East Sussex, averaging 46 runs with a top score of 61, and at that time he considered staying in the UK to qualify for England.
Shai Hope Contract
Shai Hope has been awarded a two-year central contract by Cricket West Indies that runs from October 1, 2024, to September 30, 2026. He is one of six men’s players with multi-year deals, alongside Alzarri Joseph, Shamar Joseph, Brandon King, Gudakesh Motie, and Jayden Seales. The other men’s players have one-year contracts. For the women, Hayley Matthews, Shemaine Campbelle, and Stafanie Taylor got two-year contracts.
FAQs
Q. When did Shai Hope make his Test debut?
A. Shai Hope made his Test debut at the age of 21.
Q. What record did Shai Hope set at Headingley in first-class cricket?
A. Shai Hope became the first player in 534 first-class matches there to score a century in each innings.
Q. What milestone did Hope achieve at Kensington Oval in March 2017?
A. Shai Hope scored his maiden first-class double century at Kensington Oval.
Q. When did Shai Hope surpass 5000 ODI runs?
A. In 2023, Shai Hope scored an unbeaten 109 against England and became the joint-fastest West Indies player to reach 5000 ODI runs.
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