West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell helped his local club St Catherine CC as he led his side to comprehensive innings and a 129-run win over St Thomas in the 2nd round of the Jamaica Cricket Association Senior Cup at the weekend.
Russell first sent down eight overs and picked up two wickets as St Thomas were blown away in their first innings for just 61 runs with Demoy Williams bagging four wickets for 22 runs.
West Indies batsman Nkrumah Bonner’s woeful form continued as he made only 12 for St Thomas.
Russell then contributed 31 with the bat to help St Catherine to 267 all out with Jeavor Royal top-scoring with 79 against three wickets for Jowayne Robinson.
Russell then bagged five wickets for just eight runs in 2.3 overs to blow away St Thomas for a second time, as they could only manage to get to 77 with spinners Peat Salmon and Royal picking up two wickets each.
Andre Russell was not a part of the West Indies squad that participated in the T20 World Cup 2022. The Men in Maroon had a forgettable outing in Australia this year as they were knocked out in the first round itself.
With his supreme all-round skills, best highlighted by his game-changing abilities with destructive batting, Andre Russell is one the most sought-after cricketer in T20 cricket. One of the only seven players to have played over 400 T20 games till date, Russell has aggregated over 6,909 runs at 26.57, while maintaining a strike-rate of 169.50, and has bagged over 371 wickets with nine four-wicket hauls and a best of 5/15.
His tally of more than 554 sixes in the format is only exceeded by Chris Gayle (1,056) and Kieron Pollard (778), wherein he has 26 fifties and two hundreds.