2022 was not a good year for the West Indies team in all respects. The regional team played 52 international matches this year out of which they won only 15 matches and lost 34 matches.
Here, the Caribbean team, which faced 21 ODI matches, managed to win 04 matches and lost the remaining 17 matches. However, out of 07 matches, Kraigg and the Test team managed to win three, lose two and draw the other two matches.
The two-time World Twenty20 champions crashed out of this year’s Twenty20 World Cup in the preliminary round following heavy defeats to Scotland and Ireland. The former World T20 champions have lost 15 of the 24 T20 matches played this year and won only 08.
Accordingly, West Indies players have not been very successful this year but let’s find out who is the highest scorer and highest wicket-taker in each format this year.
1. One-Day Internationals
Batting ODI: #1 Shai Hope (ICC Ranking 12)
This year was no different and the 29-year-old was once again one of the few stars to shine for West Indies in a difficult year where they won just 5 of the 21 ODIs they played.
Hope did not get off the greatest of starts in 2022 but in typical fashion started to grind out runs in the latter half. He finished the year with 709 runs, which include three hundred and two fifties, at an average of 35.45.
Shai Hope was often the lone warrior for West Indies in ODIs this year and as a result, four of his five fifty-plus scores this year came in losses. The one that didn’t – his 119* off 130 against the Netherlands – fetched him the Player of the Match in the first game of the three-match series in May-June 2022.
Bowling: #1 Akeal Hosein (ICC Ranking 21)
Alzzari Joseph and spinner Akeal Hosein were the only two successful bowlers in the ODI format for the regional team this year.
From that, Hosein managed to take 30 wickets in 20 matches. 04 wickets for 39 runs against Netherlands is his best bowling this year. 30.70 average his 2022 economy 5.15.
2. Twenty20 Internationals
Batting: #1 Nicholas Pooran ( ICC Ranking 19)
Former white ball captain Nicholas Pooran is the highest run scorer in the year 2022 in the ODI format as well as in the T20 format. Powell is second on this list, while Brandon King is third.
Pooran has played 23 T20 matches for West Indies this year, scoring 582 runs at an average of 29.10 with 5 half-centuries.
His highest score in 2022 was a blistering unbeaten 74 against Bangladesh at the Providence Stadium. Apart from that, Pooran scored three consecutive fifties (61,62,61) against mighty India at Eden Gard Stadium.
Bowling: #1 Jason Holder (ICC Ranking 37)
The two-time World Twenty20 champions Caribbean did not have a successful year and suffered unexpected defeats. However, this year bowlers like Jason, McCoy and Hosein have been somewhat successful.
Jason Holder, a former captain of the regional team, was the highest T20 wicket-taker this year. He took 28 wickets in 19 matches with an average of 20.71 and an economy of 8.23. He also showed an exceptional performance by taking 4 wickets in a row against England this year.
3. Test Internationals
Batting: #1 Kraigg Brathwaite (ICC Ranking 21)
Red ball captain Kraigg Brathwaite is the highest Test run scorer in 2022. Additionally, Blackwood is second on this list and wicketkeeper Joshua de Silva is third.
2022 was a very successful year for Kraigg as he scored 687 runs in 14 Test innings for the regional team at a high average of 62.45.
His 160 off 489 balls against a formidable England attack at the Kingston Oval is his highest score this year. The opener added two centuries and five fifties to his bag this year.
Bowling: #1 Alzzari Joseph ( ICC Ranking 41)
Alzzari Joseph is the most successful Test bowler in 2022 for West Indies. Apart from that, senior fast bowler Roach and young Seals were also among the talents.
Pacer Joseph has taken 27 wickets in 07 matches this year and is the highest Test wicket-taker of the 2022 regional team. Taking 3 wickets for 33 runs in the fourth innings of the last match of the recently concluded Australia tour was his best bowling this year. Normal was 30.85 and economy was 3.53
Get Pooran into the test team! What do we have to lose?