West Indian cricketer
Obed Christopher McCoy (born 4 January 1997) is a Vincentian professional cricketer who plays for the West Indies cricket team internationally. He made his international debut for the West Indies in October 2018.[ 1]
Domestic and T20 career
He made his List A debut for the West Indies Under-19s in the 2016–17 Regional Super50 on 25 January 2017.[ 2] Prior to his List A debut, he was named in the West Indies squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup squads .[ 3]
He made his Twenty20 debut for St Lucia Stars in the 2017 Caribbean Premier League on 4 August 2017.[ 4] He made his first-class debut for the Windward Islands in the 2017–18 Regional Four Day Competition on 2 November 2017.[ 5]
In June 2018, he was named in the Cricket West Indies B Team squad for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament.[ 6] He was the leading wicket-taker in the tournament for the Cricket West Indies B Team, with eleven dismissals in seven matches.[ 7] In July 2020, he was named in the St Lucia Zouks squad for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League .[ 8] [ 9]
In April 2021, he was signed by Multan Sultans to play in the rescheduled matches in the 2021 Pakistan Super League .[ 10] In February 2022, he was bought by the Rajasthan Royals in the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament.[ 11] In June 2022, in his first match for Sussex , McCoy took his first five-wicket haul in Twenty20 cricket, against Somerset in the 2022 T20 Blast in England.[ 12]
International career
In October 2018, he was named in the West Indies' One Day International (ODI) squad for series against India .[ 13] He made his ODI debut for the West Indies against India on 24 October 2018.[ 14] In March 2019, he was added to the West Indies' Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the series against England .[ 15] He made his T20I debut for the West Indies against England on 8 March 2019.[ 16]
In September 2021, McCoy was named in the West Indies' squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup .[ 17]
On 1 August 2022, McCoy recorded career best bowling figures of 6–17 against India.[ 18] These are the best bowling figures by a West Indies player in the T20I format. These are also the best bowling figures for any side against India in the T20I format.[ 19] Two matches later, on 6 August 2022, McCoy recorded the most expensive bowling figures for a West Indies player in the T20I format with figures of 2-66.[ 20]
Honours
Indian Premier League runner up 2022
Bangladesh Premier League Champion 2024
References
^ "Obed McCoy" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 26 January 2017 .
^ "West Indies Cricket Board Regional Super50, Group A: Windward Islands v West Indies Under-19s at North Sound, Jan 25, 2017" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 26 January 2017 .
^ "Hetmyer to lead West Indies at Under-19 World Cup" . ESPNcricinfo . 31 December 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2015 .
^ "1st Match (D/N), Caribbean Premier League at Gros Islet, Aug 4, 2017" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 5 August 2017 .
^ "5th Match, WICB Professional Cricket League Regional 4 Day Tournament at Gros Islet, Nov 2-5 2017" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 3 November 2017 .
^ "Windies B squad for Global T20 League in Canada" . Cricket West Indies . Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2018 .
^ "Global T20 Canada 2018, Cricket West Indies B Team: Batting and Bowling Averages" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 16 July 2018 .
^ "Nabi, Lamichhane, Dunk earn big in CPL 2020 draft" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 6 July 2020 .
^ "Teams Selected for Hero CPL 2020" . Cricket West Indies . Retrieved 6 July 2020 .
^ "Lahore Qalandars bag Shakib Al Hasan, Quetta Gladiators sign Andre Russell" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 28 April 2021 .
^ "IPL 2022 auction: The list of sold and unsold players" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 13 February 2022 .
^ "Obed McCoy's dream debut" . The Cricketer . Retrieved 2 June 2022 .
^ "Pollard, Darren Bravo return to Windies T20I squad" . International Cricket Council . Retrieved 8 October 2018 .
^ "2nd ODI (D/N), West Indies tour of India at Visakhapatnam, Oct 24 2018" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 24 October 2018 .
^ "Obed McCoy to replace Andre Russell in Windies T20 squad" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 6 March 2019 .
^ "2nd T20I (D/N), England tour of West Indies at Basseterre, Mar 8 2019" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 8 March 2019 .
^ "T20 World Cup: Ravi Rampaul back in West Indies squad; Sunil Narine left out" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 9 September 2021 .
^ "India vs West Indies, 2nd T20I Highlights: Obed McCoy takes six as West Indies beat India by five wickets, level series" . The Times of India . 2 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022 .
^ "McCoy 6 for 17, King 68 help West Indies level series" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 2 August 2022 .
^ "Avesh and Arshdeep dominate WI batters as India take unassailable 3-1 lead" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 7 August 2022 .
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