Popular West Indian cricket player: Carl Hooper
by admin on July 13, 2011
in Famous cricket players profiles
Carl Hooper, a former cricket player as well as captain of the West Indies cricket team, had a right-handed batting style and was an off-spin bowler. It was in the late 1980s that he emerged with some dominance and from this point onwards, represented his team over a span of 21 years international cricket career.
It in 2001 when Hooper played in a Test series and accomplished his highest innings score i.e. 233. In his entire Test playing career, he made 5,762 runs and was looked upon as an unpredictable Test batsman due to his low average shows of 36.46 in around 102 Test innings. However, his batting in ODIs exhibited a far better play averaging at 35.34 over 227 matches.
Having represented Guyana at domestic first-class level and also having participated in the English County cricket, in 2003, Hooper was the 2nd player who had made a century playing against 18 various county teams! He also holds the honor of being the 1st Cricketer in the World who hit a score of 5000 runs, took 100 catches, won an equal number of wickets and received 100 caps in ODIs as well as Tests. Hooper was a very strong and competitive slip fielder as well.
Ever since the late 1990s, Carl Llewellyn Hooper has subsisted in Adelaide and was appointed as coach for the Woodville District Cricket Club in the same region for the seasons of 2010-11 and 2011-12 respectively.
Top 10 ODI Catchers/Fielders
by admin on August 8, 2010
in General Information about Cricket, One day Cricket, Players, Record Holders in Cricket
Fielding has recently come up to be a top priority as a catch dropped now could also mean a match lost much in advance. It has become an art and to master it, one requires a lot of hard work and dedication.
One Day Internationals are also known as Limited Over International due to the limit on the over bowls by each team, which is generally up to 50 overs, thus creating the rush to score well. It is played between two teams at national level.
One Day Internationals are far more exciting than test matches and they manage to attract a decent amount of attention and crowd as not everyone is ready to hang in around for 3-5 days.
Top Ten catchers/fielders in ODI are:
1. Mahela Jayawardene
2. Mohammad Azharuddin
3. Ricky Ponting
4. Sachin Tendulkar
5. Stephen Fleming
6. Muttiah Muralitharan
7. Allan Border
8. Rahul Dravid
9. Sanath Teran Jayasuriya
10. Carl Hooper