Kyle Antonio Hope (born 20 November 1988) is a Barbadian cricketer who has played for both Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago in West Indian domestic cricket, as well as the Combined Campuses and Colleges. He is a right-handed middle-order batsman.

Kyle Hope
Personal information
Full name
Kyle Antonio Hope
Born (1988-11-20) 20 November 1988 (age 36)
Saint Michael Parish, Barbados
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RelationsShai Hope (brother)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 312)17 August 2017 v England
Last Test29 October 2017 v Zimbabwe
ODI debut (cap 179)30 June 2017 v India
Last ODI26 December 2017 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2009/10–2012/13Barbados
2010/11–2014/15Combined Campuses
2015/16–2019/20Trinidad and Tobago
2016Barbados Tridents
2020/21–2022/23Barbados
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 5 7 50 46
Runs scored 101 138 2,500 1,185
Batting average 11.22 23.00 29.76 26.93
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 2/15 1/5
Top score 43 46 105* 107
Catches/stumpings 3/– 1/– 43/– 21/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 15 August 2024

Career

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Hope was born in Saint Michael Parish, and attended Queen's College and The Lodge School.[1] He made his first-class debut for Barbados during the 2009–10 Regional Four Day Competition, and made semi-regular appearances over the following three seasons.[2] After a period of poor form, Hope was left without a team for the 2013–14 season, although the following year he appeared for the Combined Campuses in the 2014–15 Regional Super50.[3] He had earlier played for the team in the 2011 and 2012 Caribbean Twenty20 tournaments.[4] For the 2015–16 season, Hope switched to Trinidad and Tobago, returning to first-class cricket for the first time since February 2013.[2] His younger brother, Shai Hope, is also a professional cricketer, and has played international cricket for the West Indies.[5]

In June 2017, he was added to the West Indies One Day International (ODI) squad, ahead of the third match against India.[6] He made his ODI debut for the West Indies against India on 30 June 2017.[7] The following month, he was named in the West Indies squad for the Test series against England.[8] He made his Test debut in the first match of the series on 17 August 2017.[9]

In November 2019, he was named in Trinidad and Tobago's squad for the 2019–20 Regional Super50 tournament.[10] In June 2020, he was selected by Barbados, in the players' draft hosted by Cricket West Indies ahead of the 2020–21 domestic season.[11]

References

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  1. ^ West Indies / Players / Kyle Hope – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  2. ^ a b First-class matches played by Kyle Hope – CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  3. ^ List A matches played by Kyle Hope – CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  4. ^ Twenty20 matches played by Kyle Hope – CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  5. ^ West Indies / Players / Shai Hope – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  6. ^ "Kyle Hope, Ambris earn maiden ODI call-ups". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  7. ^ "India tour of West Indies, 3rd ODI: West Indies v India at North Sound, Jun 30, 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  8. ^ "Roach returns, Reifer picked for England tour". ESPNcricinfo. 15 July 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  9. ^ "1st Test (D/N), West Indies tour of England at Birmingham, Aug 17–21 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  10. ^ "Spinner Khan is T&T Red Force Super50 skipper". Trinidad and Tobago Guardian. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  11. ^ "Ashmead Nedd joins Leeward Hurricanes in 2020/2021 Professional Players Draft". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
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