Sunil Narine

Sunil Narine
Personal information
Full name Sunil Philip Narine
Born (1988-05-26) 26 May 1988
Arima, Trinidad and Tobago
Batting Left-handed
Bowling Right arm off break
Role Bowling all-rounder
International information
National side
ODI debut 5 December 2011 v India
Last ODI 5 October 2016 v Pakistan
T20I debut 27 March 2012 v Australia
Last T20I 16 September 2017 v England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2009–2016 Trinidad and Tobago
2012–present Kolkata Knight Riders (squad no. 74)
2012–2013 Sydney Sixers
2013 Barisal Burners
2015–2016 Comilla Victorians
2013–2015 Guyana Amazon Warriors
2016–present Trinbago Knight Riders
2016–2017 Melbourne Renegades
2017–present Lahore Qalandars
2017–present Dhaka Dynamites
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20 LA T20
Matches 65 48 92 299
Runs scored 363 147 588 1694
Batting average 11.00 12.25 12.51 14.35
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/6
Top score 36 30 51 79
Balls bowled 3540 1030 5013 6840
Wickets 92 50 156 342
Bowling average 26.46 20.68 19.91 19.83
5 wickets in innings 2 0 6 1
10 wickets in match n/a n/a n/a n/a
Best bowling 6/27 4/12 6/9 5/19
Catches/stumpings 14/– 7/– 21/- 65/–
Source: ESPN cricinfo, 6 October 2018

Sunil Philip Narine (born 26 May 1988) is a Trinidadian cricketer who plays for the West Indies. Primarily an off-spin bowler, he is also an aggressive left-handed batsman.[1]

Narine currently plays for Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL, Dhaka Dynamites in the BPL, Trinbago Knight Riders in the CPL and Lahore Qalandars in the PSL. He made his One Day International debut in December 2011 and Test debut in June 2012.

Domestic and T20 franchise career

Sunil made his debut in first-class cricket for Trinidad and Tobago in February 2009 during the Regional Four Day Competition, bowling thirteen overs without taking a wicket.[2] He did not play another first-class match until nearly a year later,[3] and after going wicketless in the first innings claimed a single scalp in the second, that of tail-ender Lionel Baker.[4]

On 19 January 2011, during the Caribbean Twenty20, Narine played his first Twenty20 (T20) match but did not bowl as the match was rained off before Trinidad and Tobago could bowl.[5] T&T won the competition and Narine managed five wickets at an average of 13.40.[6][7] By virtue of winning the competition Trinidad and Tobago qualified for the 2011 Champions League Twenty20 held in September and October, in which Narine was one of three bowlers to take ten or more wickets.[8] He made his List A debut on 20 October 2011 in the Regional Super50, claiming figures of one wicket for 35 runs (1/35); his wicket that of opening batsman Miles Bascombe.[9] Trinidad and Tobago won the competition and Narine was the leading wicket-taker in the competition with 15 scalps, five more than the nearest competitor, fellow spin bowler Nikita Miller.[10][11]

Narine is the all-time leading wicket taker in Champions League T20 history with 39 scalps.[12]

In May 2018, he was named as one of the ten marquee players for the first edition of the Global T20 Canada cricket tournament.[13][14] On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Montreal Tigers in the players' draft for the inaugural edition of the tournament.[15][16]

International career

When the West Indies toured India in November and December 2011 Narine was included in the squad. He made his One Day International debut in the third fixture on 6 December, taking the wickets of Virat Kohli and then Ravichandran Ashwin to help the West Indies to a 16-run victory.[17] Playing in the final two matches (both won by India) Narine took one more wicket while conceding a further 87 runs.[18]

Back in the Caribbean, Narine played three of T&T's six matches in February 2012 in the Regional Four Day Competition, taking 31 wickets at an average of 9.61, and finishing as the team's leading wicket-taker and seventh overall.[3][19] Australia arrived in the West Indies in March, and their tour began with five ODIs. Narine and West Indies fast bowler Kemar Roach each finished with eleven wickets and were joined leading wicket takers in the series which was drawn 3–3 .[20][21]

Following an injury to fast bowler Kemar Roach, and the conclusion of the 2012 IPL, Narine was drafted into the West Indies squad for the third and final Test against England in June 2012. At the time he had played just six first-class matches, managing 34 wickets at an average of 11.88.[22] Replacing fellow off spinner Shane Shillingford in the side, Narine made his Test debut on 10 June 2012.[23] Due to his performance in the IPL Narine was much hyped by the media,[24][25] though Kevin Pietersen and Ian Bell negotiated him with ease.[26]

A superb performance by Narine of five wickets for 28 runs on 16 July 2012 helped the West Indies beat New Zealand by 20 runs in their fifth and last ODI and win the current series 4–1 at Basseterre, St. Kitts.[27] Playing only in his second Test he was adjudged the Man of the Match after he picked eight wickets which included his maiden five-wicket haul.[28][29] Narine was left out of the first 2 tests vs New Zealand.

As on 8 March 2014 he topped the ICC Twenty20 rankings of bowlers with 784 points. Saeed Ajmal of Pakistan at second, was way behind in points at 714, while Ajantha Mendis of Sri Lanka with 674 points completed the top three.[30]

He is the only bowler to have bowled a maiden in a Super Over in a Twenty20 match.[31][32]

Bowling action

Narine has the reputation of a "mystery bowler", due to the variations that he has on his off breaks, and how he disguises them.[33] Narine missed out on the final match of the 2014 Champions League Twenty20 due to being suspended for an illegal action over 15 degrees.

In November 2015, Narine was suspended from bowling in international cricket, after his bowling action was deemed to be illegal.[34] His action was reported during the third ODI game against Sri Lanka earlier in the same month.[34] Former West Indies fast bowler Sir Andy Roberts believed that Narine should consider taking a hiatus from international cricket.[35] In April 2016, he was cleared for bowling in all formats of domestic and international cricket.

Narine's action was reported again during the 2018 Pakistan Super League, but was cleared soon after.[36]

References

  1. ↑ "Narine demolishes RCB with fastest IPL fifty". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-05-29.
  2. ↑ f51427 Trinidad and Tobago v Leeward Islands: Regional Four Day Competition 2008/09, CricketArchive, retrieved 10 June 2012
  3. 1 2 First-class matches played by Sunil Narine, CricketArchive, retrieved 10 June 2012
  4. ↑ f52251 Leeward Islands v Trinidad and Tobago: Regional Four Day Competition 2009/10, CricketArchive, retrieved 10 June 2012
  5. ↑ tt2076 Hampshire v Trinidad and Tobago: Caribbean T20 2010/11 (Group B), CricketArchive, retrieved 10 June 2012
  6. ↑ tt2087 Hampshire v Trinidad and Tobago: Caribbean T20 2010/11 (Final), CricketArchive, retrieved 10 June 2012
  7. ↑ Bowling in Caribbean T20 2010/11 (ordered by average), CricketArchive, retrieved 10 June 2012
  8. ↑ Bowling in Champions League 2011/12 (ordered by wickets), CricketArchive, retrieved 10 June 2012
  9. ↑ a21543 Combined Campuses and Colleges v Trinidad and Tobago: Regional Super50 2011/12 (Group B), CricketArchive, retrieved 10 June 2012
  10. ↑ a21563 Jamaica v Trinidad and Tobago: Regional Super50 2011/12 (Final), CricketArchive, retrieved 10 June 2012
  11. ↑ Bowling in Regional Super50 2011/12 (ordered by wickets), CricketArchive, retrieved 10 June 2012
  12. ↑ "Cricket Records | Champions League Twenty20 | Records | Most wickets | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  13. ↑ "Steven Smith named as marquee player for Canada T20 tournament". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  14. ↑ "Steve Smith named as marquee player for Global T20 Canada". Sporting News. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  15. ↑ "Global T20 Canada: Complete Squads". SportsKeeda. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  16. ↑ "Global T20 Canada League – Full Squads announced". CricTracker. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  17. ↑ Narine kept building the pressure – Rampaul, ESPNcricinfo, 6 December 2011, retrieved 10 June 2012
  18. ↑ Records / West Indies in India ODI Series, 2011/12 / Most wickets, ESPNcricinfo, archived from the original on 8 December 2011, retrieved 10 June 2012
  19. ↑ Records / Regional Four Day Competition, 2011/12 / Most wickets, ESPNcricinfo, retrieved 10 June 2012
  20. ↑ Records / Australia in West Indies ODI Series, 2011/12 / Most wickets, ESPNcricinfo, retrieved 10 June 2012
  21. ↑ Coverdale, Brydon (25 March 2012), Sammy heroics in vain as Australia draw series, ESPNcricinfo, retrieved 10 June 2012
  22. ↑ McGlashan, Andrew (30 May 2012), Narine replaces injured Roach, ESPNcricinfo, retrieved 10 June 2012
  23. ↑ England's errors bolster Windies, new.com.au, 10 June 2012, retrieved 10 June 2012
  24. ↑ Dobell, George (10 June 2012), Ramdin's message to Sir Viv, ESPNcricinfo, retrieved 10 June 2012
  25. ↑ Gollapudi, Nagraj (10 June 2012), Can Narine trick England?, ESPNcricinfo, retrieved 10 June 2012
  26. ↑ Selvey, Mike (10 June 2012), "West Indies bowler Tino Best hits record score against England", The Guardian, retrieved 10 June 2012
  27. ↑ "Five star Narine sees West Indies to win over Kiwis". 17 July 2012. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012.
  28. ↑ "Gayle, Narine put West Indies on top". Wisden India. 26 July 2012.
  29. ↑ "West Indies vs New Zealand, 1st Test, Antigua Gallery". Wisden India. 30 July 2012.
  30. ↑ Cinderella Man Mar 8 2014. "Latest ICC T20 player rankings – Batsmen and bowlers – Sportskeeda". Sportskeeda.com.
  31. ↑ "Narine's Super-Over maiden sinks Red Steel". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
  32. ↑ "5th Match: Guyana Amazon Warriors v Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel at Providence, Jul 17, 2014 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
  33. ↑ Chopra, Akash. "Unravelling the Narine mystery". www.ESPNCricinfo.com. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  34. 1 2 "Narine suspended after action found illegal". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  35. ↑ "Sir Andy Roberts recommends lengthy hiatus for Narine". GrenadaSports. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  36. ↑ "Sunil Narine's bowling action reported again". The Times Of India. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
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