Johnson Charles

Johnson Charles (born 14 January 1989) is a St Lucian international cricketer who plays for the West Indies. As a wicketkeeper-batsman, Charles started his ODI career against Australia in March 2012.[1] His first T20I came against England in September 2011,[2] and he became just the second cricketer from the island of St Lucia to play for the West Indies (the first was Darren Sammy, who was captain in Charles' international debut).[3] Johnson was included in the West Indies' 15-man squad for the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 held in September and October that year.[4]

Johnson Charles
Personal information
Full nameJohnson Charles
Born (1989-01-14) 14 January 1989
Castries, St. Lucia
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm orthodox
RoleOpening batsman
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 164)16 March 2012 v Australia
Last ODI25 November 2016 v Zimbabwe
T20I debut (cap 48)23 September 2011 v England
Last T20I27 September 2016 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2008St. Lucia
2010–11West Indies A
2008–presentWindward Islands
2013–presentAntigua Hawksbills
2014–2017St Lucia Stars
2017Rangpur Riders
2018–presentJamaica Tallawahs
2018–presentRajshahi Kings
2019Multan Sultans
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 48 34 35 88
Runs scored 1283 724 1,227 2,100
Batting average 26.72 21.93 20.79 23.86
100s/50s 2/4 0/4 1/3 3/6
Top score 130 84 151 177
Balls bowled 5 – 240 131
Wickets 0 – 5 3
Bowling average – – 33.40 55.00
5 wickets in innings – – 0 0
10 wickets in match – – 0 0
Best bowling – – 2/14 1/22
Catches/stumpings 21/1 10/2 61/0 39/2
Source: ESPNCricinfo, 9 April 2017

Domestic and T20 franchise career

Charles played his first twenty20 match in January 2008, representing Saint Lucia in the Stanford Twenty20. Opening the batting with Keddy Lesporis, Charles managed scores of 2 and 21 from the only matches he played in the competition.[5] Later that year he debuted for the Windward Islands in the West Indies Board Cup, the regional one-day tournament. His performances were not sufficient to secure a place in the team's one-day side, and in 2009 Charles played neither List A nor twenty20 cricket. However, he made his first-class debut in January that year and played eight matches for the Windward Islands in the Regional Four Day Competition. In 16 visits to the crease he accumulated 292 runs, including a single half-century, putting him seventh in the team's list of leading run-scorers in that year's competition.[6]

Charles did not represent the Windward Islands in the 2009/10 Regional Four Day Competition, but in 2010 he returned to the List A side for the West Indies Board Cup, and played his first twenty20 match for the team.[7][8][9] In the first match of the Caribbean T20, Charles opened the batting with Devon Smith and exploited several reprieves (Charles was dropped three times and nearly run out) to score his first half-century in the format.[10]

On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Toronto Nationals in the players' draft for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament.[11][12] In November 2019, he was selected to play for the Sylhet Thunder in the 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League.[13]

International career

Having been selected in the West Indies squad for the 2012 Twenty20, Charles opened the bat with Chris Gayle in the third match (he batted after the fall of the first wicket in the West Indies opening match and in the second did not bat as the match was rained off). After building a century partnership with Gayle, Charles (who was described by ESPNCricinfo as having "little obvious pedigree as an opening batsman") went on to score 84 to help his team to victory against England. It was his highest score in first-class, List A, or even twenty20 cricket.[14] The following month Charles was dropped from the West Indies squad to face Bangladesh in a five-match ODI series.[15]

He's also having the joint record for taking the most catches by a substitute fielder in a T20I innings.(2) along with Jonathan Carter, Eoin Morgan, Hashim Amla, Jeetan Patel and Chamu Chibhabha.[16].

References
  1. "Australia in West Indies ODI Series – 1st ODI". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
  2. "West Indies in England T20I Series – 1st T20I". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
  3. "Charles eager to learn from Dessie Haynes". Windies cricket. Archived from the original on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  4. "Darren Bravo returns for World T20". 22 August 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  5. "Twenty20 matches played by Johnson Charles". Cricket Archive.
  6. "Batting and fielding in Regional Four Day Competition 2008/09". Cricket Archive.
  7. "First-class matches played by Johnson Charles". Cricket Archive.
  8. "List A matches played by Johnson Charles". Cricket Archive.
  9. "Twenty20 matches played by Johnson Charles". Cricket Archive.
  10. "Gutsy Guyana make winning start". ESPNCricinfo. 23 July 2010.
  11. "Global T20 Canada: Complete Squads". SportsKeeda. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  12. "Global T20 Canada League – Full Squads announced". CricTracker. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  13. "BPL draft: Tamim Iqbal to team up with coach Mohammad Salahuddin for Dhaka". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  14. George Dobell (27 September 2012). "West Indies survive Morgan blast". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  15. "West Indies retain Permaul, Powell for ODIs". ESPNCricinfo. 18 November 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  16. "Records | Twenty20 Internationals | Fielding records | Most catches by a substitute in an innings | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
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