Johnson Charles
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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]
Domestic 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 weren’t
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]
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.
[11] The following month Charles was dropped from the West Indies squad to face Bangladesh in a five-match ODI series.
[12]
International centuries
One Day International centuries
International awards
One-Day International Cricket
Man of the Match awards
Twenty20 International Cricket
Man of the Match Awards
References
Australia
Zimbabwe
St. George's, Grenada
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