Evin Lewis
Evin Earl Lewis (born 27 December 1991) is a Trinidadian cricket who use to also play for the West Indies as a left-handed opening batsman. At most featuring in limited-overs internationals, he's the third batsman, after Brendon McCullum and Chris Gayle, to score two Twenty20 International centuries.[1] Lewis also holds the records of the highest retired hurt score, of 176 not out, in international cricket along with the highest score, of 125 not out, by a West Indian in T20 internationals.[2][3] Lewis was a member of the West Indies team that won the 2016 T20 World Cup.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Evin Earl Lewis |
| Born | 27 December 1991 (age 31) Rio Claro, Trinidad and Tobago |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Batting | Left-handed |
| Bowling | Right-arm medium |
| Role | Opening batter |
| International information | |
| National side |
|
| ODI debut (cap 174) | 5 October 2016 v Pakistan |
| Last ODI | 26 July 2021 v Australia |
| ODI shirt no. | 17 |
| T20I debut (cap 63) | 27 March 2016 v Afghanistan |
| Last T20I | 21 October 2022 v Ireland |
| T20I shirt no. | 17 |
| Domestic team information | |
| Years | Team |
| 2012–present | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 2014 | T&T Red Steel |
| 2015–present | St Kitts and Nevis Patriots |
| 2015 | Barisal Bulls |
| 2016–2017 | Dhaka Dynamites |
| 2018 | Peshawar Zalmi |
| 2018–2019 | Mumbai Indians |
| 2018-present | Comilla Victorians |
| 2021 | Rajasthan Royals |
| 2022 | Lucknow Super Giants |
| Career statistics | |
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 1 November 2022 | |
He won the 2019 Bangladesh Premier League title with the Comilla Victorians, the 2021 Caribbean Premier League title with the St Kitts & Nevis Patriots. Lewis has also featured for CPL team Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel, BPL outfits Barisal Bulls and Dhaka Dynamites along with IPL sides Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals.[4]
Early career edit
Evin Lewis was born in Rio Claro, Trinidad. He represented the West Indies under-19s at the 2010 Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand, playing three matches.[5] He had earlier represented Trinidad and Tobago at the 2009–10 WICB President's Cup, the domestic limited-overs competition.[6]
Domestic and T20 franchise career edit
Lewis made his first-class debut for Trinidad and Tobago in March 2012, in the 2011–12 Regional Four Day Competition.[7] Later in the year, he represented the team in the 2012 Champions League Twenty20 in South Africa, playing a single match (against Sri Lankan team Uva Next).[8]
At the 2013 Champions League Twenty20 in India, Lewis scored 211 runs from five innings, finished as his team's leading run-scorer (and fifth overall). His tournament included scores of 70 from 35 balls against the Titans (a South African team) and 62 from 46 balls in the semi-final against the Mumbai Indians.[8] For the 2014 Caribbean Premier League, Lewis signed with the Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel franchise, and scored 321 runs from eight innings (the most for his team, and seventh overall).[9] He switched to the new St Kitts and Nevis Patriots franchise for the 2015 edition, and scored the third-most runs for his team (behind Marlon Samuels and Martin Guptill).[10] Later in 2015, Lewis signed with the Barisal Bulls franchise for the inaugural season of the Bangladesh Premier League. In one match against the Dhaka Dynamites, he scored 101 not out from 65 balls, the tournament's only century. Lewis later represented Dhaka Dynamites in the competition, scoring another century in his short stint in the 2016 edition.[11]
In the 2017 Caribbean Premier League, he opened the batting with his mentor Chris Gayle for an entire season at the St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots, a team which also included West Indies T20 captain Carlos Brathwaite.[12][better source needed]
He was selected to play for the Vancouver Knights in the players' draft for the inaugural 2018 edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament.[13][14]
He was named in the squad for the Comilla Victorians team following the draft for the 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League.[15] With Lewis in tow the Comilla Victorians went on to defeat the Dhaka Dynamites by 17 runs to claim the 2019 BPL title.[16] During the 2019 Caribbean Premier League, Lewis was fined for an incident in the match between the Trinbago Knight Riders and St Kitts & Nevis Patriots, where he was involved in a heated exchange with bowler Ali Khan.[17]
He was released by the Mumbai Indians ahead of the 2020 IPL auction.[18] In July 2020, he was once again named in the St Kitts & Nevis Patriots squad for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League.[19][20] Lewis eventually signed up with the Rajasthan Royals for the second half of the 2021 Indian Premier League.[21] He also scored a century against the Trinbago Knight Riders to propel the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots toward the 2021 Caribbean Premier League semifinals.[22] The Patriots together with Lewis went on to win their first CPL title, in defeating the St Lucia Kings by 3 wickets in the final.[23]
In February 2022, he was bought by the Lucknow Super Giants in the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament.[24] He played a Quick-fire knock of 55*(23) against Defending Champions Chennai Super Kings[25] in chase of 210 to hand Lucknow Super Giants their first ever win in Indian Premier League.[26]
In July 2022, he was signed by the Jaffna Kings for the third edition of the Lanka Premier League.[27]
International career edit
In March 2016, Lewis was added to the West Indies squad for the 2016 ICC World Twenty20, replacing the injured Lendl Simmons.[28] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut on 27 March 2016 against Afghanistan at Nagpur[29]
On 27 August 2016, in only his 2nd T20I, Lewis scored his debut T20I century against India in the first match of the series between the two sides at the Central Broward Regional Park Stadium, Lauderhill, Florida. His 100 came off 48 delivery, being the second fastest T20I century by a West Indian, after Gayle, and sixth fastest overall. During Lewis' innings, he hit five sixes in five balls from an over bowled by Stuart Binny. He didn't manage a six from the final ball, but still managed 32 runs (1 run made by a wide) from the over. The West Indies scored a sum of 245 runs and later won the game, which set a new record for the most sixes in a T20I, by just one run. Along with that Lewis was awarded the man-of-the-match.[30][31][32]
He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for the West Indies against Pakistan on 5 October 2016.[33] In November 2016 he scored his maiden ODI century of 148, with 15 fours and 4 sixes, against Sri Lanka at Harare Sports Club in the 2016–17 Zimbabwe Tri-Series. Despite Lewis's heroics with the bat, the Caribbean side were just narrowly defeated in this encounter.[34][35][36]
He made his second T20I hundred on 9 July 2017 against India at Sabina Park. He smashed 125*, which is the highest score in a T20I chase,[37] also becoming the third batsman to score two international T20 tons, after Brendon McCullum and Chris Gayle.[38][39] Lewis' knock is also the highest T20I score by a West Indian batsman.[2]
On 27 September 2017, Lewis notched 176 not out in the 4th ODI vs England at The Oval. This was the highest score by any batsman who opted to retire hurt in international cricket.[3] As well his 176* was the 4th highest score by a west indian in one day internationals along with the third highest by any batsman against England. Despite his runs coming in a losing cause, Lewis was adjudged as the man of the match for this encounter.[40][41]
In February 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) named Lewis as one of the ten players to watch ahead of the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament.[42] In June 2018, he was named the T20 International Cricketer of the Year at the annual Cricket West Indies' Awards.[43]
In April 2019, he was named in the West Indies' squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.[44][45] In June 2021, during the series against South Africa, Lewis scored his 1,000th run in T20I cricket.[46] In September 2021, Lewis was named in the West Indies' squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[47]
References edit
- ^ "Evin Lewis joins elite club with second T20I century". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Batting records | Twenty20 Internationals | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com".
- ^ a b "West Indies batsman Lewis retires hurt with record 176". Reuters. 27 September 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ "Evin Lewis". Wisden. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ Under-19 ODI matches played by Evin Lewis – CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
- ^ List A matches played by Evin Lewis – CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
- ^ First-class matches played by Evin Lewis – CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
- ^ a b Twenty20 matches played by Evin Lewis – CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
- ^ Batting and fielding in Caribbean Premier League 2014 (ordered by runs) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
- ^ Batting and fielding in Caribbean Premier League 2015 (ordered by runs) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
- ^ "Barisal gun down 159 with Lewis ton" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
- ^ "St Kitts & Nevis Patriots Caribbean Premier League CPL T20".
- ^ "Global T20 Canada: Complete Squads". SportsKeeda. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ "Global T20 Canada League – Full Squads announced". CricTracker. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ "Full players list of the teams following Players Draft of BPL T20 2018-19". Bangladesh Cricket Board. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- ^ Isam, Mohammad (8 February 2019). "Tamim Iqbal's 141* leads Comilla Victorians to second BPL title". cricinfo.com. Cricinfo.
- ^ "Ali Khan, Evin Lewis lose big $$ after squaring off on field".
- ^ "Where do the eight franchises stand before the 2020 auction?". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ^ "Nabi, Lamichhane, Dunk earn big in CPL 2020 draft". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- ^ "Teams Selected for Hero CPL 2020". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- ^ ESPN Cricinfo Staff (31 August 2021). "Evin Lewis and Oshane Thomas to replace Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes at Rajasthan Royals". cricinfo.com. Cricinfo.
- ^ Ramphal, Vidia (11 September 2021). "Lewis hundred puts Patriots into CPL semis". cayman.loopnews.com. Loop News.
- ^ Della Penna, Peter (15 September 2021). "Dominic Drakes' stunning onslaught seals St Kitts & Nevis Patriots' maiden CPL title". cricinfo.com. Cricinfo.
- ^ "IPL 2022 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ^ "IPL 2022: Quinton de Kock, Evin Lewis Shine as LSG Beat CSK by 6 Wickets". www.news18.com. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
- ^ "Evin Lewis, Ayush Badoni power LSG to their first IPL win". Hindustan Times. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
- ^ "LPL 2022 draft: Kandy Falcons sign Hasaranga; Rajapaksa to turn out for Dambulla Giants". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
- ^ "Evin Lewis replaces Lendl Simmons in WI WT20 squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
- ^ "World T20, 30th Match, Super 10 Group 1: Afghanistan v West Indies at Nagpur, Mar 27, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
- ^ "Most runs, most sixes, and two seriously quick hundreds". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ "Bravo magic seals one-run win in 489-run T20I". espncricinfo. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ "One-run win for West Indies". www.nationnews.com. 28 August 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ "West Indies tour of United Arab Emirates, 3rd ODI: Pakistan v West Indies at Abu Dhabi, Oct 5, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ "Full Scorecard of Sri Lanka vs West Indies 5th Match 2016/17 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com".
- ^ "Sri Lanka beat West Indies by one run in ODI thriller in Bulawayo". Sky Sports. 23 November 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ Kishore, Shashank (23 November 2016). "Sri Lanka survive Lewis' 148 for thrilling win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ "Batting records | Twenty20 Internationals | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com".
- ^ "Evin Lewis joins elite club with second T20I century". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
- ^ "Lewis 125* as West Indies power through to nine-wicket win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
- ^ Goulding, Justin (27 September 2017). "Moeen seals ODI series win for England". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ "England v West Indies". ESPNcricinfo. 11 April 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ "10 stars to look out for at CWCQ". International Cricket Council. 27 February 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- ^ "Shai Hope, Stafanie Taylor clean up at CWI Awards". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ^ "Andre Russell in West Indies World Cup squad, Kieron Pollard misses out". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
- ^ "Andre Russell picked in West Indies' World Cup squad". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
- ^ "Evin Lewis smashes 35-ball 71 as West Indies trounce South Africa". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ "T20 World Cup: Ravi Rampaul back in West Indies squad; Sunil Narine left out". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
External links edit
- Evin Lewis at ESPNcricinfo