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.
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| Full name | Kyle Antonio Hope | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 November 1988 Saint Michael Parish, Barbados | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Shai Hope (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| National side | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Test debut (cap 312) | 17 August 2017 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 29 October 2017 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 179) | 30 June 2017 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 26 December 2017 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009/10–2012/13 | Barbados | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010/11–2014/15 | Combined Campuses | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015/16–2019/20 | Trinidad and Tobago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Barbados Tridents | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020/21–2022/23 | Barbados | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 15 August 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career
editHope 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
edit- ^ West Indies / Players / Kyle Hope – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
- ^ a b First-class matches played by Kyle Hope – CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
- ^ List A matches played by Kyle Hope – CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
- ^ Twenty20 matches played by Kyle Hope – CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
- ^ West Indies / Players / Shai Hope – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
- ^ "Kyle Hope, Ambris earn maiden ODI call-ups". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "India tour of West Indies, 3rd ODI: West Indies v India at North Sound, Jun 30, 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ^ "Roach returns, Reifer picked for England tour". ESPNcricinfo. 15 July 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ "1st Test (D/N), West Indies tour of England at Birmingham, Aug 17–21 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- ^ "Spinner Khan is T&T Red Force Super50 skipper". Trinidad and Tobago Guardian. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
- ^ "Ashmead Nedd joins Leeward Hurricanes in 2020/2021 Professional Players Draft". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
