Carl Wright (cricketer)
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Carl Da Costa Wright is a Jamaica
n born American
cricket
er. Wright is a right-handed batsman who plays occasionally as a wicketkeeper. Wright currently represents the United States national cricket team.
debut for Jamaica
against Barbados
in 1998. From 1998 to 2000 Wright represented Jamaica in 11 first-class matches, with his final match coming against the Leeward Islands
. In his 11 first-class matches he scored 379 at a batting average
of 18.95, with two half centuries and a high score of 95*
against the Windward Islands
.
Wright made his List-A debut for the United States against Barbados
in the 2008/09 West Indies Cricket Board Cup. Wright made two further appearances for the United States in that tournament against Trinidad and Tobago, where he scored 90*
, and against the Combined Campuses and Colleges
. The United States lost all three matches.
Later in 2008 Wright represented the United States in the 2008 ICC Americas Championship Division One, where he played matches against Suriname, Argentina, the Cayman Islands, Bermuda and Canada as the United States went on to win the tournament.
In 2010 he made his unofficial Twenty20
debut for the United States against the UAE in a pre-tournament warm up match for the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier
. During the tournament Wright made his full Twenty20
deubt against Scotland, where he scored 62 runs as the USA went on to win by 6 wickets. He followed this up by playing matches against Ireland and Afghanistan, both of which the United States lost.
Later in February 2010, Wright represented the United States in the 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Five
, where he helped the United States gain promotion to the 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Four
in Italy
.
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
n born American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er. Wright is a right-handed batsman who plays occasionally as a wicketkeeper. Wright currently represents the United States national cricket team.
Jamaica
Wright made his first-classFirst-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
debut for Jamaica
Jamaica national cricket team
The Jamaica national cricket team is the representative first-class cricket team of Jamaica.-History:The team's history lasts back to 1895, when they played three matches against a touring side from England led by Slade Lucas, but because of the distance to the other cricketing countries, Jamaica...
against Barbados
Barbados national cricket team
The Barbadian cricket team is the representative first class cricket team of Barbados.It does not take part in any international competitions , but rather in inter-regional competitions in the Caribbean, such as the Regional Four Day Competition and the WICB Cup, and the best players may be...
in 1998. From 1998 to 2000 Wright represented Jamaica in 11 first-class matches, with his final match coming against the Leeward Islands
Leeward Islands cricket team
The Leeward Islands cricket team is a first class cricket team representing the member countries of the Leeward Islands Cricket Association, a regional association which again is part of the West Indies Cricket Board. Contrary to the normal English definition of the Leeward Islands, Dominica is not...
. In his 11 first-class matches he scored 379 at a batting average
Batting average
Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...
of 18.95, with two half centuries and a high score of 95*
Not out
In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...
against the Windward Islands
Windward Islands cricket team
The Windward Islands cricket team is a cricket team representing the member countries of the Windward Islands Cricket Board of Control. The team plays in the West Indies regional tournament....
.
Move to America
Wright made his debut for the United States against the Cayman Islands in the 2006 ICC Americas Championship Division One 2. Wright played 9 matches for the United States in the tournament, as they went on to finish second behind eventual winners Bermuda.Wright made his List-A debut for the United States against Barbados
Barbados national cricket team
The Barbadian cricket team is the representative first class cricket team of Barbados.It does not take part in any international competitions , but rather in inter-regional competitions in the Caribbean, such as the Regional Four Day Competition and the WICB Cup, and the best players may be...
in the 2008/09 West Indies Cricket Board Cup. Wright made two further appearances for the United States in that tournament against Trinidad and Tobago, where he scored 90*
Not out
In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...
, and against the Combined Campuses and Colleges
Combined Campuses and Colleges cricket team
Combined Campuses and Colleges is a first-class cricket team that plays in the West Indies domestic competitions of Carib Beer Cup and KFC Cup. The team was created for the 2007/08 season and played their first matches in the KFC Cup one-day competition in October 2007...
. The United States lost all three matches.
Later in 2008 Wright represented the United States in the 2008 ICC Americas Championship Division One, where he played matches against Suriname, Argentina, the Cayman Islands, Bermuda and Canada as the United States went on to win the tournament.
In 2010 he made his unofficial Twenty20
Twenty20
Twenty20 is a form of cricket, originally introduced in England for professional inter-county competition by the England and Wales Cricket Board , in 2003. A Twenty20 game involves two teams, each has a single innings, batting for a maximum of 20 overs. Twenty20 cricket is also known as T20 cricket...
debut for the United States against the UAE in a pre-tournament warm up match for the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier
2010 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier
The 2010 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier was played from February 9–13, 2010 in the United Arab Emirates and a part of ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier series...
. During the tournament Wright made his full Twenty20
Twenty20
Twenty20 is a form of cricket, originally introduced in England for professional inter-county competition by the England and Wales Cricket Board , in 2003. A Twenty20 game involves two teams, each has a single innings, batting for a maximum of 20 overs. Twenty20 cricket is also known as T20 cricket...
deubt against Scotland, where he scored 62 runs as the USA went on to win by 6 wickets. He followed this up by playing matches against Ireland and Afghanistan, both of which the United States lost.
Later in February 2010, Wright represented the United States in the 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Five
2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Five
The 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Five is a cricket tournament that took place in February, 2010 in Nepal. It is a part of the World Cricket League competition administered by the International Cricket Council, the international governing body for cricket...
, where he helped the United States gain promotion to the 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Four
2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Four
The 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Four is a cricket tournament that took place in August 2010 in Italy. It is a part of the World Cricket League competition administered by the International Cricket Council, the international governing body for cricket...
in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
.
External links
- Carl Wright at CricinfoCricinfoESPNcricinfo is believed to be the largest cricket-related website on the World Wide Web. Content includes news,articles, live scorecards,live text commentary and a comprehensive and searchable database called 'StatsGuru', of historical matches and players from the 18th century to the present...
- Carl Wright at CricketArchiveCricketArchiveCricketArchive is a website that aims to provide a comprehensive archive of records relating to the sport of cricket. It claims to be the most comprehensive cricket database on the internet, including scorecards for all matches of first-class cricket , List A cricket , Women's Test cricket and...