Courtney Walsh —the leading Jamaican wicket taker in Tests and ODIs.
The island nation of Jamaica is one of the regions which makes up the West Indies cricket team . It has produced international cricketers in all forms of the game—Tests , One Day Internationals (ODIs) and Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is). Freddie Martin and Karl Nunes became the first Jamaicans to play international cricket when they appeared in the West Indies's inaugural Test match, against England in 1928.[ 1] Nunes captained the West Indies during this match, the first of seven Jamaicans to do so.[ 2]
Chris Gayle has scored the most runs by a Jamaican in Tests, ODIs and T20Is. He is also the highest overall scorer for the West Indies in both ODIs with 10480 runs and T20Is with 1889 runs.[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] Courtney Walsh, who has also captained the West Indies, has taken the most wickets by a Jamaican in Tests and ODIs. He is also the highest wicket taking West Indian in Tests and ODIs, having taken 519 and 227 wickets respectively. Alf Valentine and Jerome Taylor are the only other Jamaicans to have taken 100 or more wickets in test matches. Along with that, Gayle and Taylor are the only other Jamaicans to take 100 or more wickets in one day internationals.[ 6] [ 7] With 132 appearances, Walsh has also played the most matches by a West Indian in Tests.[ 8]
List
Apps denotes the number of appearances the player has made.
Runs denotes the number of runs scored by the player.
Wkts denotes the number of wickets taken by the player.
Statistics correct as of: October 2022
Name
International career
Apps
Runs
Wkts
Apps
Runs
Wkts
Apps
Runs
Wkts
References
Tests
ODIs
T20Is
Freddie Martin
1928–1931
9
486
8
–
–
–
–
–
–
[ 9]
Karl Nunes
1928–1930
4
245
0
–
–
–
–
–
–
[ 10]
Tommy Scott
1928–1931
8
171
22
–
–
–
–
–
–
[ 11]
George Headley
1930–1954
22
2,190
0
–
–
–
–
–
–
[ 12]
Ivan Barrow
1930–1939
11
276
0
–
–
–
–
–
–
[ 13]
Oscar Da Costa
1930–1935
5
153
3
–
–
–
–
–
–
[ 14]
George Gladstone
1930
1
12
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
[ 15]
Charles Passailaigue
1930
1
46
0
–
–
–
–
–
–
[ 16]
Vincent Valentine
1933
2
35
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
[ 17]
Leslie Hylton
1935–1939
6
70
16
–
–
–
–
–
–
[ 18]
Dickie Fuller
1935
1
1
0
–
–
–
–
–
–
[ 19]
George Mudie
1935
1
5
3
–
–
–
–
–
–
[ 20]
John Cameron
1939
2
6
3
–
–
–
–
–
–
[ 21]
Hines Johnson
1948–1950
3
38
13
–
–
–
–
–
–
[ 22]
Esmond Kentish
1948–1954
2
1
8
–
–
–
–
–
–
[ 23]
Kenneth Rickards
1948–1952
2
104
0
–
–
–
–
–
–
[ 24]
Jimmy Cameron
1948–1949
5
151
3
–
–
–
–
–
–
[ 25]
Allan Rae
1948–1953
15
1,016
0
–
–
–
–
–
–
[ 26]
Alf Valentine
1950–1962
36
141
139
–
–
–
–
–
–
[ 27]
Alfie Binns
1953–1956
5
64
0
–
–
–
–
–
–
[ 28]
Roy Miller
1953
1
23
0
–
–
–
–
–
–
[ 29]
Alfred Scott
1953
1
5
0
–
–
–
–
–
–
[ 30]
John Holt
1954–1959
17
1,066
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
[ 31]
Collie Smith
1955–1959
26
1,331
48
–
–
–
–
–
–
[ 32]
Tom Dewdney
1955–1958
9
17
21
–
–
–
–
–
–
[ 33]
Roy Gilchrist
1957–1959
13
60
57
–
–
–
–
–
–
[ 34]
Gerry Alexander
1957–1961
25
961
0
–
–
–
–
–
–
[ 35]
Easton McMorris
1958–1966
13
564
0
–
–
–
–
–
–
[ 36]
Reg Scarlett
1960
3
54
2
–
–
–
–
–
–
[ 37]
Chester Watson
1960–1962
7
12
19
–
–
–
–
–
–
[ 38]
Jackie Hendriks
1962–1969
20
447
0
–
–
–
–
–
–
[ 39]
Lester King
1962–1968
2
41
9
–
–
–
–
–
–
[ 40]
Maurice Foster
1969–1978
14
580
9
2
25
2
–
–
–
[ 41]
Arthur Barrett
1971–1975
6
40
13
–
–
–
–
–
–
[ 42]
Desmond Lewis
1971
3
259
0
–
–
–
–
–
–
[ 43]
Uton Dowe
1971–1973
4
8
12
–
–
–
–
–
–
[ 44]
Lawrence Rowe
1972–1980
30
2,047
0
11
136
0
–
–
–
[ 45]
Ron Headley
1973
2
62
0
1
19
0
–
–
–
[ 46]
Michael Holding
1975–1987
60
910
249
102
282
142
–
–
–
[ 47]
Richard Austin
1978
2
22
0
1
8
0
–
–
–
[ 48]
Basil Williams
1978–1979
7
469
0
–
–
–
–
–
–
[ 49]
Herbert Chang
1979
1
8
0
–
–
–
–
–
–
[ 50]
Everton Mattis
1981
4
145
0
2
86
0
–
–
–
[ 51]
Jeff Dujon
1981–1991
81
3,322
0
169
1,945
0
–
–
–
[ 52]
Courtney Walsh
1984–2001
132
936
519
205
321
227
–
–
–
[ 53]
Patrick Patterson
1986–1993
28
145
93
59
44
90
–
–
–
[ 54]
Robert Haynes
1989–1991
–
–
–
8
26
5
–
–
–
[ 55]
Jimmy Adams
1992–2001
54
3,012
27
127
2,204
43
–
–
–
[ 56]
Laurie Williams
1996–2001
–
–
–
15
124
18
–
–
–
[ 57]
Robert Samuels
1996–1997
6
372
0
8
54
0
–
–
–
[ 58]
Franklyn Rose
1997–2000
19
344
53
27
217
29
–
–
–
[ 59]
Nehemiah Perry
1999–2000
4
74
10
21
212
20
–
–
–
[ 60]
Ricardo Powell
1999–2005
2
53
0
109
2,085
11
–
–
–
[ 61]
Wavell Hinds
2000–2010
45
2,608
16
119
2,880
28
5
30
0
[ 62]
Chris Gayle [a]
2000–2021
103
7,214
73
301
10480
167
79
1899
20
[ 63]
Marlon Samuels
2000–2018
71
3,917
41
207
5,606
89
67
1611
22
[ 64]
Leon Garrick
2001
1
27
0
3
99
0
–
–
–
[ 65]
Jermaine Lawson
2001–2005
13
52
51
13
18
17
–
–
–
[ 66]
Daren Powell
2002–2009
37
407
85
55
118
71
5
1
2
[ 67]
Gareth Breese
2002
1
5
2
–
–
–
–
–
–
[ 68]
Carlton Baugh
2003–2012
21
610
0
47
482
0
3
10
0
[ 69]
David Bernard
2003–2010
3
202
4
20
141
14
1
1
0
[ 70]
Jerome Taylor
2003–2018
46
856
130
90
278
128
30
118
33
[ 71]
Xavier Marshall
2005–2009
7
243
0
24
375
0
6
36
0
[ 72]
Donovan Pagon
2005
2
37
0
–
–
–
–
–
–
[ 73]
Dwight Washington
2005
1
7
0
–
–
–
–
–
–
[ 74]
Brenton Parchment
2007–2008
2
55
0
7
122
0
1
10
0
[ 75]
Shawn Findlay
2008–2009
–
–
–
9
146
0
2
32
0
[ 76]
Nikita Miller
2008–2018
1
5
0
50
284
45
9
43
11
[ 77]
Chadwick Walton
2009–2018
2
13
0
9
53
0
19
225
–
[ 78]
Andre Russell
2010–
1
2
1
56
1034
70
67
741
39
[ 79]
Danza Hyatt
2011–2012
–
–
–
9
112
0
5
64
0
[ 80]
Nkrumah Bonner
2011–
14
787
1
6
85
1
2
27
0
[ 81]
Krishmar Santokie
2011–2014
–
–
–
–
–
–
12
0
18
[ 82]
Jermaine Blackwood
2014–
48
2566
4
3
23
0
–
–
–
[ 83]
Rovman Powell
2016–
–
–
–
45
897
3
52
826
4
[ 84]
Fabian Allen
2018–
–
–
–
20
200
7
34
267
24
[ 85]
Oshane Thomas
2018–
–
–
–
20
13
27
20
9
21
[ 86]
John Campbell
2019–
20
888
0
6
248
0
2
11
0
[ 87]
Brandon King
2019–
–
–
–
20
431
–
30
665
–
[ 88]
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