William Perkins (West Indian cricketer)

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William Perkins
Personal information
Full name
William Keith Donald Perkins
Born (1986-10-08) 8 October 1986 (age 37)
Barbados
BattingLeft-handed
RoleBatsman, Wicket-keeper
International information
National side
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2006–2011Trinidad and Tobago
2011–Combined Campuses and Colleges
2013–presentTrinbago Knight Riders
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20I T20
Matches 5 5 1 12
Runs scored 243 52 9 337
Batting average 24.30 10.40 9.00 33.70
100s/50s 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/3
Top score 52 26 9 56
Catches/stumpings 3/0 3/1 1/0 2/0
Source: CricketArchive, 29 November 2008

William Perkins (born 8 October 1986) is a West Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman who occasionally plays as wicketkeeper.

Perkins first came to prominence playing for the West Indies in the 2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, where he scored 133 from 150 balls in a victory against the United States, an innings that won him the man of the match award.[1] His performances in the tournament earned him a Twenty20 debut for Trinidad and Tobago in the Stanford 20/20 tournament. In his first match, he scored 53 from 28 balls in an eight-wicket win.[2] He subsequently made his first-class debut in January 2007.[3]

Continued domestic success in Twenty20 cricket – in his first nine games, he averaged more than 40 at a strike rate of over 125[4] – earned him a place in the West Indies team for a Twenty20 International against Australia. Opening the innings in a match shortened to eleven overs per side, he scored 9 in a seven-wicket victory.[5]

Having helped Trinidad and Tobago to victory in the Stanford 20/20, scoring an unbeaten half-century in the final,[6] Perkins was included in the initial squad for the team to face England in the Stanford Super Series for a collective prize of $20 million and attended a training camp, but did not make the final squad.[7][8]

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  1. ^ "West Indies' strength proves too much for USA". Cricinfo. 6 February 2006. Retrieved 16 September 2008.
  2. ^ "Cayman Islands v Trinidad and Tobago in 2006". CricketArchive. 5 July 2006. Retrieved 16 September 2008.
  3. ^ "Cricinfo – Barbados v Trinidad & Tobago at Crab Hill, Jan 4–7, 2007". Cricinfo. 7 January 2007. Retrieved 16 September 2008.
  4. ^ "William Perkins". CricketArchive. 18 June 2008. Retrieved 16 September 2008.
  5. ^ "Cricinfo – Only Twenty20 International: West Indies v Australia at Bridgetown, Jun 20, 2008". Cricinfo. 20 June 2008. Retrieved 16 September 2008.
  6. ^ "Trinidad are the million-dollar men". Cricinfo. 25 February 2008. Retrieved 16 September 2008.
  7. ^ "Stanford Superstars Twenty20 squad announced". Cricinfo. 22 July 2008. Retrieved 16 September 2008.
  8. ^ "Stanford Superstars squad named". ECB. 14 August 2008. Archived from the original on 17 September 2008. Retrieved 16 September 2008.