Full Name

Ricardo Lloyd Powell

Born

December 16, 1978, St Elizabeth, Jamaica

Age

45y 94d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Offbreak

Playing Role

Batter

There are few cleaner strikers of the ball in world cricket than Ricardo Powell, and fewer who provoke discussion on why he fails with such regularity. Powell was thrust into international cricket at the age of 20 after topping the Jamaican averages in the 1999 Busta Cup, and quickly took centre stage with an innings of 124 from 93 balls against India in Singapore. But despite this magnificent start, he was soon bought down to earth. He gained a reputation as a one-day slogger and was discarded from the Test side after one game in New Zealand in 1999-2000, and even then for a while struggled to retain a regular place in the ODI side. He has made himself a more regular member of the side of late, but his run of low scores, added to West Indies's nervous chopping and changing, led to him being discarded. He remained on the periphery, taking a break from the game in 2006-07 as he looked to life beyond cricket.
Rahul Bhatia March 2006

Ricardo Powell Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests230533017.667669.730010010
ODIs10910016208512424.82215796.661818575430
FC37613158411527.31--28--260
List A14913724277812424.58--111--690
T20s5521284.001392.30000100

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests2278490---3.76-000
ODIs10925473491112/52/544.636.2243.0000
FC37-1550672133/75-51.692.60119.2-00
List A149-971919293/273/2731.685.6733.4000
T20s5------------
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Photos of Ricardo Powell

Ricardo Powell
Ricardo Powell batting during his quickfire 49
Ricardo Powell on the attack
Drakes is congratulated by team-mate Powell and Chanderpaul after getting his fifth wicket
Ricardo Powell watches as he hits one of four sixes against Bangladesh
Jacob Oram is pleased as punch after cleaning up the dangerous Ricardo Powell