Batsman Shai Hope took away the lion’s share of prizes at the Cricket West Indies (CWI) and the West Indies Players Association (WIPA) held their awards ceremony on Wednesday night in Barbados.
Hope collected three top awards in front of many former legendary Barbados cricketers, who were invited to the gala affair. The right-hander was voted Test Cricketer of the Year, ODI Cricketer of the Year and the prestigious Cricketer of the Year award, which drew loud applause from those gathered for the function.
Hope’s drive to the Test award was as a result of a great performance over the 12-month period considered. He scored back to back centuries at Headlingly Leeds to take the Windies to a very popular victory over England last September. His 147 in the first essay and 118 not out in the second gave his team an unlikely win. In all he scored 727 runs in the nine Tests he played over the period.
His form in the Test arena spilt over to the ODIs and he was very consistent over the last year, scoring his maiden ODI century in Zimbabwe. The only award that he did not pick up was that of T20 player of the Year and that went to the explosive Trinidadian batsman Evin Lewis. The left-hander scored 234 runs in three T20s for the Windies at an average of 117.0.
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