On the 3rd of June, earlier this month, resident red-ball wicketkeeper, Shane Dowrich, marked the five-year anniversary of his Test debut for the West Indies. The, then, 23-year-old received his Test cap in Dominica, against Australia as a specialist batsman, while, then, wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin still led the team. Dowrich was called into the team after a commanding 2014/15 season in the Regional 4-Day competition, scoring six hundred and fifteen (615) runs in ten (10) matches, averaging an impressive 51.25 with the bat. And as the Caribbean side, now in England, continues preparation for their pending part in the historical reintroduction of international cricket, following the devasting COVID-19, we take a look at five times the Barbadian has stood tall for the men in maroon.
On Debut
Dowrich was thrown into the deep end when Australia came a-calling in 2015, being asked to bat at no.4 in his first Test. And if the psychology of taking guard at the fall of the second wicket—for a wicketkeeper-batsman who typically resides further down the order—wasn’t enough, the reality of the West Indies finding themselves 63 for 2, on the day, was sure to get his nerves working. And to that point, he was eventually bowled by Josh Hazlewood for fifteen (15) in a relatively short-lived first innings display. The West Indies were bundled out for one hundred and forty-eight (14
, thus trailing in the second innings by one hundred and seventy runs (170). This, following the Aussies’ first innings total of three hundred and eighteen (31.
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