Shai Hope

His score did not change the game, where the match ended in a tie, which is the 34th tied ODI match and the first tied ODI match between the two teams and he was adjudged man of the match for his performance.

Shai Diego Hope (born 10 November 1993) is a Barbadian cricketer, who plays as a wicketkeeper/batsman for the West Indies cricket team.

He is also the current ODI captain of the Windies.

The win was West Indies' first away victory over England since 2000 and Hope was awarded man of the match for his winning performances.

Hope's two centuries in the match against England marked the first time this feat had been achieved at Headingley Cricket Ground in first-class cricket.

In the next match of the tri-series, against Bangladesh, Hope became the fastest batsman for the West Indies, in terms of number of innings, to score 2,000 runs in ODIs, doing so in his 47th innings.

During the 2012 season, Hope had a brief stint at local East Sussex side Chiddingly CC averaging 46 runs throughout the season with a top score of 61.

He also considered remaining in the United Kingdom at that time, with the intention to qualify to play for the England cricket team.

Hope has been described by the West Indian cricket writer and commentator Tony Cozier as "A stylish No. 3 batsman whose 211 for Barbados against Windward Islands cricket team was the tournament's only double-hundred".

Hope made his Test debut against England on 1 May 2015.

In August 2016, he was added to the West Indies squad for their Test series against India.

Hope made his One Day International (ODI) debut in the second match of the tri-series, against Sri Lanka.

His maiden ODI ton came on his second ODI, in the same tour against Zimbabwe, when he scored 101 during chasing the 257 runs.

In 2017, he was a key member of the Barbados team that won the Regional Super50, scoring centuries in both the semi-final and final, and was named man of the match in both games.

On 25 August 2017, Hope scored his maiden Test ton in the second Test against England.

He along with Kraigg Brathwaite put a 246-run partnership to lift the West Indies total to 427.

Chasing 322 in the second innings, Hope scored his second hundred and guided West Indies to a 5-wicket win.

In the second innings also, Brathwaite and Hope added 144 runs as well.

His contribution in the 2017 tour of England was recognised in April 2018 when he was named one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year.

In December 2017, Hope was added to the West Indies' Twenty20 International (T20I) squad ahead of their series against New Zealand.

He made his T20I debut for the West Indies against New Zealand on 29 December 2017.

In June 2018, he was named the Men's Cricketer of the Year, Test Cricketer of the Year and the ODI Cricketer of the Year at the annual Cricket West Indies' Awards.

The following year, he was named the CWI ODI Player of the Year.

He is generally regarded as one of the best ODI batsmen in the contemporary cricketing world.

In October 2018, Cricket West Indies (CWI) awarded Hope a contract across all formats of cricket for the 2018–19 season.

In November 2019, Hope was selected to play for the Rangpur Rangers in the 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League.

In May 2019, Hope played in his 50th ODI match, in the opening fixture of the 2019 Ireland Tri-Nation Series.

In that match, Hope and John Campbell made 365 runs for the opening wicket.

It was the highest opening partnership in ODIs, and it was also the first time that both openers for the West Indies had scored 150 runs each in an ODI match.

Hope has also twice been named, for both 2020 and 2022, in the ICC ODI Team of the Year.

Hope has an elder brother, Kyle Hope, who also plays professional cricket.

He pursued secondary schooling at Queen's College in Saint James, Barbados.

Hope was further educated at Bedes Senior School in East Sussex, England under the guidance of former Sussex captain Alan Wells.

Whilst at Bedes, Hope guided the 1st XI to the national 20/20 final where he scored a half century in a losing cause versus Millfield.

In July 2020, he was named in the Barbados Tridents squad for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League.

On 15 October 2022 Hope was named as the new captain, replacing Jason Holder, of the Barbados Pride for the 2021-22 Regional Super50 tournament.

In April of the following year, Holder joined English club Yorkshire for three games of the 2023 County Championship season.

During his debut game for the club, he notched a second innings 83, in an eventual loss to Leicestershire.

His second game for Yorkshire against Gloucestershire ensued without a ball bowled due to heavy rain.

During Hope's final match with the side, he scored an unbeaten second-innings 53 in an eventual draw against Sussex at Hove.