Justin Greaves
Personal information
Full name
Justin Pierre Greaves
Born (1994-02-26) 26 February 1994 (age 29)
Barbados
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 335)17 January 2024 v Australia
Last Test25 January 2024 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 208)8 January 2022 v Ireland
Last ODI16 January 2022 v Ireland
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2014Combined Campuses
2016-presentBarbados
2019-presentBarbados Royals
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 2 5 39 48
Runs scored 68 38 1336 1309
Batting average 17.0 7.6 26.19 32.72
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 1/7 1/9
Top score 33 12 114 121
Balls bowled 216 0 3914 541
Wickets 3 0 79 18
Bowling average 37.66 0 23.32 27.11
5 wickets in innings 0 0 4 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/36 0 6/34 4/25
Catches/stumpings 3/0 2/0 25/0 21/0
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 6 February 2024

Justin Pierre Greaves (born 26 February 1994) is a Barbadian cricketer who has played for both Barbados and the Combined Campuses and Colleges in West Indian domestic cricket.[1] He made his international debut for the West Indies cricket team in January 2022.[2]

Career

Greaves played for the West Indies under-19s at the 2012 Under-19 World Cup in Australia.[3] Earlier, in an under-19 series, against Sri Lanka, he had top-scored in a match coming at number seven in the batting order, making 90 runs off just 68 balls.[4]

Greaves played for Sefton Park CC in the Liverpool and District Cricket Competition in England in 2013, scoring 109 and taking 4–32 on debut against Old Xaverians[5] and finishing with 742 runs at 67.45 and 31 wickets at 15.00 in 18 league games[6] as Sefton convincingly won the second division.[7] He returned to England in 2014, assisting Essex side Frinton-on-Sea to a second-placed finish in the Two Counties league[8] to gain promotion to the East Anglian Premier Cricket League.[9]

Greaves made his first-class debut during the 2013–14 Regional Four Day Competition, representing the Combined Campuses.[10] His debut for Barbados came in January 2016, when he played against ICC Americas in the 2015–16 Regional Super50.[11]

In June 2018, he was named in the Cricket West Indies B Team squad for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament.[12] He made his Twenty20 debut on 20 September 2019, for the Barbados Tridents, in the 2019 Caribbean Premier League.[13] The following month, he was named in the West Indies Emerging Team for the 2019–20 Regional Super50 tournament.[14]

In July 2020, he was named in the Barbados Tridents squad for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League.[15][16]

In November 2021, Greaves was named in the West Indies' One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Pakistan.[17] In December 2021, he was named in the West Indies' ODI squad for their series against Ireland.[18] He made his ODI debut on 8 January 2022, for the West Indies against Ireland.[19]

In December 2023, he was included in West Indies's Test squad for the away 2-match series against Australia.[20] He made his test debut on 17 January 2024 against Australia.[21] In the first innings of the test, he only scored 5 runs before making 24 in the second innings.[22] In January 2024, he was selected in West Indies's ODI squad for the series against Australia.[23]

References

  1. ^ "Justin Greaves Profile - Cricket Player West Indies | Stats, Records, Video". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Justin Greaves Profile - ICC Ranking, Age, Career Info & Stats". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  3. ^ Under-19 ODI matches played by Justin Greaves – CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  4. ^ Sri Lanka Under-19s v West Indies Under-19s, Under-19 Quadrangular Series 2011/12 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  5. ^ "25th & 27th May 2013". www.seftonparkcc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 November 2016.
  6. ^ "Sefton Park CC". seftonpark.play-cricket.com. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Liverpool and District Cricket Competition".
  8. ^ "The Home of CricketArchive".
  9. ^ "Frinton on Sea CC".
  10. ^ First-class matches played by Justin Greaves – CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  11. ^ Nagico Super50, Group A: Barbados v ICC Americas at St Augustine, Jan 7, 2016 – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  12. ^ "Windies B squad for Global T20 League in Canada". Cricket West Indies. Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  13. ^ "17th Match (N), Caribbean Premier League at Gros Islet, Sep 20 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  14. ^ "Strong squad named for WI Emerging Players in Super50 Cup". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  15. ^ "Nabi, Lamichhane, Dunk earn big in CPL 2020 draft". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  16. ^ "Teams Selected for Hero CPL 2020". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  17. ^ "CWI Selection Panel announces squads for six-match white ball tour of Pakistan". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  18. ^ "West Indies name squads to face Ireland and England in upcoming white-ball series". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  19. ^ "1st ODI, Kingston, Jan 8 2022, Ireland tour of United States of America and West Indies". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  20. ^ "West Indies include seven uncapped players for Australia Tests". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  21. ^ "Justin Greaves Profile - ICC Ranking, Age, Career Info & Stats". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  22. ^ "AUS vs WI, West Indies in Australia 2023/24, 1st Test at Adelaide, January 17 - 19, 2024 - Full Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  23. ^ "West Indies ODI & T20I Squads Revealed for Australia Tour | Windies Cricket news". Windies. Retrieved 3 February 2024.

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