Neil McGarrell

Neil Christopher McGarrell (born 12 July 1972, Georgetown, Demerara, Guyana) is a former West Indian cricketer.

Neil McGarrell
Personal information
Full nameNeil Christopher McGarrell
Born (1972-07-12) 12 July 1972
Georgetown, Guyana
NicknameNeilman
BattingRight-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 239)6 April 2001 v South Africa
Last Test13 November 2001 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 87)8 April 1998 v England
Last ODI15 December 2001 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1995–2008Guyana
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 4 17 84 88
Runs scored 61 60 2,127 698
Batting average 15.25 7.50 21.48 21.15
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/12 0/1
Top score 33 19 88 51*
Balls bowled 1,212 859 20,546 4,337
Wickets 17 15 276 94
Bowling average 26.64 45.40 26.27 30.02
5 wickets in innings 0 0 12 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 3 0
Best bowling 4/23 3/32 7/71 5/20
Catches/stumpings 2/– 9/– 91/– 30/–
Source: ESPNCricinfo, 1 September 2017

International career

More specifically a slow left arm bowler, McGarrell played four Tests in 2001, taking 17 wickets. He also played 17 One Day Internationals for the West Indies, but played his last international in the 2001–02 against Sri Lanka at Kandy.

Domestic career

McGarrell also had short spells as captain of Guyana in West Indian domestic cricket when regular captains Carl Hooper and Shivnarine Chanderpaul were absent due to international duties.[1]

United States cricket

Because he was consistently ignored for West Indies selection in cricket since 2001 McGarrell announced that he had switched to the United States national cricket team because there was more opportunities it is understood he will play in World Cricket League Division Three in 2011 [2]

References
  1. "McGarrell appointed Guyana captain". Cricinfo (December 21, 2003). Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  2. Della Penna, Peter (November 28, 2010). "Former WI spinner McGarrell set to play for USA". Cricinfo. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
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