Shane Omari Dowrich (born 30 October 1991) is a former Barbadian international

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er who plays as a

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. He has featured for the

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along with CPL teams

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and Barbados Tridents in his cricketing career. Dowrich is also the current captain of the Barbados' first class side.

Early career

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student who came through the YMPC Cricket Club, Dowrich represented the

at the 2010 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, making his first-class debut for

at the age of 18 on his return, and was awarded the Lord Gavron Award for promising young cricketers in Barbados alongside Roston Chase at the end of the year. As part of this award, Dowrich spent the 2012 English season playing for Sefton Park in the

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, scoring two centuries as he totaled 733 league runs at an average of 52.35 despite returning to the

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mid-season to play for West Indies A.

International career

In May 2015 he was named in the 14-man

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squad to face Australia. He made an impressive start on his Test debut against Australia at Windsor Park, Roseau, Dominica. After conceding a lead of 170 in the first innings, West Indies were struggling at 3/37. He and

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added 144 runs for the fourth wicket before a collapse led West Indies to 216 all out and handed victory to Australia. On 1 November 2017 Dowrich scored his maiden test century in the second test against

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at the Queen's Sports Club,

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. On 7 June 2018 he notched 125 not out in the first test against

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at the Queens Park Oval in

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. In October 2018,

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(CWI) awarded him a red-ball contract for the 2018–19 season. On 25 January 2019 Dowrich scored 116 not out in the first test against

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. With this knock he put on a 295 run partnership with

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, with the twosome notching the highest unbeaten partnership and the third highest seventh wicket partnership in the history of test match cricket. In April 2019, he was named in the West Indies'

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(ODI) squad for the 2019 Ireland Tri-Nation Series. He made his ODI debut for the West Indies, in the second match of the tri-series, against

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on 7 May 2019. In May 2019,

(CWI) named him as one of ten reserve players in the West Indies' squad for the

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. In June 2020, Dorwich was named in the West Indies' Test squad, for their series against England. The Test series was originally scheduled to start in May 2020, but was moved back to July 2020 due to the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dowrich, Shane 1991 births Living people West Indies Test cricketers West Indies One Day International cricketers Barbadian cricketers Barbados cricketers Barbados Royals cricketers St Kitts and Nevis Patriots cricketers Wicket-keepers