Akeal Jerome Hosein (born 25 April 1993) is a

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ian cricketer who has played for

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in West Indian domestic cricket, as well as representing the

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in the

Caribbean Premier League The Caribbean Premier League (abbreviated to CPL or CPLT20) is an annual Twenty20 cricket tournament held in the Caribbean. It was founded by Cricket West Indies in 2013 to replace the Caribbean Twenty20 as the premier Twenty20 competition in ...

(CPL).

Domestic and T20 career

Born in

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, Hosein represented the West Indies under-19s at the 2012 Under-19 World Cup in Australia. His first-class debut for Trinidad and Tobago came during the

2012–13 Regional Four Day Competition The 2012–13 Regional Four Day Competition was the 47th domestic First-class cricket, first-class cricket tournament held in the West Indies cricket team, West Indies. It will take place from 9 February 2013 – 7 May 2013. The seven teams ba ...

, against

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. The following season, Hosein was man of the match in consecutive games, taking 6/33 and 5/34 against the

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and then scoring a maiden first-class century, 102 not out, against the Leewards. He subsequently signed with the Barbados Tridents for the

2014 Caribbean Premier League The 2014 Caribbean Premier League or for sponsorship reasons, Limacol CPL 2014 was the second season of the Caribbean Premier League, established by the West Indies Cricket Board. It began on 11 July and ended 16 August. Squads Points table ...

, and has since made appearances for the team at the 2014 Champions League Twenty20 and the 2015 CPL tournaments. In November 2019, he was named in Trinidad and Tobago's squad for the

2019–20 Regional Super50 The 2019–20 Regional Super50 was the 46th edition of the Regional Super50, the domestic limited-overs cricket competition for the countries of the Cricket West Indies (CWI). The tournament started on 6 November 2019, with the final taking pla ...

tournament. In July 2020, he was named in the

squad for the

2020 Caribbean Premier League The 2020 Caribbean Premier League (CPLT20) or for sponsorship reasons, Hero CPL 2020 was the eighth season of the Caribbean Premier League, the domestic Twenty20 cricket league played in the West Indies. All matches were played in Trinidad and ...

. On 23 December 2022, he was bought by

Sunrisers Hyderabad The Sunrisers Hyderabad, also known as SRH, are a professional Twenty20 cricket team based in Hyderabad, Telangana, that competes in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The franchise is owned by Kalanithi Maran of the Sun Group and was found ...

for IPL 2023. He was released by them in November 2023 after just one season. In 2023, Hosein was signed to play for the

Quetta Gladiators Quetta Gladiators (Urdu, Balochi: ) is a Pakistani professional Twenty20 cricket franchise that competes in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). They play most home games at the Gaddafi Stadium. The Gladiators won and became the champions in PSL ...

in the 9th edition of the Pakistani Super League. On 8 March 2024, during a game against

Peshawar Zalmi Peshawar Zalmi (; ; literally meaning "Peshawar's youth") is a Pakistani franchise Twenty20 cricket team which plays in the Pakistan Super League and represents Peshawar, the capital city of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The team is owned b ...

, Hosein took a hat-trick, dismissing Aamer Jamal, Mehran Mumtaz and

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in three consecutive deliveries, becoming only the sixth bowler to take a hat-trick in the PSL.

International career

In December 2020, Hosein was named in the West Indies'

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(ODI) squad for their series against Bangladesh. He made his ODI debut for the West Indies, against

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, on 20 January 2021. In February 2021, he was named in the West Indies'

Twenty20 International Twenty20 International (T20I) is a form of Twenty20 cricket, in which each team plays a single innings with a maximum of twenty overs. The matches are played between international teams recognized by the International Cricket Council (ICC). ...

(T20I) squad for their series against Sri Lanka. In May 2021, Akeal was given a white-ball central contract by the

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for the 2020–21 season. He was one of the 10 players to be given a white-ball central contract for the 2020–21 season. In June 2021, he was added to the West Indies'

(T20I) squad for their series against South Africa. He made his T20I debut on 3 July 2021, for the West Indies against

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. In July 2021, he was included in the West Indies squad to play the last two T20Is against Australia. In September 2021, Hosein was named as one of four reserve players in the West Indies' squad for the

2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup The 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup was the seventh edition of the Men's T20 World Cup, formerly known as the ICC World Twenty20, a Twenty20 cricket tournament that took place from 17 October to 14 November 2021. The tournament was hosted by Unit ...

. In October 2021, Hosein was added to the West Indies' 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup squad replacing

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who was ruled out with an ankle injury. In May 2024, he was named in the West Indies squad for the

2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup The 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup was the ninth edition of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, co-hosted by Cricket West Indies and USA Cricket from 1 to 29 June 2024. It was the first major ICC tournament to include matches played in the United ...

tournament.

References

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