Johnson Charles

Saint Lucian cricketer

Johnson Charles

Personal information

Born|  (1989-01-14) 14 January 1989 (age 35)
Castries, St. Lucia
Batting| Right-handed
Bowling| Right-Arm medium
Role| Wicket-keeper-batter
International information
National side|

* West Indies (2011-present)

ODI debut (cap 164)| 16 March 2012 v Australia
Last ODI| 18 June 2023 v USA
T20I debut (cap 48)| 23 September 2011 v England
Last T20I| 22 June 2024 v USA
Domestic team information
Years| Team
2008| St Lucia
2008/09–present| Windward Islands
2013| Antigua Hawksbills
2014–2017| St Lucia Stars
2017| Rangpur Riders
2018| Jamaica Tallawahs
2024-present| Sharjah Warriors
2019; 2021–present| Multan Sultans
2019–present| Barbados Royals
2023| Kolkata Knight Riders
2025| Dhaka Capitals
Career statistics
| Competition | ODI | T20I | FC | LA

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Matches | 58 | 48 | 35 | 120
Runs scored | 1537 | 1085 | 1227 | 2921
Batting average | 26.5 | 23.08 | 20.79 | 24.34
100s/50s | 2/7 | 1/4 | 1/3 | 3/13
Top score | 130 | 118 | 151 | 177
Balls bowled | 5 | – | 240 | 131
Wickets | – | – | 5 | 3
Bowling average | – | – | 33.40 | 55.00
5 wickets in innings | 0 | – | 0 | 0
10 wickets in match | 0 | – | 0 | 0
Best bowling | – | – | 2/14 | 1/22
Catches/stumpings | 25/2 | 16/2 | 61/– | 50/5

Medal record

Men's Cricket
Representing  West Indies
ICC Men's T20 World Cup
Winner | 2012 Sri Lanka |
Winner | 2016 India |

Source: ESPNcricinfo, 5 April 2024

Johnson Charles (born 14 January 1989) is a St Lucian international cricketer who plays for the West Indies. As a wicket-keeper-batsman, Charles started his ODI career against Australia in March 2012. His first T20I came against England in September 2011, and he became just the second cricketer from the island of St Lucia to play for the West Indies (the first was Darren Sammy, who was captain in Charles' international debut).[1] Johnson was included in the West Indies' 15-man squad for the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 held in September and October that year, where the team won the tournament.[2] Charles was also a member of the West Indies team that won the 2016 T20 World Cup.

## Domestic and T20 franchise career

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Charles played his first twenty20 match in January 2008, representing Saint Lucia in the Stanford Twenty20. Opening the batting with Keddy Lesporis, Charles managed scores of 2 and 21 from the only matches he played in the competition.[3] Later that year he debuted for the Windward Islands in the West Indies Board Cup, the regional one-day tournament. His performances were not sufficient to secure a place in the team's one-day side, and in 2009 Charles played neither List A nor twenty20 cricket. However, he made his first-class debut in January that year and played eight matches for the Windward Islands in the Regional Four Day Competition. In 16 visits to the crease he accumulated 292 runs, including a single half-century, putting him seventh in the team's list of leading run-scorers in that year's competition.[4]

Charles did not represent the Windward Islands in the 2009/10 Regional Four Day Competition, but in 2010 he returned to the List A side for the West Indies Board Cup, and played his first twenty20 match for the team.[5][6][3] In the first match of the Caribbean T20, Charles opened the batting with Devon Smith and exploited several reprieves (Charles was dropped three times and nearly run out) to score his first half-century in the format.[7]

Charles was eventually named in Cricinfo's best XI of the 2016 Caribbean Premier League.[8] On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Toronto Nationals in the players' draft for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament.[9][10] In November 2019, he was selected to play for the Sylhet Thunder in the 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League.[11] In July 2020, he was named in the Barbados Tridents squad for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League.[12][13] He later replaced Ravi Bopara in the Jaffna Stallions squad for the inaugural Lanka Premier League season.[14] On 16 December 2020, Charles scored a cameo 26 with six fours from 15 balls, to help the Stallions prevail over the Galle Gladiators to claim the 2020 LPL title.[15] He was later named in Cricinfo's team of the 2022 Caribbean Premier League.[16]

## International career

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Having been selected in the West Indies squad for the 2012 Twenty20, Charles opened the bat with Chris Gayle in the third match (he batted after the fall of the first wicket in the West Indies opening match and in the second did not bat as the match was rained off). After building a century partnership with Gayle, Charles (who was described by ESPNCricinfo as having "little obvious pedigree as an opening batsman") went on to score 84 to help his team to victory against England. It was his highest score in first-class, List A, or even twenty20 cricket.[17] The following month Charles was dropped from the West Indies squad to face Bangladesh in a five-match ODI series.[18] He scored his maiden ODI century, 100 with eight fours and a six, in the 5th ODI of the Windies' 2012–13 tour of Australia played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.[19]

Charles was also a part of the Windies side that won the 2016 T20 World Cup.[20] On 26 March 2023, in the second T20I against South Africa, Charles scored his maiden century in T20I cricket, notching 118 runs off just 46 balls.[21] As he got to his 100 from just 39 balls, then and there, he scored the fastest T20I century by a West Indian cricketer and the joint second fastest T20I century of all time.[22] Charles was later named as the man of the series, where the West Indies defeated the Proteas by a 2 to 1 margin.[23][24][25]

In May 2024, he was named in the West Indies squad for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament.[26]

## Accolades

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A stand at the Darren Sammy Stadium was renamed in Charles' honour.[20]

## References

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1. ^ "Charles eager to learn from Dessie Haynes". Windies cricket. Archived from the original on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
2. ^ "Darren Bravo returns for World T20". 22 August 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
3. ^ a b "Twenty20 matches played by Johnson Charles". Cricket Archive.
4. ^ "Batting and fielding in Regional Four Day Competition 2008/09". Cricket Archive.
5. ^ "First-class matches played by Johnson Charles". Cricket Archive.
6. ^ "List A matches played by Johnson Charles". Cricket Archive.
7. ^ "Gutsy Guyana make winning start". ESPNcricinfo. 23 July 2010.
8. ^ Della Penna, Peter (9 August 2016). "The Best XI of the 2016 CPL". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
9. ^ "Global T20 Canada: Complete Squads". SportsKeeda. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
10. ^ "Global T20 Canada League – Full Squads announced". CricTracker. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
11. ^ "BPL draft: Tamim Iqbal to team up with coach Mohammad Salahuddin for Dhaka". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
12. ^ "Nabi, Lamichhane, Dunk earn big in CPL 2020 draft". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
13. ^ "Teams Selected for Hero CPL 2020". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
14. ^ Albert, Renin Wilben (21 November 2020). "Johnson Charles replaces Ravi Bopara in Jaffna Stallions squad". sportskeeda.com. Sportskeeda. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
15. ^ "Charles cameo helps Stallions lift LPL trophy". Guyana Chronicle. 17 December 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
16. ^ Muthu, Deivarayan (3 October 2022). "King, Narine, du Plessis and Amir in ESPNcricinfo's CPL XI". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
17. ^ George Dobell (27 September 2012). "West Indies survive Morgan blast". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
18. ^ "West Indies retain Permaul, Powell for ODIs". ESPNcricinfo. 18 November 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
19. ^ Coverdale, Byron (10 February 2013). "Voges ton sets up Australia clean-sweep". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
20. ^ a b "Grand Homecoming For Sammy and Charles". St Lucia Star. 9 April 2016.
21. ^ "Johnson Charles slams record T20I ton". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
22. ^ "2nd T20I: Johnson Charles Smashes Fastest Century for West Indies, Powers Team to Record Total vs South Africa". Bharat Times. 26 March 2023. Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
23. ^ "Windies deliver in T20 series". Nation News. 29 March 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
24. ^ "Johnson Charles, with 146 runs off 60 balls, is the Player of the Series ✨ #SAvWI". Twitter. ESPNcricinfo. 28 March 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
25. ^ "Securing a series win at the Wanderers 👏 #ICYMI: Rovman Powell bagged his first trophy as West Indies' T20I skipper, beating South Africa 2-1 🏆 #SAVSWI". Twitter. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
26. ^ "West Indies has announced their Squad for the T20I World Cup". ScoreWaves. Retrieved 7 June 2024.

## External links

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* Johnson Charles at ESPNcricinfo

West Indies squads

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West Indies squad – 2012 World Twenty20 – Champions (1st title)

* 7 Samuels
* 12 Russell
* 14 Rampaul
* 20 Edwards
* 25 Charles
* 45 Gayle
* 46 DM Bravo
* 47 DJ Bravo
* 50 Smith
* 54 Simmons (wk)
* 55 Pollard
* 74 Narine
* 77 Badree
* 80 Ramdin (wk)
* 88 Sammy (c)
* Coach: Gibson

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West Indies squad – 2016 World Twenty20 – Champions (2nd title)

* 1 Badree
* 2 Benn
* 3 Bravo
* 4 Charles
* 5 Fletcher
* 6 Gayle
* 7 Holder
* 8 Nurse
* 9 Brathwaite
* 10 Ramdin
* 11 Russell
* 12 Sammy (c)
* 13 Samuels
* 14 Lewis
* 15 Taylor
* Coach: PV Simmons

Carlos Brathwaite, Ashley Nurse, Johnson Charles and Evin Lewis were named as replacement players for Kieron Pollard, Sunil Narine, Darren Bravo and Lendl Simmons respectively.

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West Indies squad – 2024 Men's T20 World Cup

* 2 Hetmyer (c)
* 4 Hope (wk)
* 7 Hosein
* 8 Alzarri (vc)
* 10 Chase
* 12 Russell
* 16 Shepherd
* 25 Charles (wk)
* 29 Pooran (wk)
* 50 Rutherford
* 52 Powell (c)
* 53 King
* 61 McCoy
* 64 Motie
* 70 Shamar

* Coach: Daren Sammy

Obed McCoy replaced Jason Holder due to injury

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Multan Sultans - current squad

* 5 Majid
* 10 A. Ibrahim
* 12 Faisal
* 13 U Khan
* 14 Mohammad Ali
* 16 Rizwan (c, †)
* 17 Hendricks
* 18 Y. Khan
* 23 Willey (vc)
* 24 Usama
* 25 Charles
* 26 Stone
* 27 Shehzad
* 28 Dahani
* 29 Malan
* 34 Jordan
* 39 Ngarava
* 55 Abbas Afridi
* 66 Tayyab
* 72 Khushdil
* 95 Iftikhar

* Head coach: Abdul Rehman
* Assistant coach: Mohammad Wasim

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Windward Islands cricket team - current squad

* 2 Mathurin
* 10 Lesporis
* 11 Fletcher
* 12 Matthew
* 13 Cottoy
* 22 Lawrence
* 23 Peters
* 24 Pascal
* 28 Smith
* 66 Shillingford
* 80 James
* 88 Sammy (c)
* 99 Charles
* Hector
* Johnson
* Theophile
* Emmanuel
* Sebastien (c)
* Coach: Allen

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Saint Lucia Kings - current squad

* Plessis (c)
* Wiese
* McSween
* Lugg
* Persaud
* Cottoy
* Clarke
* Auguste
* Royal
* Joseph
* Edwards
* Deyal
* 18 McCoy
* 19 Williams
* Bootan
* 20 Cornwall
* Clarke
* Kuggeleijn
* 22 Chase
* Dickwella
* 31 Primus
* Hose
* Charles (†)

* Coach: Sammy

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Rajshahi Kings - current squad

* 5 Nafees
* 6 Arafat
* 7 Sami
* 8 Hafeez
* 12 Zakir (†)
* 14 Jonker
* 17 Udana
* 18 Marshall
* 19 Fazle
* 25 Charles
* 27 ten Doeschate
* 28 Alauddin
* 30 Ahmad
* 31 Rabbi
* 32 Evans
* 41 Prasanna
* 53 Mehedi
* 59 Soumya
* 68 Mominul
* 90 Mustafizur
* Coach: Klusener

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