Akeal Hosein

Akeal Hosein

West Indies
2021 - 2025
  • Date of Birth 1993-4-25
  • Role bowler
  • Batting Style left-hand bat
  • Bowling Style slow left-arm orthodox
Debut Matches
Format Match Date
ODI WI vs BAN 2021-01-20
T20 SA vs WI 2021-07-03
TEST JAM vs T&T 2013-05-02

Recent Performances

Gladiators vs Riders
2025-11-28
Batting: 8*
Bowling: 0/15
Stallions vs Gladiators
2025-11-25
Batting: 9*
Bowling: 0/20
Qavalry vs Gladiators
2025-11-21
Batting: -
Bowling: 0/14
Champs vs Gladiators
2025-11-20
Batting: -
Bowling: 0/9
Gladiators vs Bulls
2025-11-18
Batting: -
Bowling: 1/20
New Zealand vs West Indies
2025-11-09
Batting: 1*
Bowling: 0/50
New Zealand vs West Indies
2025-11-06
Batting: 1*
Bowling: 0/23
West Indies vs New Zealand
2025-11-05
Batting: -
Bowling: 1/4
Bangladesh vs West Indies
2025-10-31
Batting: -
Bowling: 1/26
West Indies vs Bangladesh
2025-10-29
Batting: 1
Bowling: 3/22

Batting Statistics

Matches 40
Innings 30
Runs 309
Average 14.71
Strike Rate 78.03
Highest Score 60
100s 0
50s 1
Fours 18
Sixes 12
Catches 17

Bowling Statistics

Matches 40
Innings 40
Wickets 63
Average 28.07
Economy 4.8
Strike Rate 35
Best Figure 4/39
4 Wickets 2
5 Wickets 0
Balls Bowled 2210
Runs Conceded 1769

Batting Statistics

Matches 87
Innings 37
Runs 293
Average 14.65
Strike Rate 111.83
Highest Score 44*
100s 0
50s 0
Fours 18
Sixes 15
Catches 20

Bowling Statistics

Matches 87
Innings 83
Wickets 83
Average 26.14
Economy 7.24
Strike Rate 21.6
Best Figure 5/11
4 Wickets 2
5 Wickets 1
Balls Bowled 1796
Runs Conceded 2170

Batting Statistics

Matches 91
Innings 55
Runs 645
Average 15.35
Strike Rate 78.75
Highest Score 60
100s 0
50s 1
Fours 37
Sixes 21
Catches 35

Bowling Statistics

Matches 91
Innings 91
Wickets 128
Average 27.08
Economy 4.37
Strike Rate 37.1
Best Figure 5/26
4 Wickets 5
5 Wickets 1
Balls Bowled 4757
Runs Conceded 3467

Batting Statistics

Matches 253
Innings 123
Runs 1096
Average 15.43
Strike Rate 113.22
Highest Score 55*
100s 0
50s 1
Fours 61
Sixes 54
Catches 49

Bowling Statistics

Matches 253
Innings 239
Wickets 237
Average 25.02
Economy 7.08
Strike Rate 21.1
Best Figure 5/11
4 Wickets 5
5 Wickets 1
Balls Bowled 5022
Runs Conceded 5931
A left-arm fingerspinner known for his relentless accuracy, Hosein is thrifty while also retaining the ability to take wickets - which makes him a valuable T20 asset, especially in the powerplay. He played a vital role in Trinbago Knight Riders' CPL win in 2020, taking ten wickets at an economy of 5.5 from seven matches. A few months later, at 27, he got his break in international cricket when several senior West Indies players opted out of a tour of Bangladesh due to Covid-19 concerns. Hosein took three wickets on ODI debut.
He started the 2021 T20 World Cup in the UAE as a net bowler but was drafted into the main squad as an injury replacement. At the 2024 T20 World Cup in the Caribbean, he took nine wickets at an economy of 5.6. Earlier that the year he had been part of MI Emirates' winning side in the ILT20, taking 12 wickets in ten matches.
Hosein possesses a knuckleball as well as a swinging arm ball, but he tends to rely on subtle variations in speed and length to trick batters. He is also a handy lower-order batter and memorably hit 44 not out off 16 balls from No. 11 in a T20I West Indies lost by a run to England in Bridgetown in January 2022. A few months later in an ODI in Multan, he smashed 60 off 37 balls (with six sixes) from No. 7.
Hosein represented West Indies Under-19 in the 2012 World Cup and less than a year later made his first-class debut for Trinidad, taking 11 wickets in his third match and scoring an unbeaten century in the next. But then the opportunities dried up - before his 22nd birthday, he had played 13 first-class matches; in the next five years he would play only two. The tide turned after a strong 2019-20 first-class season in which he was T&T's highest wicket-taker, with 36 at an average of 20.6, although nearly all his success came in limited-overs cricket thereafter.