Nicolas Pooran

Nicolas Pooran
Personal information
Full name Nicolas Pooran
Born (1995-10-02) 2 October 1995
Trinidad
Batting style Left-handed
Role Wicket-keeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2013 Trinidad and Tobago
2013–2014 Red Steel
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 3 4 23
Runs scored 143 68 249
Batting average 23.83 34.00 15.56
100s/50s 0/1 0/0 0/1
Top score 55 33* 54
Catches/stumpings 2/2 3/– 12/3
Source: CricketArchive, 9 December 2014

Nicolas Pooran (pronunciation: /ˌpuːrɑːn/; born 2 October 1995) is a Trinidadian cricketer who plays for Trinidad and Tobago in West Indian domestic matches and for the Red Steel in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL). As of the 2014 season, he is the youngest player to have appeared in CPL matches.

From McBean, north of Couva,[1] Pooran attended Naparima College in San Fernando, and played for the school's cricket team.[2] A left-handed wicket-keeper/batsman, he represented Trinidad and Tobago at various underage and schoolboys tournaments, and made his national under-19 debut at the 2012 regional tournament, aged only 16.[3] Pooran debuted for the West Indies under-19s in October 2013, in a bilateral series against the Bangladesh under-19s, and went on to play at the 2014 Under-19 World Cup.[4] The team's vice-captain and primary wicket-keeper, he scored 303 runs from six matches, ranking fourth for total runs and leading the West Indies' averages.[5][6] This included half-centuries against Canada and India, and an innings of 143 runs against Australia (from a team total of 208 all out), which was the highest score of the tournament and was subsequently described as "one of the most memorable innings under pressure in the tournament's history".[7][8] Pooran's innings was the highest ever under-19 ODI score against Australia, and his 136-run ninth-wicket partnership with Barbadian Jerome Jones was a record for all under-19 matches.[9]

Before playing at international under-19 level, Pooran had played four matches for Trinidad and Tobago in the domestic one-day Regional Super50 competition, in February and March 2013.[10] Prior to the inaugural 2013 CPL season, he was selected in the squad of the Red Steel, Trinidad's CPL franchise, and aged 17, was the youngest player in the competition.[11] On debut against the Guyana Amazon Warriors, he scored 54 from 24 balls, an innings which included six sixes and was noted for its "clean, calm strokeplay" and "uninhibited aggression".[12][13] Pooran's batting was less successful at the remainder of the tournament, and also at the 2013 Champions League, where he represented the Trinidad and Tobago national side rather than the Red Steel franchise.[14] He again played for the Red Steel during the 2014 CPL season, but is yet to score any further half-centuries.[15] Pooran made his first-class debut for Trinidad and Tobago against the Leeward Islands in November 2014, during the 2014–15 season of the Regional Four Day Competition.[16] In his second match, against Jamaica, he top-scored with 55 runs in T&T's second innings, before being one of Nikita Miller's seven victims.[17] At club level, Pooran plays for Clarke Road in the Trinidadian leagues.[18] He also played part of the 2014 season in Ontario, representing the Redemption Sports Club in the Etobicoke & District Cricket League.[19]

In January 2015, Pooran was involved in a road accident in Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica, sustaining ankle and knee injuries. He was ruled out for both the remainder of Trinidad and Tobago's domestic season and the 2015 Caribbean Premier League.[20]

References

  1. ↑ Roger Seepersad (13 June 2013). "Pooran credits extra work for quick rise" – Trinidad Express. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  2. ↑ Roger Seepersad (31 January 2012). "Pooran leads Naps to big win" – Trinidad Express. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  3. ↑ Miscellaneous matches played by Nicolas Pooran (34) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  4. ↑ Under-19 ODI matches played by Nicolas Pooran (11) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  5. ↑ Batting and fielding in ICC Under-19 World Cup 2013/14 (ordered by runs) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  6. ↑ Batting and fielding for West Indies under-19s, ICC Under-19 World Cup 2013/14 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  7. ↑ Kanishkaa Balachandran (23 February 2014). "Australia move into semis despite Pooran 143" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  8. ↑ Kanishkaa Balachandran (23 February 2014). "Pooran's innings a mark of maturity, skill" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  9. ↑ Sidhanta Patnaik (23 February 2014). "The Dhoni factor in Nicolas Pooran's rise" – Wisden India. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  10. ↑ List A matches played by Nicolas Pooran (4) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  11. ↑ — (16 July 2013). "Youngest player in Limacol CPL out to prove his worth" – Guyana Times. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  12. ↑ Garth Wattley (2 August 2013). "A Caribbean party with question marks" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  13. ↑ Tony Cozier (18 August 2013). "Taking their CPL chances" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  14. ↑ Garth Wattley (6 October 2013). "The T&T force" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  15. ↑ Twenty20 matches played by Nicolas Pooran (19) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  16. ↑ First-class matches played by Nicolas Pooran (3) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  17. ↑ Trinidad and Tobago v Jamaica, WICB Professional Cricket League Regional 4 Day Tournament 2014/15 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  18. ↑ — (19 December 2013). "Pooran named Clarke Road's youth cricketer of year" – Trinidad and Tobago Guardian. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  19. ↑ — (16 March 2014). "West Indies U-19 star Nicolas Pooran signs with Canadian club" – SportsDesk. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  20. ↑ (8 January 2015). T&T's Nicolas Pooran injures leg in road accident – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2015.

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