Carl Llewellyn Hooper
Carl Llewellyn Hooper (born 25 December 1966) is a former West Indian cricket player and captain.
Career:
He was a right-handed batsman and off-spin bowler, who came to prominence in the late 1980s in a side that included such players as Gordon Greenidge, Desmond Haynes, Malcolm Marshall and Courtney Walsh and represented the West Indies over a 15-year international career.
His highest innings score of 233 was made during a Test match against India in 2002 at Bourda, Gyuyana. He has made 5,762 runs in his Test cricket career. Hooper represented Guyana at local first-class level, and played English county cricket for Kent and Lancashire. In 2003, Hooper became only the second player to have scored a century against all 18 county teams.
Hooper holds the accolade of being the first cricketer in the world to have scored 5,000 runs, taken 100 wickets, held 100 catches and received 100 caps in both ODIs and Tests, a feat only matched since by Jacques Kallis. In his autobiography, Steve Waugh writes that “quickness of feet and sweet yet brutally efficient stroke play were Hooper’s trademarks.” He was routinely prematurely dismissed, however, after losses in concentration.
Career statistics:
Test
Matches: 102
Runs scored: 5762
100s/50s: 13/27
Top score: 233
Wickets: 114
ODI
Matches: 227
Runs scored: 5761
100s/50s: 7/29
Top score: 113*
Wickets: 193
