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West Indies

Full name Runako Shakur Morton

Born July 22, 1978, Nevis

Current age 30 years 353 days

Major teams West Indies, Leeward Islands, Nevis

Playing role Batsman

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium, Right-arm offbreak

Runako Shakur Morton
Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Tests 15 27 1 573 70* 22.03 1192 48.07 0 4 79 7 20 0
ODIs 54 49 6 1512 110* 35.16 2263 66.81 2 10 123 15 19 0
T20Is 5 5 1 56 20 14.00 61 91.80 0 0 5 2 1 0
First-class 88 147 8 5504 231 39.59 13 33 99 0
List A 116 110 17 3628 126 39.01 5 24 47 0
Twenty20 8 8 1 102 36 14.57 104 98.07 0 0 8 3 1 0
Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 15 5 66 50 0 - - - 4.54 - 0 0 0
ODIs 54 1 6 2 0 - - - 2.00 - 0 0 0
T20Is 5 - - - - - - - - - - - -
First-class 88 473 290 8 3/17 36.25 3.67 59.1 0 0
List A 116 210 254 8 2/35 2/35 31.75 7.25 26.2 0 0 0
Twenty20 8 1 6 4 0 - - - 4.00 - 0 0 0
Career statistics
Test debut Sri Lanka v West Indies at Colombo (SSC), Jul 13-16, 2005 scorecard
Last Test West Indies v Australia at North Sound, May 30-Jun 3, 2008 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut Pakistan v West Indies at Sharjah, Feb 15, 2002 scorecard
Last ODI West Indies v India at Gros Islet, Jul 5, 2009 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut New Zealand v West Indies at Auckland, Feb 16, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I South Africa v West Indies at Johannesburg, Jan 18, 2008 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut 1996/97
Last First-class Leeward Islands v Windward Islands at Charlotte Amalie, Apr 11-14, 2009 scorecard
List A debut 1997/98
Last List A West Indies v India at Gros Islet, Jul 5, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut New Zealand v West Indies at Auckland, Feb 16, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20 Jamaica v Nevis at Coolidge, Feb 16, 2008 scorecard
Profile

Fiery on and off the pitch, Runako Morton's cricket career looked to be dead in the water when he was expelled from the West Indian Academy in July 2001, for a series of regulation breaches. He refused to be bowed, however, and continued to accumulate runs for Leeward Islands in the Busta Cup. In February 2002, his penance complete, he was called into an injury-plagued West Indian squad as a replacement for Marlon Samuels, and was tipped to become one of the few Test cricketers from tiny island of Nevis. But he threw away his opportunity when he pulled out of the ICC Champions Trophy in September 2002, after lying about the death of his grandmother. His career slipped further down the pan when he was arrested in January 2004, following a stabbing incident, but in May 2005, he was given a third chance at redemption when he was recalled to the one-day squad to face South Africa although he didn't get a game. He got his chance later that month against Pakistan at home, and was then picked for the 2005-06 tour to New Zealand, where he proved his worth with a fighting century - his maiden one-day hundred - in a losing cause. He followed it up with another ton, in the away series against Zimbabwe, but soon made it into the record books for his painstaking 31-ball duck in the final of the DLF Cup against Australia in Malaysia. It was the slowest ODI duck, beating Phil Simmons's earlier record that had consumed 23 balls. It certainly got his eye in, however, as Morton made an unbeaten 90 in his next meeting with the Australians, in the Champions Trophy. From that moment on, however, his form fell away, and he was omitted from the West Indian squad for the subsequent World Cup. He won a recall for the tour of England in 2007 and then beat up on Zimbabwe in a lopsided ODI series, but was left out of the Test side to take on Sri Lanka after a disappointing series in South Africa.
Andrew Miller May 2008

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Jun 28, 2009

Runako Morton and Shivnarine Chanderpaul head back to the pavilion after taking West Indies through, West Indies v India, 2nd ODI, Kingston, June 28, 2009

Runako Morton and Shivnarine Chanderpaul head back to the pavilion after taking West Indies through

© AFP

Jun 28, 2009

Runako Morton punches the air after steering West Indies home, West Indies v India, 2nd ODI, Kingston, June 28, 2009

Runako Morton punches the air after steering West Indies home

© AFP

Jun 28, 2009

Chris Gayle and Runako Morton added 101 for the opening wicket, West Indies v India, 2nd ODI, Kingston, June 28, 2009

Chris Gayle and Runako Morton added 101 for the opening wicket

© Associated Press

Country Fixtures Country Results
2nd Test: West Indies v Bangladesh at St George's
Jul 17-21 (10:00 local, 14:00 GMT)
UWI VC XI v Bangladeshis at Portsmouth
Jul 24 (09:30 local, 13:30 GMT)
1st ODI: West Indies v Bangladesh at Roseau
Jul 26 (09:30 local, 13:30 GMT)
2nd ODI: West Indies v Bangladesh at Roseau
Jul 28 (09:30 local, 13:30 GMT)
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