Veerasammy Permaul

Veerasammy Permaul (born 11 August 1989) is a Guyanese professional cricketer. He's featured as a left arm orthodox spinner for both Guyana and the West Indies cricket team. Permaul is also the leading wicket-taker in West Indian First-Class cricketing tournaments.^[1]

Veerasammy Permaul

Personal information
Born	(1989-08-11) 11 August 1989 (age 35) Albion, Guyana
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Slow left-arm orthodox
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	West Indies
Test debut (cap 293)	13 November 2012 v Bangladesh
Last Test	16 March 2022 v England
ODI debut (cap 165)	5 December 2012 v Bangladesh
Last ODI	11 April 2017 v Pakistan
ODI shirt no.	94
Only T20I (cap 72)	1 April 2018 v Pakistan
T20I shirt no.	94
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2006–present	Guyana
2013–2019	Guyana Amazon Warriors
2020-present	Jamaica Tallawahs (squad no. 94)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 9 7 129 95 Runs scored 145 19 2,120 610 Batting average 13.18 6.33 13.67 15.64 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/3 0/0 Top score 26* 10 86* 39* Balls bowled 2,114 331 29,590 4,902 Wickets 31 8 568 132 Bowling average 38.16 33.87 21.17 24.09 5 wickets in innings 1 0 31 1 10 wickets in match 0 0 7 0 Best bowling 5/35 3/40 8/18 5/26 Catches/stumpings 4/– 1/– 65/– 28/–
Source: CricInfo, 3 August 2022

Career

From Berbice, Permaul has played his club cricket with Community Centre Cricket Club since 2002.^[2] He made his first-class cricket debut for Guyana in the Regional Four Day Competition in 2006/07.^[2] In 2012 he captained the West Indies A team in a series at home against India A.^[2]

After being released at the end of the 2016 Caribbean Premier League season, he was reselected by the Guyana Amazon Warriors for the 2017 edition; he was picked in the 9th round of the draft.^[3]

In March 2017, he was named in the West Indies squad for the Twenty20 International (T20I) series against Pakistan.^[4]

In December 2017, he took his 25th five-wicket haul in first-class cricket, bowling for Guyana against the Leeward Islands in the 2017–18 Regional Four Day Competition.^[5] He finished the tournament as the leading wicket-taker, with 50 dismissals from 10 matches.^[6]

In March 2018, he was named in the West Indies squad for their Twenty20 International (T20I) series against Pakistan.^[7] He made his T20I debut for the West Indies against Pakistan on 1 April 2018.^[8] However, he injured himself during the match and was ruled out of the West Indies squad for the remaining two fixtures.^[9]

In October 2019, he was named in Guyana's squad for the 2019–20 Regional Super50 tournament.^[10] In February 2020, in the 2019–20 West Indies Championship fixture against Jamaica, Permaul took 15 wickets for 77 runs in the match.^[11] These were the second-best match figures in a domestic first-class match in the West Indies since 1966.^[12] He was the leading wicket-taker in the tournament, with fifty dismissals in eight matches.^[13]

In July 2020, he was named in the Jamaica Tallawahs squad for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League.^[14][15]

References

1. "Milestone for Permaul as Harpy Eagles take control against Red Force". News Room Guyana. 16 March 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
2. Ramzan, Avenash (19 October 2012). "Permaul not surprised by WI selection". Guyana Times. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
3. "HERO CPL PLAYER DRAFT 2017 CPL T20". www.cplt20.com. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
4. "Mohammed breaks into West Indies T20I squad". ESPN Cricinfo. 18 March 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
5. "Bramble, Permaul lead Guyana to thumping ten-wicket win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
6. "WICB Professional Cricket League Regional 4 Day Tournament: Most Wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
7. "West Indies squad for T20 series against Pakistan announced". Geo TV. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
8. "1st T20I, West Indies tour of Pakistan at Karachi, Apr 1 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
9. "West Indies reduced to 12 men as Permaul injures ankle". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
10. "Uncapped Smith, Savory in Jaguars squad". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
11. "Devastating Permaul ends Scorpions resurgence with 15-wicket haul". SportsMax. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
12. "Permaul leads Jaguars to easy over Scorpions". Loop Jamaica. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
13. "West Indies Championship, 2019/20: Most wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
14. "Nabi, Lamichhane, Dunk earn big in CPL 2020 draft". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
15. "Teams Selected for Hero CPL 2020". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 6 July 2020.

External links

• Veerasammy Permaul at ESPNcricinfo