William Perkins (cricketer)

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playername = William Perkins


country = West Indies
fullname = William Keith Donald Perkins
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yearofbirth = 1986
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date = 20 September
year = 2008
source = http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/97/97645/97645.html CricketArchive

William Perkins (born 8 October, 1986 in Barbados) is a West Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman who occasionally plays as wicketkeeper.

Perkins first came to prominence playing for the West Indies in the 2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, where he scored 133 from 150 balls in a victory against the United States, an innings that won him the man of the match award. [cite web |url = http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/235949.html | title = West Indies' strength proves too much for USA | publisher = Cricinfo | accessdate = 2008-09-16 | date = 2006-02-06] His performances in the tournament earned him a Twenty20 debut for Trinidad and Tobago in the Stanford 20/20 tournament. In his first match, he scored 53 from 28 balls in an eight-wicket win. [cite web | url = http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/99/99959.html | title = Cayman Islands v Trinidad and Tobago in 2006 | publisher = CricketArchive | accessdate = 2008-09-16 | date = 2006-07-05] He subsequently made his first-class debut in January 2007. [cite web | url = http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/westindies/engine/match/267761.html | title = Cricinfo - Barbados v Trinidad & Tobago at Crab Hill, Jan 4-7, 2007 | publisher = Cricinfo | accessdate = 2008-09-16 | date = 2007-01-07]

Continued domestic success in Twenty20 cricket – in his first nine games, he averaged more than 40 at an strike rate of over 125cite web | url = http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/97/97645/97645.html | title = William Perkins | publisher = CricketArchive | date = 2008-06-18 | accessdate=2008-09-16] – earned him a place in the West Indies team for a Twenty20 International against Australia. Opening the innings in a match shortened to eleven overs per side, he scored 9 in a seven-wicket victory. [cite web | url = http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/westindies/engine/match/319142.html | title = Cricinfo - Only Twenty20 International: West Indies v Australia at Bridgetown, Jun 20, 2008 | publisher = Cricinfo | date = 2008-06-20 | accessdate = 2008-09-16]

Having helped Trinidad and Tobago to victory in the Stanford 20/20, scoring an unbeaten half-century in the final, [cite web | url = http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/339685.html | title = Trinidad are the million-dollar men | publisher = Cricinfo | date = 2008-02-25 | accessdate = 2008-09-16] Perkins was included in the initial squad for the team to face England in the Stanford Super Series for a collective prize of $20 million and attended a training camp, but did not make the final squad. [cite web | url = http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/362080.html | title = Stanford Superstars Twenty20 squad announced | publisher = Cricinfo | date = 2008-07-22 | accessdate = 2008-09-16] [cite web | url = http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/england/stanford/stanford-20-20-superstars-squad-announced,301889,EN.html | title = Stanford Superstars squad named | publisher = ECB | date = 2008-08-14 | accessdate=2008-09-16]

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