Pearson Best

Cricketer Infobox

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nationality = Cayman Islands national
country = Cayman Islands
country abbrev = CYM
name = Pearson Best
picture = Cricket no pic.pngbatting style = Right-handed batsman
bowling style = Right arm medium-slow
Group1 = show
G1 title = Career
Heading1 = First-class
H1 matches = 2
H1 runs = 121
H1 bat avg = 30.25
H1 100s/50s = 0/1
H1 top score = 53
G1 oversORballs = Balls
H1 amountbowled = 81
H1 wickets = 0
H1 bowl avg = -
H1 5s = -
H1 10s = -
H1 best bowling = 0/13
H1 catches/stumpings = 2/0
Heading2 = List A
H2 matches= 4
H2 runs = 66
H2 bat avg = 16.50
H2 100s/50s = 0/0
H2 top score = 34
H2 amountbowled = 0
H2 wickets = -
H2 bowl avg = -
H2 5s = -
H2 10s = n/a
H2 best bowling = -
H2 catches/stumpings = 1/0
Group2 = hide
debut-last cat = First-class
debut date = 27 August
debut year = 2005
last date = 31 August
last year = 2005
date = 5 August
year = 2007
source = [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/20/20898/20898.html Cricket Archive]

Pearson Best (born 20 December 1963 in Barbados) is a Cayman Islands cricketer. [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/20/20898/20898.html Cricket Archive profile] ] An all-rounder, he is a right-handed batsman and right-arm slow-medium bowler, [ [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/26067.html Cricinfo profile] ] he has played for the Cayman Islands national cricket team since the year 2000. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/20/20898/all_teams.html Teams played for by Pearson Best] at Cricket Archive] His matches include two first-class [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/20/20898/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Pearson Best] at Cricket Archive] and four List A matches. [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/20/20898/List_A_Matches.html List A matches played by Pearson Best] at Cricket Archive]

Playing career

Best made his debut for the Cayman Islands in the Red Stripe Bowl, a domestic competition in the West Indies, in October 2000. He played four matches in the tournament, making up his only four List A matches to date. He played in the ICC Americas Championship in 2002 and 2004 and in the repêchage tournament for the 2005 ICC Trophy in 2005. [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/20/20898/Other_matches.html Other matches played by Pearson Best] at Cricket Archive] In the latter tournament, he won man of the match awards for his performances against Kuwait and Zambia, [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/20/20898/match_awards.html Matches in which Pearson Best won an award] at Cricket Archive] finishing the tournament with the best batting average (76.33) and the second highest score of 99 not out. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Events/MAL/ICC_World_Cup_Qualifying_Series_2005/Batting_by_Average.html Batting and Fielding in ICC World Cup Qualifying Series 2005 (Ordered by Average)] at Cricket Archive]

In August 2005 he played his, to date, only first-class matches, 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup matches against Bermuda and Canada. In 2006, he played for the Cayman Islands in the inaugural Stanford 20/20 tournament. He top scored with 74 in the preliminary round against the Bahamas, winning $25,000 for the man of the match award, [ [http://www.stanford2020.com/matches.php?match=3 Match report] of Bahamas v Cayman Islands at the tournament's official site] but only scored three in the first round proper against Trinidad & Tobago as the Caymans were knocked out of the tournament. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/99/99959.html Scorecard] of Cayman Islands v Trinidad & Tobago, 25 July 2006 at Cricket Archive] Only three players made a higher individual score in the tournament. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Events/WI/Stanford_Twenty20_2006/Batting_by_Average.html Batting and Fielding in Stanford Twenty20 2006 (Ordered by Average)] at Cricket Archive]

Later in 2006, he again played in the Americas Championship. He was the second highest scorer in the tournament, [ [http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CRICKETEUROPE/DATABASE/2006/TOURNAMENTS/WCLAMERICAS1/STATISTICS/runaggregates.shtml Top run scorers in 2006 ICC Americas Championship Division One] at CricketEurope] winning the man of the match award for his top score of 116 against Argentina. [ [http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CRICKETEUROPE/DATABASE/2006/TOURNAMENTS/WCLAMERICAS1/CARDS/ARGCAY.shtml Scorecard] of Argentina v Cayman Islands, 26 August 2006 at CricketEurope] He most recently represented the Cayman Islands at Division Three of the World Cricket League in Darwin, Australia in May/June 2007. [ [http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CRICKETEUROPE/DATABASE/2007/TOURNAMENTS/WCLDIV3/squads.shtml Squads for 2007 ICC World Cricket League Division Three] at CricketEurope]

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