Sheldon Cottrell
Sheldon Cottrell — career overview
Sheldon Cottrell is a cricketer who represents West Indies in international cricket as a bowler (Right Handed Bat, Left-arm fast-medium bowler). In international cricket Sheldon Cottrell has appeared in 2 Tests (11 runs at 2.75); 38 ODIs (88 runs at 11.00); 45 T20Is (18 runs at 4.50). With the ball, Sheldon Cottrell has taken 112 international wickets across formats. Full batting and bowling records, recent form and milestones are shown below. Compare Sheldon Cottrell with other players using the player comparison tool, or see where West Indies rank in the latest ICC rankings.
Batting & Fielding
| Format | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 2 | 4 | - | 11 | 5 | 2.75 | 24 | 45.84 | - | - | 1 | - |
| ODI | 38 | 19 | 11 | 88 | 17 | 11.00 | 130 | 67.70 | - | - | 6 | 4 |
| T20I | 45 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 4.50 | 29 | 62.07 | - | - | 2 | - |
| IPL | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bowling
| Format | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 5W | 10W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 2 | 2 | 276 | 196 | 2 | 1/72 | 1/72 | 98.00 | 4.26 | 138.0 | - | - |
| ODI | 38 | 36 | 1722 | 1685 | 52 | 5/46 | 5/46 | 32.40 | 5.87 | 33.1 | 1 | - |
| T20I | 45 | 44 | 918 | 1244 | 52 | 4/28 | 4/28 | 23.92 | 8.13 | 17.6 | - | - |
| IPL | 6 | 6 | 120 | 176 | 6 | 2/17 | 2/17 | 29.33 | 8.80 | 20.0 | - | - |
Format Performance
Batting — Runs & Average
Bowling — Wickets & Economy
Sheldon Cottrell — Career Overview
Sheldon Cottrell is a bowler from West Indies. Sheldon bats right handed bat and bowls left-arm fast-medium. Specialist bowlers are judged on wickets, economy, and the ability to deliver in pressure overs — new ball, middle overs containment, or the death. Pace, control and the variations a bowler can call on under pressure define a long international career. West Indies is one of the playing nations represented across the international and franchise calendar, with players drawn from the domestic system and the academy pathway into the senior side. International batting record — 2 Tests: 11 runs at an average of 2.75, strike rate 45.84; 38 ODIs: 88 runs at an average of 11.00, strike rate 67.70; 45 T20Is: 18 runs at an average of 4.50, strike rate 62.07. International bowling — 2 wickets in Test at 98.00, economy 4.26; 52 wickets in ODI at 32.40, economy 5.87 and 1 5-fer; 52 wickets in T20I at 23.92, economy 8.13. Domestic and franchise career — IPL: 6 wickets in 6 matches. Career statistics in cricket are best read across formats: a Test average, an ODI strike rate and a T20I economy each tell a different part of the story, and modern selection often turns on how a player splits their time across red-ball and white-ball cricket within a packed annual schedule. Recent form, opposition strength and conditions at the venue also weigh heavily alongside the headline numbers. Our player database tracks Sheldon Cottrell's match-by-match appearances across the international and domestic calendar, with batting and bowling splits by format, opposition, venue and time period. Career milestones — highest score, best bowling figures, fastest fifty or hundred and notable franchise performances — sit alongside the running totals so the full arc of a career is easy to read in one view. On GeoCric you can dig into Sheldon Cottrell's career numbers, format-by-format breakdowns, batting and bowling averages, century and five-wicket counts, league appearances and recent form — refreshed against live match data and free to read.