Rawl Lewis

Rawl Nicholas Lewis (born September 5, 1974) is a Grenadan cricketer. Lewis featured as a leg spinner for both the Windward Islands and the West Indies in his cricketing career. Lewis also formerly managed the West Indies.

Rawl Lewis

Personal information
Full name	Rawl Nicholas Lewis
Born	(1974-09-05) 5 September 1974 (age 50) Union Village, Grenada
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Legbreak Googly
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	West Indies (1997–2009)
Test debut (cap 218)	17 November 1997 v Pakistan
Last Test	2 January 2008 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 85)	1 November 1997 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI	28 July 2009 v Bangladesh
Only T20I (cap 22)	18 January 2008 v South Africa
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1991/92–2010	Windward Islands
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC Matches 5 28 1 131 Runs scored 89 291 0 4,694 Batting average 8.90 18.18 0.00 24.07 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 2/24 Top score 40 49 0 117* Balls bowled 883 1,150 6 21,168 Wickets 4 22 0 325 Bowling average 114.00 44.68 – 31.55 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 12 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 2/42 3/43 – 7/66 Catches/stumpings 0/– 7/– 1/– 90/–
Source: CricketArchive, 2 December 2023

Playing career

As a native of Grenada, Lewis primarily featured as a leg spinner. He went on to captain the Windward Islands in their victorious 2000-01 Red Stripe Bowl campaign.^[1] He also played for Barrow Cricket Club in England, before being recalled to the West Indies squad for the 2005-06 tour of New Zealand.^[2]

Lewis was again recalled to the West Indies team in 2008 for the 2nd Test match against South Africa. He picked up 3 wickets in the match, which the West Indians eventually lost by seven wickets in Cape Town.^[3] He eventually played only 5 tests and 26 ODIs in his international career.

Managerial career

He was named as the Windies' interim manager for the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 in India. The West Indians went on to win the competition and lewis was thereafter appointed as the side's manager on a permanent basis.^[4]

Accolades

A stand at the Grenada National Cricket Stadium was jointly renamed in both Lewis and Junior Murray's honour.^[5]