Sheldon Cottrell, the marvelous fast bowler of West Indies is a whole-hearted trier on the field of cricket. He energizes the whole team throughout the game and his intensity of power never drops. He has illusory slower delivery in his bowling selection and also possesses a ferocious bouncer that is much more enough to shock any batsman in the whole world.
Along with his outstanding bowling expertise, the Jamaican bowler, Sheldon Cottrell has also an attractive traditional celebration in his armory that he swirls out after he creep a batsman with his tremendous pace. The West Indies cricketers are famous for their uncommon style of celebrations and Cottrell style is no different, whose style is extraordinary.
With Sheldon Cottrell’s signature salute and march to the team followed by stretching his arms to the heaven after taking every wicket, the Defence Force Soldier of Jamaica has created a trend following the world of the cricket using his classy celebration to honour soldiers all over the world.
Salute Celebration of Sheldon Cottrell – the backstory
During the 1970s and 80s, West Indies cricketers were the actual ruler of the cricket empire. But after some time, their grip became loose and other teams caught up their ruler ship. But in one feature, the players of West Indies have always remained at the top position- celebrations. From so many years, when it comes to celebrating each and every milestone, the West Indies cricketers have always been trendsetters. We can take the example of Dwayne Bravo, Kesrick Williams, the legend Chris Gayle are some famous players in this area. In this regard, one of the most attractive and discussed West Indies player in this field is non-other than the tremendous bowler Sheldon Cottrell.
Sheldon Cottrell is a left-arm bowler who came from Jamaica. The 30-years old Cottrell has played his debut World Cup in 2017 and grasp news with his each and every move. Although he performed extremely well in the World Cup, the most discussed, catchy point about him is his unique style of celebration after taking a wicket. Sheldon Cottrell breaks into a march of a soldier and concludes it with a thriving salute. The most appealing part of this salute is that, the unique celebration of Sheldon Cottrell has a backstory.
Sheldon Cottrell explained “This is a kind of military-style salute. By profession, I am a soldier. This salute is just to give some respect to the Jamaica Defence Force. I show them respect each and every time when I get a wicket. For six months, I practised this thing when I was getting my military training in the army.”
Early life:
Sheldon Cottrell was born on August 19 in the year 1989 in Kingston, Jamaica. Professionally, the international cricketer is a defence soldier of Jamaica, but in very less time he became one of the top-rated left-arm fast-medium bowlers.
At the time of the fifth One Day International match against India, Sheldon Cottrell was a part of the army workforce. In the year 2011, Sheldon with his team had decorated the pitch at Sabina Park.
Till now, Sheldon Cottrell has not forgotten his roots, Jamaica Defence Force. That’s why still he salutes like a soldier on the cricket pitch whenever he takes a wicket of a batsman. After every wicket, he marches as well as gives salutes to the audience. What a respectful gesture!!
So, let’s get into the detail of Sheldon Cottrell, starting from his career, stats, records, net worth etc.
Debut
On November 6, 2013, Sheldon Cottrell played his first Test match at Kolkata against India. In that Test match, he could take only one wicket after conceding 72 runs in 18 overs. The West Indies lost the test match from India by an innings and 51 runs and later he was excluded from the West Indies Test team.
On January 25, 2015, Sheldon Cottrell played his first One Day International (ODI) match at Port Elizabeth against South Africa. In that ODI match, he claimed both the wickets of the South African openers in just 6 overs. In that match, he had given 39 runs and scored 1 run. In the end, West Indies won the ODI match against South Africa by 1 wicket.
On March 13 2014, Sheldon Cottrell played his first Twenty20 International match at Bridgetown against the team of England. In that T20 match, he was able to get wickets of the England team openers in two successive overs. In just 4 overs, he took 2 wickets and conceded 37 runs. After these crucial wickets also, West Indies lost the T20 match against England by 5 runs.
Starting phase of career:
The army officer, Sheldon Cottrell came to the flashlight when he claimed 17 wickets in 4 days of the domestic match in the year 2012-13. At the time of the inaugural session of Caribbean Premier League, he performed so tremendously that no one can forget his mark. But because of certain injury, he couldn’t be included in the West Indies A tour to India.
Later Sheldon Cottrell played his first Test match at Eden Gardens, Kolkata in the year 2013 against India. This Test match was held on November 6, 2013, which was the second last test match of the legend Sachin Tendulkar. But in this test match, his performance was not that much impressive. So, he was excluded from the West Indies squad from the second match.
In the year 2014, Sheldon Cottrell played his first Twenty20 match against England. Although the West Indies team lost the T20 match, he bowled out two most important players, openers of England in two successive overs.
On January 25, 2015, the right-handed batsman Sheldon Cottrell played his first One Day International match against South Africa. After this debut in ODI, he also included in West Indies World Cup squad in the year 2017. In the ODI match, he played a critical role for his team and leads the squad to victory against South Africa. In only six overs, he claimed both the wickets of the openers of South Africa.
Club Career
Sheldon Cottrell, the Jamaican cricketer is an important member of St Kitts and Nevis Patriots. This is a squad in the Caribbean Premier League. In the Caribbean Premier League 2018, he appeared in 9 games and claimed 11 wickets at an average rate of 25.45.
Sheldon Cottrell is well famous for his salute action after taking a wicket. After debuting in test Cricket in the year 2014 and in One Day Internationals in 2015, he was picked by the Leeward island national cricket team in the year 2018 and also he was chosen to play for twenty20 Canada tournament in the same year. In the global twenty20 Canada League match, Sheldon Cottrell was the leading wicket-taker with sixteen wickets in only eight games.
Sheldon Cottrell is one of the luckiest West Indies players, who is awarded by a central contract in the year 2019-2020 for West Indies national team of cricket. If we consider short pitch and speed, he is the best player in the West Indies squad. In the IPL 2019 season auction, Sheldon Cottrell brought on 50 lakh rupees.
Career flight:
Because of some injury, Sheldon Cottrell disappeared from the ODI international platform for almost two years. After the long gap, again he made a comeback in the ODI match against New Zealand in 2017. After that, he was picked for the Leeward Islands National Cricket team for the professional cricket league in 2018-19.
In the year 2018, in June, at the time of the inaugural session of the Global Twenty20 Canada tournament, Sheldon Cottrell was selected in the squad to play for Vancouver Knights. In the tournament, he was declared as the top wicket-taker with sixteen wickets in eight matches.
With each and every subsequent match, the Jamaican army player, Sheldon Cottrell became the rising star of West Indies and turning out to be the best bowler in the squad.
Again, he was selected for the 2019 World Cup, which was held in England. In that tournament also, the Jamaican player performed very well. Army salute of Sheldon Cottrell became worldwide famous and won million hearts. During the World Cup, he took some crucial wickets of Australia team as well as Pakistan team.
Career Turning Point:
His extraordinary exploits in the Caribbean Premier League helped him to earn a spot in the West Indies A team that toured to India in the year 2013 in November, but because of some injury, he had to pull out of the India tour.
Major Teams: West Windies, Windies A, Antigua Hawks, bills St Kitts, Nevis Patriots, Vancouver Knights, Rangpur Riders, West Indies Cricket Board President XI
Stats
Sheldon Cottrell has appeared in two-Test series and took two wickets at an average rate of 98.00. Also, he has scored 11 runs in those two test matches as bottom order batsman.
Also, the Jamaican army player played 10 numbers of One Day International matches and took 15 wickets at an average rate of 26.80. In one inning, he claimed 5 wickets haul. Also, he scored 14 runs with a strike rate of 58.33 as a bottom order batsman.
Sheldon Cottrell has played also 13 Twenty20 International matches and took 20 wickets at an average rate of 18.70. In one of the T20 innings, he claimed one 4-wicket haul. As a bottom order batsman, he scored 11 runs in 13 matches at a strike rate of 64.70.
Records:
- Sheldon Cottrell is first number 11 batsman to register this outstanding record
In an ODI match against Ireland, Sheldon Cottrell hit a big six off the second last delivery of the match to help West Indies to get over the target set by Ireland. The 30-year-old, Jamaican army player became the first number 11 batsman in the ODI cricket history to end a chase with a huge six and won the match.
Interestingly, in the run chase against Ireland, Sheldon Cottrell survived two run-out attempts in the last over. Also, in that match, he remained unbeaten.
- His fabulous performance at the time of the India tour of West Indies, took three wickets and finally earned his prestigious Test Cap at Eden Gardens, Kolkata against India.
- He has appeared in 10 One Day International matches and claimed 15 wickets at an average rate of 26.80.
- Also, Sheldon Cottrell played 13 Twenty20 International matches and claimed 20 wickets at an average rate of 18.70.
Interesting Facts of Sheldon Cottrell
- Sheldon Cottrell has been an important member of St Kitts as well as Nevis Patriots, which is known as the Caribbean Premier League (CPL). And when he was playing in 2018 session in CPL, he had taken 11 wickets in 9 games.
- He was included in the West Indies 2015 World Cup squad.
- During his early days in cricket, Sheldon Cottrell used to dab after taking a wicket and came for a salute, but later he changed it to widening his arms to thank the universe.
- Earlier, Sheldon Cottrell was not a stable player and he was dropped maximum time from the West Indies national team because of his out of form. But, all this changed when Sheldon Cottrell played extremely well in the West Indies tour of Bangladesh in the year 2018 in Sylhet, Bangladesh. He continued his good form after that. His amazing performance also led the Jamaican player to forefront the West Indies pace attack.
- In the 2019 World Cup match, he was included in the West Indies squad, and in 9 matches, he claimed 12 wickets. In that World Cup season, he was the top wicket-taker for the West Indies team.
- In the 2019 World Cup, during a match against the team of Australia on June 9, 2019, Sheldon Cottrell took a historic catch of Australian cricketer Steve Smith, which was appreciated by many cricketers as well as viewers all around the globe.
Cottrell Net Worth and Income:
The net worth of Sheldon Cottrell is estimated from his international and national cricket earnings. Apart from the cricket earnings, he has not any extra side business. He is concentrating on his cricket career and playing only the sport in domestic as well as West Indies national squad.
The monthly income of Sheldon Cottrell from the international cricket team is nearly $1400 and total annual income is approximately $22000. From domestic twenty20 leagues also, he is earning money. All total his net worth is estimated to 1.2 US Dollars.
