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West Indies ABatter
Mikyle Louis
- Age
- 26y 85d
- Bats
- Right-hand
- Bowls
- Right-arm leg break
- From
- St. Kitts and Nevis
- Age
- 26y 85d
- Bats
- Right-hand
- Bowls
- Right-arm leg break
- From
- St. Kitts and Nevis
Mikyle Louis holds a distinctive place in Caribbean cricket as the first cricketer from St Kitts to play Test cricket for the West Indies. He reached that milestone in June 2024, when he received his first Test cap in a match against England, opening a new chapter for his island in the longest format.
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His route into the Test side was built on weight of runs at domestic level. In the 2023-24 West Indies Championship, no batter scored more than Louis. He ended the competition at the top of the run charts with 682 runs at an average of 48.71, a return that marked him out among the batters in the regional first-class game.
Louis went on to appear in 3 Tests against England during 2024. His output in that series was modest rather than spectacular, but he gave encouraging signs of his ability, particularly in the way he coped with the new ball when conditions made batting difficult. For a player at the start of his international career, that showing pointed to potential worth watching.
