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{{short description|West Indian cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Obed McCoy
| image =
| country = West Indies
| full_name = Obed Christopher McCoy
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|1|4|df=yes}}
| birth_place =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| batting = Left-handed
| bowling = Left-arm fast-medium
| role = [[Bowler (cricket)|Bowler]]

| international = true
| internationalspan = 2018–present
| odidebutdate = 24 October
| odidebutyear = 2018
| odidebutagainst = India
| odicap = 187
| lastodidate = 27 October
| lastodiyear = 2018
| lastodiagainst = India

| T20Idebutdate = 8 March
| T20Idebutyear = 2019
| T20Idebutagainst = England
| T20Icap = 79
| lastT20Idate = 27 September
| lastT20Iyear = 2025
| lastT20Iagainst = Nepal

| club1 = [[Windward Islands cricket team|Windward Islands]]
| year1 = 2017–present
| club2 = [[St Lucia Kings]]
| year2 = 2017–2021
| club3 = [[Rajasthan Royals]]
| year3 = 2022–2023
| club4 = [[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]]
| year4 = 2022
| club5 = [[Barbados Royals]]
| year5 = 2022–2024
| club6 = [[Fortune Barishal]]
| year6 = 2023
| club7 = [[Paarl Royals]]
| year7 = 2024
| club8 = [[Antigua & Barbuda Falcons]]
| year8 = 2025

| columns = 4
| column1 = [[One Day Internationals|ODI]]
| matches1 = 2
| runs1 = 0
| bat avg1 = –
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 0[[not out|*]]
| deliveries1 = 84
| wickets1 = 4
| bowl avg1 = 27.25
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 2/38
| catches/stumpings1 = 0/–
| column2 = [[Twenty20 International|T20I]]
| matches2 = 43
| runs2 = 68
| bat avg2 = 9.71
| 100s/50s2 = 0/0
| top score2 = 23[[not out|*]]
| deliveries2 = 826
| wickets2 = 52
| bowl avg2 = 23.11
| fivefor2 = 1
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 6/17
| catches/stumpings2 = 4/–
| column3 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches3 = 4
| runs3 = 15
| bat avg3 = 7.50
| 100s/50s3 = 0/0
| top score3 = 11[[not out|*]]
| deliveries3 = 414
| wickets3 = 6
| bowl avg3 = 46.33
| fivefor3 = 0
| tenfor3 = 0
| best bowling3 = 3/56
| catches/stumpings3 = 3/–
| column4 = [[List A cricket|LA]]
| matches4 = 20
| runs4 = 70
| bat avg4 = 10.00
| 100s/50s4 = 0/0
| top score4 = 14[[not out|*]]
| deliveries4 = 623
| wickets4 = 19
| bowl avg4 = 31.26
| fivefor4 = 0
| tenfor4 = 0
| best bowling4 = 2/28
| catches/stumpings4 = 6/–
| date = 8 July 2026
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/906783.html Cricinfo
}}
'''Obed Christopher McCoy''' (born 4 January 1997) is a [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines|Vincentian]] professional [[cricket]]er who plays for the [[West Indies cricket team]] internationally. He made his international debut for the West Indies in October 2018.<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/906783.html |title=Obed McCoy |access-date=26 January 2017 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

==Domestic and T20 career==
He made his [[List A cricket|List A]] debut for the [[West Indies under-19 cricket team|West Indies Under-19s]] in the [[2016–17 Regional Super50]] on 25 January 2017.<ref name="LA">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1078124.html |title=West Indies Cricket Board Regional Super50, Group A: Windward Islands v West Indies Under-19s at North Sound, Jan 25, 2017 |access-date=26 January 2017 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> Prior to his List A debut, he was named in the West Indies squad for the [[2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup squads]].<ref name="West Indies">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-under-19-world-cup-2016/content/story/956951.html |title=Hetmyer to lead West Indies at Under-19 World Cup |date=31 December 2015 |access-date=31 December 2015 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

He made his [[Twenty20]] debut for [[St Lucia Stars]] in the [[2017 Caribbean Premier League]] on 4 August 2017.<ref name="T20">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1094672.html |title=1st Match (D/N), Caribbean Premier League at Gros Islet, Aug 4, 2017 |access-date=5 August 2017 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> He made his [[first-class cricket|first-class]] debut for the [[Windward Islands cricket team|Windward Islands]] in the [[2017–18 Regional Four Day Competition]] on 2 November 2017.<ref name="FC">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1123091.html |title=5th Match, WICB Professional Cricket League Regional 4 Day Tournament at Gros Islet, Nov 2-5 2017 |access-date=3 November 2017 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

In June 2018, he was named in the [[West Indies B cricket team|Cricket West Indies B Team]] squad for the [[2018 Global T20 Canada|inaugural edition]] of the [[Global T20 Canada]] tournament.<ref name="Gt20">{{cite web |url=http://cricketwestindies.org/index.php/2018/06/11/windies-b-squad-for-global-t20-league-in-canada/ |title=Windies B squad for Global T20 League in Canada |work=Cricket West Indies |access-date=13 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613134146/http://cricketwestindies.org/index.php/2018/06/11/windies-b-squad-for-global-t20-league-in-canada/ |archive-date=13 June 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was the leading wicket-taker in the tournament for the Cricket West Indies B Team, with eleven dismissals in seven matches.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=12456;team=3852;type=tournament |title=Global T20 Canada 2018, Cricket West Indies B Team: Batting and Bowling Averages |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=16 July 2018}}</ref> In July 2020, he was named in the [[St Lucia Zouks]] squad for the [[2020 Caribbean Premier League]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29417692/nabi,-lamichhane,-dunk-earn-big-cpl-2020-draft |title=Nabi, Lamichhane, Dunk earn big in CPL 2020 draft |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=6 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.windiescricket.com/news/teams-selected-hero-cpl-2020/ |title=Teams Selected for Hero CPL 2020 |work=Cricket West Indies |access-date=6 July 2020}}</ref>

In April 2021, he was signed by [[Multan Sultans]] to play in the rescheduled matches in the [[2021 Pakistan Super League]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/psl-2021-replacement-draft-lahore-qalandars-bag-shakib-al-hasan-quetta-gladiators-sign-andre-russell-1261441 |title=Lahore Qalandars bag Shakib Al Hasan, Quetta Gladiators sign Andre Russell |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=28 April 2021}}</ref> In February 2022, he was bought by the [[Rajasthan Royals]] in the [[List of 2022 Indian Premier League personnel changes|auction]] for the [[2022 Indian Premier League]] tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ipl-2022-auction-the-list-of-sold-and-unsold-players-1300689 |title=IPL 2022 auction: The list of sold and unsold players |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=13 February 2022}}</ref> In June 2022, in his first match for [[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]], McCoy took his first [[five-wicket haul]] in Twenty20 cricket, against [[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]] in the [[2022 T20 Blast]] in England.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/countycricket/obed_mccoy_dream_debut_sussex_somerset.html |title=Obed McCoy's dream debut |work=The Cricketer |access-date=2 June 2022}}</ref>

==International career==
In October 2018, he was named in the West Indies' [[One Day International]] (ODI) squad for series [[West Indian cricket team in India in 2018–19#Squads|against India]].<ref name="WILO">{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/874874 |title=Pollard, Darren Bravo return to Windies T20I squad |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=8 October 2018}}</ref> He made his ODI debut for the West Indies against [[India national cricket team|India]] on 24 October 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1157755.html |title=2nd ODI (D/N), West Indies tour of India at Visakhapatnam, Oct 24 2018 |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=24 October 2018}}</ref> In March 2019, he was added to the West Indies' [[Twenty20 International]] (T20I) squad for the series [[English cricket team in the West Indies in 2018–19|against England]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/26152159/obed-mccoy-replace-andre-russell-windies-t20-squad |title=Obed McCoy to replace Andre Russell in Windies T20 squad |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=6 March 2019}}</ref> He made his T20I debut for the West Indies against [[England cricket team|England]] on 8 March 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1158072.html |title=2nd T20I (D/N), England tour of West Indies at Basseterre, Mar 8 2019 |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=8 March 2019}}</ref>

In September 2021, McCoy was named in the West Indies' squad for the [[2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/t20-world-cup-2021-ravi-rampaul-back-in-west-indies-squad-sunil-narine-left-out-1277122 |title=T20 World Cup: Ravi Rampaul back in West Indies squad; Sunil Narine left out |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 September 2021}}</ref>

On 1 August 2022, McCoy recorded career best bowling figures of 6–17 against India.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 2, 2022 |title=India vs West Indies, 2nd T20I Highlights: Obed McCoy takes six as West Indies beat India by five wickets, level series |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/india-in-west-indies/india-vs-west-indies-2nd-t20i-highlights-obed-mccoy-takes-six-as-west-indies-beat-india-by-five-wickets-level-series/articleshow/93283316.cms |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref> These are the best bowling figures by a West Indies player in the T20I format. These are also the best bowling figures for any team against India in the T20I format.<ref>{{Cite web |title=McCoy 6 for 17, King 68 help West Indies level series |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/india-in-west-indies-2022-1317885/west-indies-vs-india-2nd-t20i-1317904/match-report |access-date=2022-08-02 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> Two matches later, on 6 August 2022, McCoy recorded the most expensive bowling figures for a West Indies player in the T20I format with figures of 2-66.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Avesh and Arshdeep dominate WI batters as India take unassailable 3-1 lead |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/west-indies-v-india-t20i-series-2022-1317887/india-vs-west-indies-4th-t20i-1317906/match-report |access-date=2022-08-07 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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