Keemo Paul

Keemo Paul
Personal information
Full name
Keemo Mandela Angus Paul
Born (1998-02-21) 21 February 1998 (age 26)
Guyana
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 315)12 July 2018 v Bangladesh
Last Test9 February 2019 v England
ODI debut (cap 184)15 March 2018 v Afghanistan
Last ODI18 June 2023 v USA
T20I debut (cap 71)1 April 2018 v Pakistan
Last T20I7 August 2022 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2016–presentGuyana
2017–2020Guyana Amazon Warriors
2019Delhi Capitals
2020/21Hobart Hurricanes
2021/22Colombo Stars
2021–presentSaint Lucia Kings
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 3 30 28 55
Runs scored 96 320 932 623
Batting average 16.0 21.33 22.73 17.8
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 1/3 0/2
Top score 47 46* 107 72
Balls bowled 342 1253 4075 2318
Wickets 6 34 113 71
Bowling average 31.5 36.41 19.27 30.29
5 wickets in innings 0 0 4 2
10 wickets in match 0 0 1 0
Best bowling 2/25 3/34 6/28 5/49
Catches/stumpings 2/0 15/0 17/0 27/0
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 7 January 2024

Keemo Mandela Angus Paul (born 21 February 1998) is a Guyanese cricketer who plays for the West Indies cricket team. He made his international debut for the team in 2018.[1] In August 2019, Cricket West Indies named him as the T20 Player of the Year.[2]

Domestic and T20 career

He made his List A debut on 16 January 2015 in the 2014–15 Regional Super50 tournament.[3]

In December 2015, Paul was named in the West Indies squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[4] During the tournament, Paul attracted some controversy when he mankaded a batsman in the last over of the final group match between the West Indies and Zimbabwe.[5] The West Indies won the match and consequently finished second in their group, qualifying for the quarter-finals and eventually going on to win the tournament.[6] He took 7 wickets throughout the competition, including 2 in the final against India, as well as averaging more than 40 with the bat for the tournament.[7]

He made his first-class debut for Guyana in the 2016–17 Regional Four Day Competition on 18 March 2017.[8] He made his Twenty20 debut for Guyana Amazon Warriors in the 2017 Caribbean Premier League on 5 August 2017.[9] In October 2017, he scored his maiden century in first-class cricket, batting for Guyana against Jamaica in the 2017–18 Regional Four Day Competition.[10]

In June 2018, he was named the Emerging Cricketer of the Year at the annual Cricket West Indies' Awards.[11] In October 2018, Cricket West Indies (CWI) awarded him a development contract for the 2018–19 season.[12][13]

In December 2018, he was bought by the Delhi Capitals in the player auction for the 2019 Indian Premier League.[14][15] In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Montreal Tigers franchise team in the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament.[16] In July 2020, he was named in the Guyana Amazon Warriors squad for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League.[17][18]

International career

On 9 March 2018, Paul was added to the West Indies squad for the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament, after Sheldon Cottrell suffered an injury.[19] He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for the West Indies against Afghanistan in the World Cup Qualifier on 15 March 2018.[20]

In March 2018, he was named in the West Indies squad for their Twenty20 International (T20I) series against Pakistan.[21] He made his T20I debut for the West Indies against Pakistan on 1 April 2018.[22]

In July 2018, he was named in the West Indies Test squad for the series against Bangladesh.[23] He made his Test debut for the West Indies on 12 July 2018.[24] In December 2018, in the third and final T20I against Bangladesh, Paul took his first five-wicket haul in T20Is.[25]

In May 2019, Cricket West Indies (CWI) named him as one of ten reserve players in the West Indies' squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.[26][27]

References

  1. ^ "Keemo Paul". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Jason Holder, Deandra Dottin dominate CWI awards". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Nagico Super50, Group B: Trinidad & Tobago v West Indies Under-19s at Scarborough, Jan 16, 2015". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Hetmyer to lead West Indies at Under-19 World Cup". ESPNcricinfo. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  5. ^ "'Can't believe what I have just seen! Embarrassing!'". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  6. ^ "West Indies mankad Zimbabwe to enter quarter-final". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  7. ^ "Cricket Records. Records. ICC Under-19 World Cup, 2015/16 - West Indies Under-19s. Batting and bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  8. ^ "WICB Professional Cricket League Regional 4 Day Tournament, Trinidad & Tobago v Guyana at Port of Spain, Mar 17-20, 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  9. ^ "2nd Match, Caribbean Premier League at Lauderhill, Aug 5, 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  10. ^ "Permaul, Paul steer Guyana to opening win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  11. ^ "Shai Hope, Stafanie Taylor clean up at CWI Awards". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  12. ^ "Kemar Roach gets all-format West Indies contract". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  13. ^ "Cricket West Indies announces list of contracted players". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  14. ^ "IPL 2019 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  15. ^ "IPL 2019 Auction: Who got whom". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  16. ^ "Global T20 draft streamed live". Canada Cricket Online. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  17. ^ "Mohammad Nabi, Sandeep Lamichhane, Ben Dunk earn big in CPL 2020 draft". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  18. ^ "Teams Selected for Hero CPL 2020". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  19. ^ "Keemo Paul replaces Sheldon Cottrell in the Windies side". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  20. ^ "21st Match, Super Sixes, ICC World Cup Qualifiers at Harare, Mar 15 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  21. ^ "West Indies squad for T20 series against Pakistan announced". Geo TV. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  22. ^ "1st T20I, West Indies tour of Pakistan at Karachi, Apr 1 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  23. ^ "Windies name squad for Bangladesh series". Jamaica Observer. Archived from the original on 3 July 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  24. ^ "2nd Test, Bangladesh tour of West Indies and United States of America at Kingston, Jul 12-16 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  25. ^ "Lewis 89, Paul five-for help West Indies clinch T20I series". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  26. ^ "Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard named among West Indies' World Cup reserves". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  27. ^ "Pollard, Dwayne Bravo named in West Indies' CWC19 reserves". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 19 May 2019.