Timroy Allen

Timroy Allen
Personal information
Full name
Timroy Patrick Allen
Born (1987-01-22) 22 January 1987 (age 37)
Westmoreland, Cornwall, Jamaica
BattingRight-handed
Bowling
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 12)18 August 2019 v Bermuda
Last T20I24 August 2019 v Cayman Islands
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2015-presentICC Americas
2016-presentJamaica Tallawahs
Career statistics
Competition LA T20
Matches 15 16
Runs scored 270 166
Batting average 22.50 12.76
100s/50s 0/1 0/1
Top score 69 50*
Balls bowled 426 150
Wickets 8 7
Bowling average 48.87 35.14
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 2/36 2/27
Catches/stumpings 1/0 5/0
Source: Cricinfo, 24 August 2019

Timroy Patrick Allen (born 22 January 1987) is a Jamaican-American cricketer. Allen currently represents the United States national cricket team. Allen made his List-A debut for the United States against Barbados in the 2008/09 West Indies Cricket Board Cup. Allen made two further appearances for the United States in that tournament against Trinidad and Tobago and the Combined Campuses and Colleges. The United States lost all three matches.

Later in 2008 Allen represented the United States in the 2008 ICC Americas Championship Division One, where he played three matches against Suriname, Argentina and the Cayman Islands, as the United States went on to win the tournament.

In 2010 he made his unofficial Twenty20 debut for the United States against the UAE in a pre-tournament warm up match for the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier. During the tournament Allen made his full Twenty20 debut against Scotland, where the USA went on to win by 6 wickets. He followed this up by playing matches against Ireland and Afghanistan, both of which the United States lost.

Later in February 2010, Allen represented the United States in the 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Five, where he helped the United States gained promotion to the 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Four in Italy.

Allen was selected for the 2016 Caribbean Premier League by the Jamaica Tallawahs, which represented a return of sorts to his home country.[1] This was part of an initiative to spread the popularity of cricket to the American nations,[2] and he played six games for the team that season. He was retained for the next year's competition.

In June 2019, he was named in a 30-man training squad for the United States cricket team, ahead of the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier tournament in Bermuda.[3] The following month, he was one of twelve players to sign a three-month central contract with USA Cricket.[4] In August 2019, he was named in the United States' squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier tournament.[5] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for the United States against Bermuda on 18 August 2019.[6]

In June 2021, he was selected to take part in the Minor League Cricket tournament in the United States following the players' draft.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Tallawahs' Timroy Allen comes home after whirlwind year". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-04-09.
  2. ^ "USA, Canada players emotional after CPL picks". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-04-09.
  3. ^ "Former SA pacer Rusty Theron named in USA squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Five USA players get 12-month contracts; three pull out of Global T20 Canada". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Team USA Squad Announced for ICC T20 World Cup Americas' Regional Final". USA Cricket. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  6. ^ "1st Match, ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas Region Final at Sandys Parish, Aug 18 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  7. ^ "All 27 Teams Complete Initial Roster Selection Following Minor League Cricket Draft". USA Cricket. Retrieved 11 June 2021.