Brandon Alexander King (born 16 December 1994) is a Jamaican cricketer. He was part of the West Indies' squad for the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He made his international debut for the West Indies cricket team in November 2019.[1]
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| Full name | Brandon Alexander King | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 December 1994 Kingston, Jamaica | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Top-order batter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 195) | 11 November 2019 v Afghanistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 12 December 2024 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 81) | 14 November 2019 v Afghanistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 19 June 2024 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–present | Jamaica | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | St Kitts & Nevis Patriots | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Guyana Amazon Warriors | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Islamabad United | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Abu Dhabi Knight Riders | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Rangpur Riders | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Domestic career
editKing plays for Jamaica in domestic cricket, debuting in first-class cricket in the 2014-15 Regional Four Day Competition, and List A cricket in the 2015-16 Regional Super50. He was selected in the 9th round of the 2017 CPL player draft by the St Kitts & Nevis Patriots.[2] He made his Twenty20 debut for St Kitts & Nevis Patriots in the 2017 Caribbean Premier League on 5 August 2017.[3]
In June 2018, King was named in the Cricket West Indies B Team squad for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament.[4]
King hit 132 not out, the highest innings in CPL history, consisting of 10 fours and 11 sixes in a 72-ball knock against Barbados Tridents at Providence on 6 October 2019 as Guyana Amazon Warriors qualified for the final of the 2019 Caribbean Premier League.[5] In July 2020, he was named in the Guyana Amazon Warriors squad for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League.[6][7] On 1 September 2020, King scored his 1,000th run in Twenty20 cricket.[8]
International career
editIn October 2019, King was named in the West Indies' One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) squads for their series against Afghanistan in India.[9] He made his ODI debut for the West Indies, against Afghanistan, on 11 November 2019.[10] He made his T20I debut for the West Indies, also against Afghanistan, on 14 November 2019.[11]
In May 2024, he was named in the West Indies squad for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament.[12]
References
edit- ^ "Brandon King". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
- ^ "HERO CPL PLAYER DRAFT 2017 CPL T20". www.cplt20.com. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
- ^ "2nd Match, Caribbean Premier League at Lauderhill, Aug 5, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ "Windies B squad for Global T20 League in Canada". Cricket West Indies. Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
- ^ "Brandon King century powers Guyana Amazon Warriors to CPL 2019 final". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
- ^ "Nabi, Lamichhane, Dunk earn big in CPL 2020 draft". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- ^ "Teams Selected for Hero CPL 2020". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- ^ "Barbados Tridents slump to 27 for 8 on way to crushing defeat by Guyana Amazon Warriors". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
- ^ "Hayden Walsh Jr, Brandon King break into West Indies' limited-overs squads". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ^ "3rd ODI (D/N), West Indies tour of India at Lucknow, Nov 11 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- ^ "1st T20I (N), West Indies tour of India at Lucknow, Nov 14 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ "West Indies has announced their Squad for the T20I World Cup". ScoreWaves. Retrieved 7 June 2024.