Brandon King (cricketer)

Brandon King (born 16 December 1994) is a West Indian 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]

Brandon King
Personal information
Full nameBrandon Alexander King
Born (1994-12-16) 16 December 1994
Kingston, Jamaica
BattingRight-handed
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 195)11 November 2019 v Afghanistan
Last ODI12 January 2020 v Ireland
T20I debut (cap 81)14 November 2019 v Afghanistan
Last T20I6 March 2020 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2015–presentJamaica
2017–presentJamaica Tallawahs
2017-presentSt Kitts & Nevis Patriots
Career statistics
Competition List A FC
Matches 8 11
Runs scored 163 646
Batting average 20.37 32.30
100s/50s 0/0 1/2
Top score 48 194
Balls bowled - -
Wickets - -
Bowling average - -
5 wickets in innings - -
10 wickets in match - -
Best bowling - -
Catches/stumpings 1/0 10/0
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 6 March 2020

Domestic career

King 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, he 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]

International career

In 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.[6] He made his ODI debut for the West Indies, against Afghanistan, on 11 November 2019.[7] He made his T20I debut for the West Indies, also against Afghanistan, on 14 November 2019.[8]

References
  1. "Brandon King". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  2. "HERO CPL PLAYER DRAFT 2017 CPL T20". www.cplt20.com. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  3. "2nd Match, Caribbean Premier League at Lauderhill, Aug 5, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  4. "Windies B squad for Global T20 League in Canada". Cricket West Indies. Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  5. "Brandon King century powers Guyana Amazon Warriors to CPL 2019 final". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  6. "Hayden Walsh Jr, Brandon King break into West Indies' limited-overs squads". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  7. "3rd ODI (D/N), West Indies tour of India at Lucknow, Nov 11 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  8. "1st T20I (N), West Indies tour of India at Lucknow, Nov 14 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
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