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Romario Shepherd
Personal information
Born (1994-11-26) 26 November 1994 (age 29)
Georgetown, Guyana
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleBowling All-rounder
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 193)6 November 2019 v Afghanistan
Last ODI24 July 2022 v India
T20I debut (cap 83)18 January 2020 v Ireland
Last T20I6 August 2023 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2016–presentGuyana
2018Guyana Amazon Warriors
2022Sunrisers Hyderabad
2023Joburg Super Kings
Lucknow Super Giants
2024Chattogram Challengers
2024-presentMumbai Indians
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I
Matches 18 26
Runs scored 213 286
Batting average 17.75 47.66
100s/50s 0/1 0/0
Top score 50 44*
Balls bowled 673 430
Wickets 11 22
Bowling average 54.63 34.45
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 3/50 3/21
Catches/stumpings 5/– 6/–
Source: Cricinfo, 1 May 2023 2024

Romario Shepherd (born 26 November 1994) is a Guyanese cricketer who plays for Guyana in domestic cricket and for West Indies in international cricket. He made his international debut for West Indies in November 2019.[1]

Domestic and franchise career

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A right-arm fast bowler, Shepherd made his List A debut for Guyana in January 2016, playing against the Leeward Islands in the 2015–16 Regional Super50. Opening the bowling with Steven Jacobs, he took 3/37 from 10 overs on debut, including the first two wickets to fall, and was named man of the match.[2] He made his first-class debut for Guyana in the 2016–17 Regional Four Day Competition on 10 March 2017.[3] He made his Twenty20 debut for Guyana Amazon Warriors in the tournament on 5 September 2018.[4]

In July 2020, Shepherd was named in the Guyana Amazon Warriors squad for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League.[5][6] In December 2021, he was signed by the Karachi Kings following the players' draft for the 2022 Pakistan Super League.[7] In February 2022, he was bought by the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament.[8]

He was selected to play for Chattogram Challengers in the 2024 Bangladesh Premier League.

International career

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In October 2019, Shepherd was named in the West Indies One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Afghanistan.[9] He made his ODI debut for the West Indies, against Afghanistan, on 6 November 2019.[10] In January 2020, he was named in the West Indies Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Ireland.[11] He made his T20I debut for the West Indies, against Ireland, on 18 January 2020.[12] In November 2023, he was named in the ODI squad of West Indies for the 3-match ODI series against England.[13] In the first ODI, he scored 48 runs off 28 balls and picked up 2 wicket for 77 runs.

In May 2024, he was named in the West Indies squad for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament.[14]

References

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  1. ^ "Romario Shepherd profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  2. ^ Nagico Super50, Group B: Leeward Islands v Guyana at Basseterre, Jan 15, 2016 – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  3. ^ "WICB Professional Cricket League Regional 4 Day Tournament, Jamaica v Guyana at Kingston, Mar 10-13, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  4. ^ "27th Match (N), Caribbean Premier League at Port of Spain, Sep 5 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Nabi, Lamichhane, Dunk earn big in CPL 2020 draft". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Teams Selected for Hero CPL 2020". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Franchises finalise squad for HBL PSL 2022". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  8. ^ "IPL 2022 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  9. ^ "Hayden Walsh Jr, Brandon King break into West Indies' limited-overs squads". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  10. ^ "1st ODI (D/N), West Indies tour of India at Lucknow, Nov 6 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  11. ^ "Romario Shepherd named in West Indies T20I Squad vs Ireland". Cricket World. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  12. ^ "2nd T20I (D/N), Ireland tour of West Indies at Basseterre, Jan 18 2020". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  13. ^ "West Indies include two uncapped players in ODI squad to face England". The Times of India. 21 November 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  14. ^ "West Indies has announced their Squad for the T20I World Cup". ScoreWaves. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
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