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Nkrumah Bonner
Nkrumah Bonner batting during the First Test Australia versus West Indies at Perth Stadium, 2 December 2022
Personal information
Full name
Nkrumah Eljego Bonner
Born (1989-01-23) 23 January 1989 (age 35)
Saint Catherine, Jamaica
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg break
RoleMiddle-order batter
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 323)3 February 2021 v Bangladesh
Last Test30 November 2022 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 197)20 January 2021 v Bangladesh
Last ODI4 June 2022 v Netherlands
T20I debut (cap 47)23 September 2011 v England
Last T20I27 March 2012 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2009/10–2014/15Jamaica
2010/11–2011/12Combined Campuses and Colleges
2013–2016Jamaica Tallawahs
2015/16–2017/18Leeward Islands
2018/19–presentJamaica
2020–presentJamaica Tallawahs
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 10 3 80 67
Runs scored 738 51 4,145 1,956
Batting average 49.20 17.00 29.82 34.31
100s/50s 2/3 0/0 5/22 4/11
Top score 123 31 135 122*
Balls bowled 78 17 2,627 684
Wickets 1 0 46 27
Bowling average 69.00 – 33.23 19.74
5 wickets in innings 0 – 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 – 0 0
Best bowling 1/16 – 5/26 3/21
Catches/stumpings 10/– 0/– 62/– 24/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 1 December 2022

Nkrumah Eljego Bonner (born 23 January 1989) is a Jamaican cricketer who plays international cricket for the West Indies.[1] An occasional leg spin bowler and top order right-hand batsman, Bonner made his first-class cricket debut for Jamaica against Combined Campuses and Colleges in February 2011.[2]

Bonner was selected as part of the West Indies team to tour England in 2011. In October 2019, he was named in Jamaica's squad for the 2019–20 Regional Super50 tournament.[3]

In June 2020, Bonner was named in the West Indies' Test squad, for their series against England.[4] The Test series was originally scheduled to start in May 2020, but was moved back to July 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] In July 2020, he was named in the Jamaica Tallawahs squad for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League.[6][7]

In December 2020, Bonner was named in the West Indies' Test and One Day International (ODI) squads for their series against Bangladesh.[8] He made his ODI debut for the West Indies, against Bangladesh, on 20 January 2021.[9] He made his Test debut for the West Indies, also against Bangladesh, on 3 February 2021.[10] In May 2021, Bonner was awarded with a central contract from Cricket West Indies.[11] He scored 86 runs in his debut match, forming a 216-run partnership with Kyle Mayers to beat Bangladesh in the first Test match by three wickets.[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Bonner keen to make impact on Test scene". Cricket West Indies. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Combined Campuses and Colleges v Jamaica". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
  3. ^ Aldred, Lennox (25 October 2019). "Powell to lead Jamaica Scorpions in super 50". The Jamaica Star. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  4. ^ Gollapudi, Nagraj (3 June 2020). "Darren Bravo, Shimron Hetmyer, Keemo Paul turn down call-ups for England tour". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Squad named for Sandals West Indies Tour of England". Cricket West Indies. 3 June 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  6. ^ Muthu, Deivarayan (6 July 2020). "Nabi, Lamichhane, Dunk earn big in CPL 2020 draft". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Teams Selected for Hero CPL 2020". Cricket West Indies. 6 July 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  8. ^ Muthu, Deivarayan (29 December 2020). "Jason Holder, Kieron Pollard, Shimron Hetmyer among ten West Indies players to pull out of Bangladesh tour". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  9. ^ "1st ODI (D/N), Dhaka, Jan 20 2021, ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Super League". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  10. ^ "1st Test, Chattogram, Feb 3 – Feb 7 2021, West Indies tour of Bangladesh". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  11. ^ "Kyle Mayers and Nkrumah Bonner rewarded with their first West Indies contracts". ESPNcricinfo. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  12. ^ Chaurasia, Ayush (8 February 2021). ""I don't want to be a one-hit-wonder"- Kyle Mayers after his 210* against Bangladesh". sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
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