Ramon Simmonds
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Full name | Ramon Romario Simmonds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Barbados | 16 October 2001||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Left-arm fast medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022–present | Barbados | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022–present | Barbados Royals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | Paarl Royals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | West Indies Academy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FC debut | 9 February 2022 Barbados v Leeward Islands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20 debut | 1 September 2022 Barbados Royals v St Kitts and Nevis Patriots | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 10 January 2024 |
Ramon Romario Simmonds (born 16 October 2001) is a Barbadian cricketer, who is a left-arm fast medium bowler.[1] He plays for Barbados cricket team in West Indian domestic cricket, having previously represented the West Indies under-19 cricket team.[2]
Early career
Simmonds played for Barbados under-17 team in the 2018 West Indies Cricket Board Under-17 Tournament, which was held in July 2018.[3] In November 2019, he was named in West Indies' squad for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[4] He made his under-19 debut on 10 December 2019, against Sri Lanka in the 2019–20 West Indies Under-19 Tri-Nation Series.[5]
In December 2020, he was selected to play for Everton Weekes Centre Of Excellence A Team in the 2020–21 BCA Super Cup 50 Over.[6] In July 2022, he was named in the inaugural batch of the CWI Emerging Players Academy for high-performance training and development sessions.[7][8]
Domestic career
Local cricket
Simmonds was part of the Barbados' squad that won the 2021–22 West Indies Championship.[9] He made his first-class debut for Barbados on 9 February 2022, against the Leeward Islands.[10] He took a wicket in the first innings and a four-wicket haul in the second innings on his debut match,[11] helping Barbados to win the match by six wickets.[12] He impressed in his debut first-class season picking up 12 wickets from 4 matches,[13] and finished as the second highest wicket-taker for Barbados.[14] In October 2022, he was selected to play for Barbados in the 2022–23 Super50 Cup.[15] He made his List A debut on 1 November 2022, against West Indies Academy,[16] and took four wickets conceding 39 runs.[17] In April 2023, he was named in West Indies Academy's squad for the inaugural 2023 Headley Weekes Tri-Series.[18]
Franchise career
In July 2022, Simmonds was named in Barbados Royals' squad for the 2022 season of The 6ixty, a T10 cricket tournament.[19] In August 2022, Simmonds was signed by the Barbados Royals to play for them in the 2022 Caribbean Premier League.[20] He made his Twenty20 debut for Barbados Royals on 1 September 2022, against St Kitts and Nevis Patriots.[21] On 27 September 2022, he grabbed three wickets for 17 runs leading Barbados Royals to win the Qualifier 1 by 87 runs and progress to the final.[22] He claimed seven wickets from eight matches, and won the Emerging Player of the Tournament award.[23] He impressed the management with his bowling variations including execution of slower balls and yorkers and courage to bowl the difficult overs.[24][25] He was named in the 2022 Hero CPL Team of the Tournament, as a result of his performances throughout the tournament.[26]
In September 2022, he was bought by Paarl Royals at a price of US$ 9,862 to play for them in the inaugural season of the SA20.[27]
References
- ^ "Profile: Ramon Simmonds". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
- ^ "Teams which Ramon Simmonds played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
- ^ "Miscellaneous matches played by Ramom Simmonds". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
- ^ "Four Bajans picked in West Indies under-19 squad". Nation News. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
- ^ "Under-19 ODI matches played by Ramon Simmonds". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
- ^ "54 set for cricket series". Nation News. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
- ^ "Trinidad and Tobago trio in CWI Emerging Players Academy inaugural batch". News Day. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
- ^ "CWI names Emerging Players Academy players for inaugural intake". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
- ^ "More success for Barbados and Brathwaite". Barbados Today. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
- ^ "1st Match, Leeward Islands v Barbados, 2021–22 West Indies Championship". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
- ^ "Carter leads Pride to victory over Hurricanes in West Indies Championship". Sports Max. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
- ^ "Hurricanes 339-9 in their 2nd innings vs Pride at lunch". Nation News Barbados. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
- ^ "Looking at likely Barbados first-class squad". Barbados Today. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
- ^ "Records / Barbados / Most Wickets / 2021–22 West Indies Championship". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
- ^ "Hope to lead Pride in Super50 Cup". Nation News. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
- ^ "Academy vs Barbados, 2022/23 Super 50 Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
- ^ "All-round Chase leads Barbados to win over West Indies Academy in CG Insurance Super50". Sports Max. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
- ^ "Squads named for Headley Weekes Series to be played at CCG". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
- ^ "Amir, Green, Seifert, Brevis, Lamichhane headline overseas presence in 6IXTY". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
- ^ "CPL 2022 squads: Full Caribbean Premier League player list, updates". The Cricketer. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
- ^ "3rd Match, Patriots v Royals, 2022 Caribbean Premier League". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
- ^ "Relentless Royals in CPL final". Nation News. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
- ^ "Four main takeaways from 2022 CPL". News Day. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
- ^ "Role clarity, strong powerplay and other reasons why Barbados Royals are ruling CPL 2022". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
- ^ "Holder: 'I mark myself pretty hard after a performance but I don't beat myself up'". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
- ^ "2022 Hero CPL Team of the Tournament". Loop News. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
- ^ "Joseph most expensive buy as five West Indians acquired in South Africa T20 League auction". Caribbean National Weekly. Retrieved 19 April 2023.