Oshane Thomas
Personal information
Full name
Oshane Romaine Thomas
Born (1997-02-18) 18 February 1997 (age 26)
Height6 ft 6 in (198 cm)
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
RoleBowler
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 186)21 October 2018 v India
Last ODI4 February 2024 v Australia
T20I debut (cap 77)4 November 2018 v India
Last T20I16 December 2021 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2016–presentJamaica
2016–presentJamaica Tallawahs
2019Rangpur Riders
2019, 2021Rajasthan Royals
2022Comilla Victorians
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 20 20 9 41
Runs scored 13 9 55 73
Batting average 2.60 2.25 4.58 5.21
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 6* 8* 18 13
Balls bowled 771 384 1,121 1,757
Wickets 27 21 17 58
Bowling average 32.07 28.66 40.88 32.41
5 wickets in innings 1 1 0 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 5/21 5/28 3/66 5/21
Catches/stumpings 0/0 1/0 0/0 11/0
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 6 August 2022

Oshane Romaine Thomas (born 18 February 1997) is a Jamaican cricketer. A fast bowler,[1] he made his international debut for the West Indies cricket team in October 2018.[2] In August 2019, Cricket West Indies named him as the Emerging Player of the Year.[3]

Domestic and franchise career

He made his first-class debut for Jamaica in the 2016–17 Regional Four Day Competition on 18 November 2016.[4] He represented the Jamaica Tallawahs in two games in the 2016 CPL season, and was then retained for the 2017 edition.[5] He made his List A debut for Jamaica in the 2017–18 Regional Super50 on 2 February 2018.[6]

In October 2018, he was named in the squad for the Rangpur Riders team, following the draft for the 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League.[7]

In December 2018, he was bought by the Rajasthan Royals in the player auction for the 2019 Indian Premier League.[8][9] In March 2019, he was named as one of eight players to watch by the International Cricket Council (ICC) ahead of the 2019 Indian Premier League tournament.[10] In October 2019, he was named in Jamaica's squad for the 2019–20 Regional Super50 tournament.[11] In the 2020 IPL auction, he was bought by the Rajasthan Royals ahead of the 2020 Indian Premier League.[12]

In July 2020, he was named in the Jamaica Tallawahs squad for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League.[13][14]

In 2023, he joined Frocester in Gloucestershire.

International career

In October 2018, he was named in the West Indies' One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) squads for series against India.[15] He made his ODI debut for the West Indies against India on 21 October 2018.[16] His first international wicket was that of Shikhar Dhawan.[17]

He made his (T20I) debut for the West Indies against India on 4 November 2018, taking the wickets of Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan.[18] In January 2019, he was named in the West Indies' Test squad for their series against England as a cover for Alzarri Joseph, but he did not play.[19] In March 2019, during the ODI series against England, Thomas took his first five-wicket haul in ODIs.[20]

In April 2019, he was named in the West Indies' squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.[21][22] Thomas was named man of the match in the West Indies' opening match against Pakistan.[23] In July 2019, Cricket West Indies awarded him with a central contract for the first time, ahead of the 2019–20 season.[24] On 4 March 2020, in the first match against Sri Lanka, Thomas took his first five-wicket haul in a T20I match.[25]

In June 2020, Thomas was named as one of eleven reserve players in the West Indies' Test squad, for their series against England.[26] The Test series was originally scheduled to start in May 2020, but was moved back to July 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[27]

In September 2021, Thomas was named in the West Indies' squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[28]

In February 2024, Thomas made his return to the West Indies international team for the ODI West Indies Tour of Australia.

References

  1. ^ "No doubting Thomas as Oshane blasts into cricket's consciousness". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Oshane Thomas". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  3. ^ "Jason Holder, Deandra Dottin dominate CWI awards". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  4. ^ "WICB Professional Cricket League Regional 4 Day Tournament, Jamaica v Windward Islands at Kingston, Nov 18-21, 2016". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  5. ^ "Nabi, Rashid get taken in 2017 CPL draft". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Group B (D/N), Regional Super50 at Coolidge, Feb 2 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Full players list of the teams following Players Draft of BPL T20 2018-19". Bangladesh Cricket Board. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  8. ^ "IPL 2019 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  9. ^ "IPL 2019 Auction: Who got whom". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  10. ^ "Indian Premier League 2019: Players to watch". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  11. ^ "Powell to lead Jamaica Scorpions in super 50". The Jamaica Star. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  12. ^ "IPL auction analysis: Do the eight teams have their best XIs in place?". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  13. ^ "Nabi, Lamichhane, Dunk earn big in CPL 2020 draft". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  14. ^ "Teams Selected for Hero CPL 2020". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  15. ^ "Pollard, Darren Bravo return to Windies T20I squad". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  16. ^ "1st ODI (D/N), West Indies tour of India at Guwahati, Oct 21 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  17. ^ "Watch: West Indies' Oshane Thomas hits Shai Hope on the face by mistake while celebrating Shikhar Dhawan's wicket - Times of India". Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  18. ^ "1st T20I (N), West Indies tour of India at Kolkata, Nov 4 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  19. ^ "Darren Bravo returns to West Indies Test squad to face England". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  20. ^ "England skittled in St Lucia". Express and Star. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  21. ^ "Andre Russell in West Indies World Cup squad, Kieron Pollard misses out". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  22. ^ "Andre Russell picked in West Indies' World Cup squad". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  23. ^ "West Indies thrash Pakistan by seven wickets in Cricket World Cup – as it happened". Guardian. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  24. ^ "Pooran, Thomas and Allen handed first West Indies contracts". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  25. ^ "Amazing Oshane puts West Indies Up Top in first T20I vs Sri Lanka". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  26. ^ "Darren Bravo, Shimron Hetmyer, Keemo Paul turn down call-ups for England tour". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  27. ^ "Squad named for Sandals West Indies Tour of England". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  28. ^ "T20 World Cup: Ravi Rampaul back in West Indies squad; Sunil Narine left out". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 September 2021.

External links

West Indies squad โ€“ 2019 Cricket World Cup
Jamaica Tallawahs โ€“ current squad
Rajasthan Royals โ€“ current squad
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