Keemo Paul

Keemo Mandela Angus Paul (born 21 February 1998) is a Guyanese cricketer who plays for the West Indies cricket team. He made his international debut for the team in 2018.^[1] In August 2019, Cricket West Indies named him as the T20 Player of the Year.^[2]

Keemo Paul

Personal information
Full name	Keemo Mandela Angus Paul
Born	(1998-02-21) 21 February 1998 (age 27) Guyana
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	West Indies (2018-present)
Test debut (cap 315)	12 July 2018 v Bangladesh
Last Test	9 February 2019 v England
ODI debut (cap 184)	15 March 2018 v Afghanistan
Last ODI	5 July 2023 v Oman
T20I debut (cap 71)	1 April 2018 v Pakistan
Last T20I	7 August 2022 v India
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2016–present	Guyana
2017–2020,2022–present	Guyana Amazon Warriors
2019	Delhi Capitals
2020/21	Hobart Hurricanes
2021–2022	Colombo Stars
2021	Saint Lucia Kings
2023–2024	Durban's Super Giants
2024	Seattle Orcas
2024	Sharjah Warriorz
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC Matches 3 30 23 31 Runs scored 96 320 187 1072 Batting average 16.0 21.33 20.77 23.82 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/4 Top score 47 46* 29 107 Balls bowled 342 1253 462 4405 Wickets 6 34 25 118 Bowling average 31.5 36.41 28.00 20.05 5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 4 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 1 Best bowling 2/25 3/34 5/15 6/28 Catches/stumpings 2/0 15/0 3/0 19/0
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 7 April 2025

Domestic and T20 career

He made his List A debut on 16 January 2015 in the 2014–15 Regional Super50 tournament.^[3]

In December 2015, Paul was named in the West Indies squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.^[4] During the tournament, Paul attracted some controversy when he mankaded a batsman in the last over of the final group match between the West Indies and Zimbabwe.^[5] The West Indies won the match and consequently finished second in their group, qualifying for the quarter-finals and eventually going on to win the tournament.^[6] He took 7 wickets throughout the competition, including 2 in the final against India, as well as averaging more than 40 with the bat for the tournament.^[7]

He made his first-class debut for Guyana in the 2016–17 Regional Four Day Competition on 18 March 2017.^[8] He made his Twenty20 debut for Guyana Amazon Warriors in the 2017 Caribbean Premier League on 5 August 2017.^[9] In October 2017, he scored his maiden century in first-class cricket, batting for Guyana against Jamaica in the 2017–18 Regional Four Day Competition.^[10]

In June 2018, he was named the Emerging Cricketer of the Year at the annual Cricket West Indies' Awards.^[11] In October 2018, Cricket West Indies (CWI) awarded him a development contract for the 2018–19 season.^[12][13]

In December 2018, he was bought by the Delhi Capitals in the player auction for the 2019 Indian Premier League.^[14][15] In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Montreal Tigers franchise team in the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament.^[16] In July 2020, he was named in the Guyana Amazon Warriors squad for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League.^[17][18]

International career

On 9 March 2018, Paul was added to the West Indies squad for the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament, after Sheldon Cottrell suffered an injury.^[19] He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for the West Indies against Afghanistan in the World Cup Qualifier on 15 March 2018.^[20]

In March 2018, he was named in the West Indies squad for their Twenty20 International (T20I) series against Pakistan.^[21] He made his T20I debut for the West Indies against Pakistan on 1 April 2018.^[22]

In July 2018, he was named in the West Indies Test squad for the series against Bangladesh.^[23] He made his Test debut for the West Indies on 12 July 2018.^[24] In December 2018, in the third and final T20I against Bangladesh, Paul took his first five-wicket haul in T20Is.^[25]

In May 2019, Cricket West Indies (CWI) named him as one of ten reserve players in the West Indies' squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.^[26][27]