Ramon Simmonds
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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]
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| Full name | Ramon Romario Simmonds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 October 2001 Barbados | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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
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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]
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