Romario Shepherd (born 26 November 1994) is a Guyanese cricketer who plays for Guyana in domestic cricket and for West Indies in international cricket. He made his international debut for West Indies in November 2019.[1]
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| Born | 26 November 1994 Georgetown, Guyana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowling All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 193) | 6 November 2019 v Afghanistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 24 July 2022 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 83) | 18 January 2020 v Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 6 August 2023 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–present | Guyana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Guyana Amazon Warriors | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Joburg Super Kings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Lucknow Super Giants | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Chattogram Challengers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Mumbai Indians | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 1 May 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic and franchise career
editA right-arm fast bowler, Shepherd made his List A debut for Guyana in January 2016, playing against the Leeward Islands in the 2015–16 Regional Super50. Opening the bowling with Steven Jacobs, he took 3/37 from 10 overs on debut, including the first two wickets to fall, and was named man of the match.[2] He made his first-class debut for Guyana in the 2016–17 Regional Four Day Competition on 10 March 2017.[3] He made his Twenty20 debut for Guyana Amazon Warriors in the tournament on 5 September 2018.[4]
In July 2020, Shepherd was named in the Guyana Amazon Warriors squad for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League.[5][6] In December 2021, he was signed by the Karachi Kings following the players' draft for the 2022 Pakistan Super League.[7] In February 2022, he was bought by the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament.[8]
He was selected to play for Chattogram Challengers in the 2024 Bangladesh Premier League.
Romario was bought by Royal Challengers Bengaluru to play in IPL 2025
International career
editIn October 2019, Shepherd was named in the West Indies One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Afghanistan.[9] He made his ODI debut for the West Indies, against Afghanistan, on 6 November 2019.[10] In January 2020, he was named in the West Indies Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Ireland.[11] He made his T20I debut for the West Indies, against Ireland, on 18 January 2020.[12] In November 2023, he was named in the ODI squad of West Indies for the 3-match ODI series against England.[13] In the first ODI, he scored 48 runs off 28 balls and picked up 2 wicket for 77 runs.
In May 2024, he was named in the West Indies squad for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament.[14]
References
edit- ^ "Romario Shepherd profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
- ^ Nagico Super50, Group B: Leeward Islands v Guyana at Basseterre, Jan 15, 2016 – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- ^ "WICB Professional Cricket League Regional 4 Day Tournament, Jamaica v Guyana at Kingston, Mar 10-13, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ "27th Match (N), Caribbean Premier League at Port of Spain, Sep 5 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
- ^ "Nabi, Lamichhane, Dunk earn big in CPL 2020 draft". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- ^ "Teams Selected for Hero CPL 2020". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- ^ "Franchises finalise squad for HBL PSL 2022". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ^ "IPL 2022 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ^ "Hayden Walsh Jr, Brandon King break into West Indies' limited-overs squads". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ^ "1st ODI (D/N), West Indies tour of India at Lucknow, Nov 6 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ^ "Romario Shepherd named in West Indies T20I Squad vs Ireland". Cricket World. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
- ^ "2nd T20I (D/N), Ireland tour of West Indies at Basseterre, Jan 18 2020". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
- ^ "West Indies include two uncapped players in ODI squad to face England". The Times of India. 21 November 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
- ^ "West Indies has announced their Squad for the T20I World Cup". ScoreWaves. Retrieved 7 June 2024.