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