| Keemo Paul | |
| Country: | West Indies |
| Fullname: | Keemo Mandela Angus Paul |
| Birth Date: | 21 February 1998 |
| Birth Place: | Guyana |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm fast-medium |
| Role: | All-rounder |
| International: | true |
| Internationalspan: | 2018-present |
| Testdebutdate: | 12 July |
| Testdebutyear: | 2018 |
| Testdebutagainst: | Bangladesh |
| Testcap: | 315 |
| Lasttestdate: | 9 February |
| Lasttestyear: | 2019 |
| Lasttestagainst: | England |
| Odidebutdate: | 15 March |
| Odidebutyear: | 2018 |
| Odidebutagainst: | Afghanistan |
| Odicap: | 184 |
| Lastodidate: | 18 June |
| Lastodiyear: | 2023 |
| Lastodiagainst: | USA |
| T20idebutdate: | 1 April |
| T20idebutyear: | 2018 |
| T20idebutagainst: | Pakistan |
| T20icap: | 71 |
| Lastt20idate: | 7 August |
| Lastt20iyear: | 2022 |
| Lastt20iagainst: | India |
| Club1: | Guyana |
| Year1: | 2016–present |
| Club2: | Guyana Amazon Warriors |
| Year2: | 2017–2020 |
| Club3: | Delhi Capitals |
| Year3: | 2019 |
| Year4: | 2020/21 |
| Club5: | Colombo Stars |
| Year5: | 2021/22 |
| Club6: | Saint Lucia Kings |
| Year6: | 2021–present |
| Columns: | 4 |
| Column1: | Test |
| Matches1: | 3 |
| Runs1: | 96 |
| Bat Avg1: | 16.0 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 47 |
| Deliveries1: | 342 |
| Wickets1: | 6 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 31.5 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 2/25 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 2/0 |
| Column2: | ODI |
| Matches2: | 30 |
| Runs2: | 320 |
| Bat Avg2: | 21.33 |
| 100S/50S2: | 0/0 |
| Top Score2: | 46* |
| Deliveries2: | 1253 |
| Wickets2: | 34 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 36.41 |
| Fivefor2: | 0 |
| Tenfor2: | 0 |
| Best Bowling2: | 3/34 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 15/0 |
| Column3: | FC |
| Matches3: | 28 |
| Runs3: | 932 |
| Bat Avg3: | 22.73 |
| 100S/50S3: | 1/3 |
| Top Score3: | 107 |
| Deliveries3: | 4075 |
| Wickets3: | 113 |
| Bowl Avg3: | 19.27 |
| Fivefor3: | 4 |
| Tenfor3: | 1 |
| Best Bowling3: | 6/28 |
| Catches/Stumpings3: | 17/0 |
| Column4: | LA |
| Matches4: | 55 |
| Runs4: | 623 |
| Bat Avg4: | 17.8 |
| 100S/50S4: | 0/2 |
| Top Score4: | 72 |
| Deliveries4: | 2318 |
| Wickets4: | 71 |
| Bowl Avg4: | 30.29 |
| Fivefor4: | 2 |
| Tenfor4: | 0 |
| Best Bowling4: | 5/49 |
| Catches/Stumpings4: | 27/0 |
| Date: | 7 January 2024 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/677081.html ESPNcricinfo |
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]
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]
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]