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Nkrumah Bonner
Nkrumah Bonner batting during the First Test Australia versus West Indies at Perth Stadium, 2 December 2022
Personal information
Full nameNkrumah Eljego Bonner
Born (1989-01-23) 23 January 1989 (age 35)
Saint Catherine, Jamaica
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg break
RoleMiddle-order batter
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 323)3 February 2021 v Bangladesh
Last Test30 November 2022 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 197)20 January 2021 v Bangladesh
Last ODI4 June 2022 v Netherlands
ODI shirt no.89
T20I debut (cap 47)23 September 2011 v England
Last T20I27 March 2012 v Australia
T20I shirt no.89
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2009/10–2014/15Jamaica
2010/11–2011/12Combined Campuses and Colleges
2013–2016Jamaica Tallawahs
2015/16–2017/18Leeward Islands
2018/19–presentJamaica
2020–presentJamaica Tallawahs
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 10 3 80 67
Runs scored 738 51 4,145 1,956
Batting average 49.20 17.00 29.82 34.31
100s/50s 2/3 0/0 5/22 4/11
Top score 123 31 135 122*
Balls bowled 78 17 2,627 684
Wickets 1 0 46 27
Bowling average 69.00 – 33.23 19.74
5 wickets in innings 0 – 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 – 0 0
Best bowling 1/16 – 5/26 3/21
Catches/stumpings 10/– 0/– 62/– 24/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 1 December 2022

Nkrumah Eljego Bonner (born 23 January 1989) is a Jamaican cricketer who plays international cricket for the West Indies. An occasional leg spin bowler and top order right-hand batsman, Bonner made his first-class cricket debut for Jamaica against Combined Campuses and Colleges in February 2011.

Bonner was selected as part of the West Indies team to tour England in 2011. In October 2019, he was named in Jamaica's squad for the 2019–20 Regional Super50 tournament.

In June 2020, Bonner was named in the West Indies' Test squad, for their series against England. The Test series was originally scheduled to start in May 2020, but was moved back to July 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In July 2020, he was named in the Jamaica Tallawahs squad for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League.

In December 2020, Bonner was named in the West Indies' Test and One Day International (ODI) squads for their series against Bangladesh. He made his ODI debut for the West Indies, against Bangladesh, on 20 January 2021. He made his Test debut for the West Indies, also against Bangladesh, on 3 February 2021. In May 2021, Bonner was awarded with a central contract from Cricket West Indies. He scored 86 runs in his debut match, forming a 216-run partnership with Kyle Mayers to beat Bangladesh in the first Test match by three wickets.

References

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  2. "Combined Campuses and Colleges v Jamaica". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
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  8. Muthu, Deivarayan (29 December 2020). "Jason Holder, Kieron Pollard, Shimron Hetmyer among ten West Indies players to pull out of Bangladesh tour". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  9. "1st ODI (D/N), Dhaka, Jan 20 2021, ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Super League". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  10. "1st Test, Chattogram, Feb 3 – Feb 7 2021, West Indies tour of Bangladesh". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  11. "Kyle Mayers and Nkrumah Bonner rewarded with their first West Indies contracts". ESPNcricinfo. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  12. Chaurasia, Ayush (8 February 2021). ""I don't want to be a one-hit-wonder"- Kyle Mayers after his 210* against Bangladesh". sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 10 August 2021.

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