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Nkrumah Bonner
Jamaican cricketer
Nkrumah Eljego Bonner (born 23 January 1989) is a Jamaican cricketer who plays international cricket for the West Indies.[1] 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.[2]
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.[3]
In June 2020, Bonner was named in the West Indies' Test squad, for their series against England.[4] The Test series was originally scheduled to start in May 2020, but was moved back to July 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] In July 2020, he was named in the Jamaica Tallawahs squad for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League.[6][7]
In December 2020, Bonner was named in the West Indies' Test and One Day International (ODI) squads for their series against Bangladesh.[8] He made his ODI debut for the West Indies, against Bangladesh, on 20 January 2021.[9] He made his Test debut for the West Indies, also against Bangladesh, on 3 February 2021.[10] In May 2021, Bonner was awarded with a central contract from Cricket West Indies.[11] 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.[12]