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| Full name | Damion Kemar Jacobs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 January 1985 Kingston, Jamaica | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm leg spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2018 | Jamaica | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–present | Barbados Tridents (squad no. 43) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-present | Leeward Islands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricInfo,10 October 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Damion Kemar Jacobs (born 15 February 1985) is a Jamaican cricketer who plays for the Jamaican national side in West Indian domestic cricket. He is a right-arm leg spin bowler.
From Kingston,Jacobs made his first-class debut for Jamaica during the 2013–14 Regional Four Day Competition. [1] In only his fourth match,which was the competition's final,he took figures of 8/47 in the Windward Islands' first innings (and 10/122 for the match). [2] Only four Jamaicans have taken better figures in an innings in first-class cricket. [3] Jacobs continued his good form during the 2014–15 season,taking 48 wickets to finish as Jamaica's leading wicket-taker (and fifth in the competition). [4] His season included figures of 5/27 and 7/54 against the Leeward Islands (in separate matches),5/67 against Guyana,and 7/72 against the Windwards. [1]
He was selected in the 2017 CPL player draft by the Barbados Tridents. [5] He made his Twenty20 debut for Barbados Tridents in the 2017 Caribbean Premier League on 20 August 2017. [6]
In May 2018,he was selected to play for the Leeward Islands national cricket team in the Professional Cricket League draft,ahead of the 2018–19 season. [7] [8] In June 2021,he was selected to take part in the Minor League Cricket tournament in the United States following the players' draft. [9]