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Tagenarine Brandon Chanderpaul is a Guyanese cricketer who plays for Guyana in first-class cricket. He is a left-hand opening batsman. He made his international debut for the West Indies cricket team in November 2022. He is the eldest son of West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul. He played the role of cricketer Larry Gomes in the Bollywood film 83.
Shai Diego Hope is a Barbadian cricketer,who plays as a wicketkeeper/batsman for the West Indies cricket team. He is also the current ODI captain of the Windies. In June 2018,he was named the Men's Cricketer of the Year,Test Cricketer of the Year and the ODI Cricketer of the Year at the annual Cricket West Indies' Awards. The following year,he was named the CWI ODI Player of the Year. He is generally regarded as one of the best ODI batsmen in the contemporary cricketing world. Hope has also twice been named,for both 2020 and 2022,in the ICC ODI Team of the Year.
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Justin Pierre Greaves is a Barbadian cricketer who has played for both Barbados and the Combined Campuses and Colleges in West Indian domestic cricket. He made his international debut for the West Indies cricket team in January 2022.
Keemo Mandela Angus Paul is a Guyanese cricketer who plays for the West Indies cricket team. He made his international debut for the team in 2018. In August 2019,Cricket West Indies named him as the T20 Player of the Year.
Yannic Cariah is a Trinidadian cricketer who has played for Trinidad and Tobago in West Indian domestic cricket,as well as representing the Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL). He has played for the West Indies cricket team since 2022.
Joshua Bishop is a Barbadian cricketer,who is a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He plays for the Barbados national cricket team.
Ashmead Romano Nedd is a Guyanese cricketer. He is a slow left-arm orthodox bowler.
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Matthew Nandu is a Canada born Guyanese cricketer who also plays for the Guyana Amazon Warriors in the Caribbean Premier League. His father Arjune Nandu is also a first-class cricketer who went onto appear in four first-class matches for the Guyana team. His playing style is often compared with former Guyanese batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul.
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Carlon Bowen-Tuckett is a West Indies cricketer.
McKenny Clarke is a West Indies cricketer.
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Kevin Omar Wickham is a West Indian cricketer,who is a right-handed top order batsman. He plays for Barbados national cricket team,having previously represented the West Indies under-19 cricket team.
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