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| Full name | Ramon Romario Simmonds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 October 2001 Barbados | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm fast medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| T20I debut(cap 107) | 27 September 2025 v Nepal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 30 September 2025 v Nepal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–present | Barbados | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–present | Barbados Royals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Paarl Royals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | West Indies Academy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:ESPNcricinfo,10 January 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ramon Romario Simmonds (born 16 October 2001) is a Barbadian cricketer,who is a left-arm fast medium bowler. [1] He plays for Barbados cricket team in West Indian domestic cricket,having previously represented the West Indies under-19 cricket team. [2]
Simmonds played for Barbados under-17 team in the 2018 West Indies Cricket Board Under-17 Tournament,which was held in July 2018. [3] In November 2019,he was named in West Indies' squad for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. [4] He made his under-19 debut on 10 December 2019,against Sri Lanka in the 2019–20 West Indies Under-19 Tri-Nation Series. [5]
In December 2020,he was selected to play for Everton Weekes Centre Of Excellence A Team in the 2020–21 BCA Super Cup 50 Over. [6] In July 2022,he was named in the inaugural batch of the CWI Emerging Players Academy for high-performance training and development sessions. [7] [8]
Simmonds was part of the Barbados' squad that won the 2021–22 West Indies Championship. [9] He made his first-class debut for Barbados on 9 February 2022,against the Leeward Islands. [10] He took a wicket in the first innings and a four-wicket haul in the second innings on his debut match, [11] helping Barbados to win the match by six wickets. [12] He impressed in his debut first-class season picking up 12 wickets from 4 matches, [13] and finished as the second highest wicket-taker for Barbados. [14] In October 2022,he was selected to play for Barbados in the 2022–23 Super50 Cup. [15] He made his List A debut on 1 November 2022,against West Indies Academy, [16] and took four wickets conceding 39 runs. [17] In April 2023,he was named in West Indies Academy's squad for the inaugural 2023 Headley Weekes Tri-Series. [18]
In July 2022,Simmonds was named in Barbados Royals' squad for the 2022 season of The 6ixty,a T10 cricket tournament. [19] In August 2022,Simmonds was signed by the Barbados Royals to play for them in the 2022 Caribbean Premier League. [20] He made his Twenty20 debut for Barbados Royals on 1 September 2022,against St Kitts and Nevis Patriots. [21] On 27 September 2022,he grabbed three wickets for 17 runs leading Barbados Royals to win the Qualifier 1 by 87 runs and progress to the final. [22] He claimed seven wickets from eight matches,and won the Emerging Player of the Tournament award. [23] He impressed the management with his bowling variations including execution of slower balls and yorkers and courage to bowl the difficult overs. [24] [25] He was named in the 2022 Hero CPL Team of the Tournament,as a result of his performances throughout the tournament. [26]
In September 2022,he was bought by Paarl Royals at a price of US$ 9,862 to play for them in the inaugural season of the SA20. [27]