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Full name | Romel Kwesi Currency | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Mesopotamia, Saint Vincent | 1 May 1982||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off-break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Sunil Ambris (half-brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2000–2014/15 | Windward Islands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001/02 | Southern Windward islands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2002/03–2007/08 | St Vincent and the Grenadines | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007/08–2011/12 | Combined Campuses and Colleges | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FC debut | 1 September 2000 Windward Islands v South Africa A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last FC | 20 March 2015 Windward Islands v Guyana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LA debut | 12 October 2000 Windward Islands v Guyana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last LA | 7 February 2014 Windward Islands v Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricInfo,20 August 2018 |
Romel Kwesi Currency (born 7 May 1982) is a former West Indian cricketer who played first-class cricket and List A cricket for the Windward Islands. [1] He was born at Mesopotamia on Saint Vincent. [2]
Currency made his debut for the Windward Islands in 2000,playing for the side until the 2014/15 season. In total he played in 71 first-class matches in his career,including 26 for Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) whilst he was a student. [1] [3] He captained the CCC side in the Caribbean T20 tournament between 2010/11 and 2011/12. [4] [5] As of August 2018 Currency and Devon Smith held the record for the highest first-wicket partnership made in first-class cricket by the Windward Islands,scoring 309 runs against Kenya at Kingstown in February 2004,Currency scoring his only first-class century during the partnership. [3] [6]
Sunil Ambris,who has played international cricket for the West Indies,is Currency's younger half-brother. Ambris has said that Currency has been a major influence on his career. [3]
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Romel Currency at ESPNcricinfo