Brandon Alexander King (born 16 December 1994) is a Jamaican cricketer. He was part of the West Indies' squad for the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He made his international debut for the West Indies cricket team in November 2019.[1]
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| Full name | Brandon Alexander King | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1994-12-16) 16 December 1994 (age 27) Kingston, Jamaica | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 195) | 11 November 2019 v Afghanistan | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 21 August 2022 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 81) | 14 November 2019 v Afghanistan | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 21 October 2022 v Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–present | Jamaica (squad no. 53) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | St Kitts & Nevis Patriots | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–present | Guyana Amazon Warriors (squad no. 53) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 1 November 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
King plays for Jamaica in domestic cricket, debuting in first-class cricket in the 2014-15 Regional Four Day Competition, and List A cricket in the 2015-16 Regional Super50. He was selected in the 9th round of the 2017 CPL player draft by the St Kitts & Nevis Patriots.[2] He made his Twenty20 debut for St Kitts & Nevis Patriots in the 2017 Caribbean Premier League on 5 August 2017.[3]
In June 2018, King was named in the Cricket West Indies B Team squad for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament.[4]
King hit 132 not out, the highest innings in CPL history, consisting of 10 fours and 11 sixes in a 72-ball knock against Barbados Tridents at Providence on 6 October 2019 as Guyana Amazon Warriors qualified for the final of the 2019 Caribbean Premier League.[5] In July 2020, he was named in the Guyana Amazon Warriors squad for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League.[6][7] On 1 September 2020, King scored his 1,000th run in Twenty20 cricket.[8]
In October 2019, King was named in the West Indies' One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) squads for their series against Afghanistan in India.[9] He made his ODI debut for the West Indies, against Afghanistan, on 11 November 2019.[10] He made his T20I debut for the West Indies, also against Afghanistan, on 14 November 2019.[11]