Akeem Mark Anthony Dewar (born 30 August 1991) is a

Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...

n cricketer who has played for both the Jamaica national team and the Combined Campuses and Colleges in West Indian domestic cricket, as well as representing the

Jamaica Tallawahs The franchise Jamaica Tallawahs is the representative team of Jamaica in the Caribbean Premier League of cricket. It was one of the six teams created in 2013 for the inaugural season of the tournament. The Jamaica Tallawahs play their home gam ...

franchise in the Caribbean Premier League. A right-arm leg-spin bowler, Dewar played for the West Indies under-19s at the 2010 Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand. His best performance at the tournament came against

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, when he took 3/63 from ten overs. Dewar made his first-class debut for Jamaica in April 2010, playing against

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in the

2009–10 Regional Four Day Competition The 2009–10 Regional Four Day Competition was the 44th domestic first-class cricket tournament held in the West Indies, it took place from 8 January 2010 – 1 March 2010. Jamaica won the tournament after finishing top of the table with five wi ...

. He made a further appearance for Jamaica the following season, but for the 2011–12 season switched to the Combined Campuses. Against

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in February 2013, Dewar took a maiden first-class five-wicket haul, 7/116. He subsequently signed with the Jamaica Tallawahs franchise for the

2013 Caribbean Premier League The 2013 Caribbean Premier League or for sponsorship reasons, Limacol CPL 2013 was the inaugural season of the Caribbean Premier League, established by the West Indies Cricket Board. The tournament began on 30 July and ended on 24 August 2013. ...

season, but played only a single match.Twenty20 matches played by Akeem Dewar
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 January 2016.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dewar, Akeem 1991 births Living people Combined Campuses and Colleges cricketers Jamaica cricketers Jamaican cricketers Jamaica Tallawahs cricketers Cricketers from Kingston, Jamaica