Elmore Howard Hutchinson (born 11 August 1982) is an American

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er of Jamaican origin. He made his debut for the American national side in March 2012.

Biography

Born in

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, Jamaica, after emigrating to the U.S. Hutchinson began playing club cricket in

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. A left-arm

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, he played for a South West regional side at the 2011, and the following year was selected to debut for the U.S. national side at the 2012 World Twenty20 Qualifier in the

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.Twenty20 matches played by Elmore Hutchinson
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and

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for the U.S., and retained his place in the side for the 2012 WCL Division Four tournament later in the year. Hutchinson also played matches with full

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status at the 2013 World Twenty20 Qualifier in the UAE. Both his best batting and best bowling performances at Twenty20 level came in the 2011 edition of the tournament, when he took figures of 3/22 in Ireland's innings and topscored in the U.S.'s innings of 96 all out, scoring 29 from ninth in the batting order. Only three players – Steven Taylor (16),

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squad for the

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tournament in the West Indies. He made his List A debut for the United States in the

on 31 January 2018. In August 2018, he was named in the United States' squad for the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Americas Qualifier tournament in

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. In October 2018, he was named in the United States' squads for the 2018–19 Regional Super50 tournament in the West Indies and for the

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tournament in Oman. In February 2019, he was named in the United States'

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(T20I) squad for their series against the United Arab Emirates. The matches were the first T20I fixtures to be played by the United States cricket team. He made his T20I debut for the United States against the

on 15 March 2019. In April 2019, he was named in the United States cricket team's squad for the

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tournament in Namibia. In June 2019, he was named in a 30-man training squad for the

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, ahead of the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier tournament in Bermuda. The following month, he was one of twelve players to sign a three-month central contract with

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. In September 2019, he was named in United States's One Day International (ODI) squad for the 2019 United States Tri-Nation Series. He made his ODI debut for the United States, against

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, on 13 September 2019. In November 2019, he was named in the United States' squad for the 2019–20 Regional Super50 tournament. In June 2021, he was selected to take part in the

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tournament in the United States following the players' draft. In October 2021, he was named in the American squad for the

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tournament in Antigua.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hutchinson, Elmore 1982 births Living people American cricketers African-American sportsmen United States One Day International cricketers United States Twenty20 International cricketers Jamaican cricketers Jamaican emigrants to the United States American sportspeople of Jamaican descent Sportspeople from Westmoreland Parish 21st-century African-American sportspeople 20th-century African-American people