Godfred Bakiweyem (born 20 December 1998) is a Ghanaian
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by str ...
er.
Career
He was named in
Ghana's squad for the
2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Five
The 2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Five was an international cricket tournament that took place in Benoni, South Africa during September 2017. It formed part of the 2017–19 cycle of the World Cricket League (WCL) which determines th ...
tournament in South Africa.
He played in Ghana's opening fixture, against
Germany
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, on 3 September 2017.
In May 2019, he was named in Ghana's squad for the
Regional Finals of the
2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier
The 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier was the tournament played as part of qualification process for the 2021 ICC T20 World Cup.
Twelve regional qualifiers were held by the International Cricket Council (ICC), with 62 teamsZambia were ...
tournament in Uganda. He made his
Twenty20 International
A Twenty20 International (T20I) is a form of cricket, played between two of the international members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), in which each team faces a maximum of twenty overs. The matches have top-class status and are the ...
(T20I) debut against
Kenya
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on 21 May 2019. He was named in Ghana's squad for the
2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier tournament in Rwanda. He was also named in Ghana's squad for the
2022–23 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier tournament in Rwanda.
On 17 December 2023, during a group stage match against Sierra Leone at the
2023 ACA Africa T20 Cup, he was dismissed in
timed out
Timed out is a method of dismissal in the sport of cricket. It occurs when an incoming batsman is not ready to play within three minutes of the previous batsman being out. It is very rare to be out in such a fashion, and has never occurred in an ...
manner and became only the second ever player in international cricket history to be timed out after Sri Lanka's
Angelo Mathews
Angelo Davis Mathews, (Tamil: அஞ்செலோ மத்தியூஸ்; born 2 June 1987) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer and a former captain in all formats. Even though he represented Sri Lanka in all three formats, Mathews cur ...
.
He was supposed to bat at number seven position in the match and he was timed out without facing any delivery, He also became the first player to be timed out in T20I cricket.
References
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1998 births
Living people
Ghanaian cricketers
Ghana Twenty20 International cricketers
Place of birth missing (living people)
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