Jamie Merchant (born 13 July 1989) is a Jamaican

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 striki ...

er. He made his

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debut for

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in the

2018–19 Regional Super50 The 2018–19 Regional Super50 was the 45th edition of the Regional Super50, the domestic limited-overs cricket competition for the countries of the Cricket West Indies (CWI). The tournament started on 3 October 2018. The players' draft for the ...

tournament on 12 October 2018. In October 2019, he was named in Jamaica's squad for the

2019–20 Regional Super50 The 2019–20 Regional Super50 was the 46th edition of the Regional Super50, the domestic limited-overs cricket competition for the countries of the Cricket West Indies (CWI). The tournament started on 6 November 2019, with the final taking pla ...

tournament. In May 2022, in round three of the

2021–22 West Indies Championship The 2021–22 West Indies Championship was the 55th edition of the Regional Four Day Competition, the domestic first-class cricket competition for the countries of the Cricket West Indies (CWI), which started on 9 February 2022. Six teams contest ...

, Merchant took his maiden

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in first-class cricket, with 5/72 against the

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* 1989 births Living people Jamaican cricketers Jamaica cricketers Place of birth missing (living people) {{Jamaica-cricket-bio-stub