Janeiro J Tucker (born 15 March 1975) is a Bermudian

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, who captained the

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in their first ever

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when they played

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on 17 May 2006; Tucker took 2/29 off nine overs and scored 17 as Bermuda won the game by three wickets under the Duckworth-Lewis method. He has since gone on to play in twenty six ODIs for Bermuda. Tucker's first top-level domestic cricket came in 1996-97, when he played for Bermuda against the

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in the

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Shell/Sandals Trophy, taking 1-45 and scoring 3. He played on and off for the next four seasons, but after the 2000-01 Red Stripe Bowl Bermuda ceased to play at List A level in West Indian domestic cricket. Janeiro selected for ICC T20 World Cup qualifier which is going to be held in Dubai. Tucker played a full part in Bermuda's

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campaign in July of that year, as they claimed third place in the competition, averaging 46.40 with the bat and scoring 132 against the

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at The Lawn, Waringstown, as well as taking seven wickets. The following month he made a hundred on his first-class debut, scoring 123 in the second innings against Canada in the

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. He was selected as part of Bermuda's squad for the World Twenty20 Qualifier. His father, John, played many times in the

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for Bermuda, and took part in the final of the 1982 tournament against

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. In April 2018, he was named in Bermuda's squad for the

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tournament in Malaysia. In September 2019, he was named in Bermuda's squad for the

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tournament in the United Arab Emirates. He made his

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(T20I) debut for Bermuda, against

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, on 19 October 2019.

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