John Dillon Campbell (born 21 September 1993) is a Jamaican professional cricketer who made his debut for the Jamaica national team in January 2013. He is a left-handed batsman and right-arm

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bowler.

Early and domestic career

From Saint Mary Parish, Campbell played for the West Indies under-19s at the 2012 Under-19 World Cup in Australia. Against

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in the fifth-place playoff, he scored 105 from 133 balls, his team's only century at the tournament. Campbell made his senior debut for Jamaica at the

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. His first-class and

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debuts came the following season, and he has been a regular in the team since then. Against the Leeward Islands in the 2013–14 Regional Four Day Competition, Campbell scored his maiden first-class century, 110 runs from 180 balls. His maiden first-class five-wicket haul came during the 2015–16 season of the same competition, when he took 7/73 against

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International career

In January 2019, he was named in the West Indies'

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squad for their series against England. He made his Test debut for the West Indies against

on 23 January 2019. In February 2019, he was added to the West Indies'

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(ODI) squad, also for the series against England. He made his ODI debut for the West Indies against

on 20 February 2019. The following month, he was also named in the West Indies'

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(T20I) squad for their series against England. He made his T20I debut for the West Indies against

on 10 March 2019. In the opening match of the 2019 Ireland Tri-Nation Series, against

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, Campbell scored his first century in ODIs. Campbell and

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went on to make 365 runs for the opening wicket. It was the highest opening partnership in ODIs, and it was also the first time that both openers had scored 150 runs each in an ODI match. In May 2019,

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(CWI) named him as one of ten reserve players in the West Indies' squad for the

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. In June 2020, Campbell was named in the West Indies' Test squad, for their series against England. The Test series was originally scheduled to start in May 2020, but was moved back to July 2020 due to the

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. In October 2022, Campbell was banned from cricket for four years by the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission, which accused Campbell of not providing a blood sample in April 2022 for testing.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Campbell, John 1993 births Living people West Indies Test cricketers West Indies One Day International cricketers West Indies Twenty20 International cricketers Jamaica cricketers Jamaican cricketers People from Saint James Parish, Jamaica Saint Lucia Kings cricketers