Kamau Sadiki Leverock (born 19 October 1994) is a Bermudian cricketer and the captain of the

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. A nephew of two former ODI players,

Dwayne Leverock Russell Dwayne Mark Leverock (born 14 July 1971) is a former Bermudian cricketer. Living above an Indian restaurant in Bermuda, Leverock is a jailer. At the 2007 Cricket World Cup he was the largest player to grace the pitch, weighing in at 2 ...

(Bermuda) and Austin Codrington (

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), Leverock is a left-handed

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who bowls right-arm

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. He was educated at the Bermuda Institute.

Career

Having played for Bermuda at various age levels, Leverock made his debut for

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against

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in the 2011 ICC World Cricket League Americas Region Twenty20 Division One. He made five further appearances during the tournament. Later in 2011, he played Second XI cricket in

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for

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. In 2012, he was selected as part of Bermuda's fourteen man squad for the 2012 World Twenty20 Qualifier in the

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. He made his

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debut during the tournament against

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, with him making eight further appearances during the tournament, the last of which came against

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. In his nine matches, he scored 75 runs at an

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of 15.00, with a high score of 21

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. With the ball, he took 4 wickets at an expensive

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of 63.25, with best figures of 2/28. Bermuda finished the tournament in thirteenth place and therefore missed out on qualification for the 2012 World Twenty in

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. While studying at

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, Leverock was selected for

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's squad. He made his first-class debut for the team in April 2015, playing against

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. The previous year, before playing for Bermuda in the 2014 WCL Division Three tournament in Malaysia, Leverock had played English club cricket for

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, a Sussex team. He made his

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debut for

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in the

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on 26 January 2017. In April 2018, he was named in Bermuda's squad for the

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tournament in Malaysia. He was named as the player to watch in the squad ahead of the tournament. On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Vancouver Knights in the players' draft for the inaugural edition of the

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tournament. In August 2019, he was named in Bermuda's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier tournament. He made his

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(T20I) debut for Bermuda against the

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on 18 August 2019. In September 2019, he was named in Bermuda's squad for the

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tournament in the United Arab Emirates. He was the leading wicket-taker for Bermuda in the tournament, with eight dismissals in six matches. In November 2019, he was named in Bermuda's squad for the Cricket World Cup Challenge League B tournament in Oman. In October 2021, he was named as the captain of Bermuda's squad for the

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tournament in Antigua. In May 2022, he was named as the captain of Bermuda's side for the 2022 Uganda Cricket World Cup Challenge League B tournament.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Leverock, Kamau 1994 births Living people Bermudian cricketers Bermudian expatriate sportspeople in England Cardiff MCCU cricketers ICC Americas cricketers Bermuda Twenty20 International cricketers Bermudian expatriate sportspeople in Wales