Nicholas Standford (born June 4, 1987) is an American

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er of Barbadian origin who made his debut for the U.S. national team in November 2012. He is a right-handed top-order batsman and occasional right-arm medium bowler. Standford was born in

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, and attended Queen's College and

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, playing cricket for the school teams.(7 November 2012)
"Bajan on US team"
– '' The Daily Nation''. Retrieved July 15, 2015. He went on to represent Barbados at the 2004 West Indian under-19 tournament, playing alongside several future Barbados national team players.Miscellaneous matches played by Nicholas Standford
– CricketArchive. Retrieved July 15, 2015. Standford emigrated to the United States the following year, settling in

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and taking up club cricket there. He was first selected for the U.S. national team in the annual

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series against

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in 2012. This followed a club season that had included a double century, 201 not out, in a 40-over match in

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. Standford was retained in the national side for the 2013 Americas Twenty20 Championship the following year, and featured in all eight matches, placing fourth in the batting aggregates (behind Steven Taylor,

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, and Orlando Baker). Later in 2013, Standford again featured in the Auty Cup series, but he did not again make a national squad until 2015, when he was selected for the 2015 ICC Americas Twenty20 Championship. There, he was behind only Fahad Babar and Steven Taylor for runs scored, playing in every match. Against

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, he recorded his first half-century in U.S. colours, scoring 64 not out from 49 balls to be named

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. Standford retained his place in the squad for the 2015 World Twenty20 Qualifier in Ireland and Scotland, and went on to make his full

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debut in the second match of the tournament, against

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.ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, 16th Match, Group A: Namibia v United States of America at Belfast, Jul 13, 2015
– ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved July 13, 2015. He made his

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debut for

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in the

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on 26 January 2017.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Standford, Nicholas 1987 births Living people American cricketers Barbadian cricketers ICC Americas cricketers Barbadian emigrants to the United States Cricketers from Bridgetown Queen's College (Barbados) alumni