Paul Palmer (born 5 January 1992) is a

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n cricketer who has played for both

and the

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in West Indian domestic cricket. He is a left-handed batsman. A graduate of

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, Palmer made his first-class debut for the Combined Campuses during the 2013–14 Regional Four Day Competition, having earlier represented the Jamaica under-19s.First-class matches played by Paul Palmer
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2015. His

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debut came the following season, in the

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. Palmer switched to Jamaica for the 2015–16 season, and in October 2015 it was announced that he would captain the team in the

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, despite having only played two previous first-class games. Although he made a golden duck on his captaincy debut against

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, he went on to score his maiden first-class half-century three matches later, against the

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. In October 2019, he was named in the Combined Campuses' squad for the

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tournament. On 25 November 2019, on the final day of group stage matches in the Super50, Palmer scored his first century in List A cricket, with 105 runs against

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. He was the leading run-scorer for Combined Campuses and Colleges in the tournament, with 267 runs in eight matches.

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