Romario Shepherd (born 26 November 1994) is a Guyanese cricketer who plays for
Guyana in domestic cricket and for
West Indies
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in international cricket. He made his international debut for West Indies in November 2019.
Domestic and franchise career
A right-arm fast bowler, Shepherd made his
List A debut for Guyana in January 2016, playing against the
Leeward Islands in the
2015–16 Regional Super50. Opening the bowling with
Steven Jacobs, he took 3/37 from 10 overs on debut, including the first two wickets to fall, and was named man of the match. He made his
first-class debut for Guyana in the
2016–17 Regional Four Day Competition
The 2016–17 Regional Four Day Competition was the 51st edition of the Regional Four Day Competition, the domestic first-class cricket competition for the countries of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). The competition ran from 11 November 20 ...
on 10 March 2017.
He made his
Twenty20
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debut for
Guyana Amazon Warriors
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in the tournament on 5 September 2018.
In July 2020, Shepherd was named in the
Guyana Amazon Warriors
The Guyana Amazon Warriors is a franchise cricket team of the Caribbean Premier League based in Providence, Georgetown, Guyana. The team is the representative cricket team of Guyana in the Caribbean Premier League. It was one of the six teams c ...
squad for the
2020 Caribbean Premier League
The 2020 Caribbean Premier League (CPLT20) or for sponsorship reasons, Hero CPL 2020 was the eighth season of the Caribbean Premier League, the domestic Twenty20 cricket league played in the West Indies. All matches were played in Trinidad and ...
. In December 2021, he was signed by the
Karachi Kings
Karachi Kings ( ur, ; sd, ڪراچي ڪنگز) (abbreviated as KK) is a Pakistani professional franchise Twenty20 cricket team that competes in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). The team is based in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, ...
following the players' draft for the
2022 Pakistan Super League. In February 2022, he was bought by the
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Sunrisers Hyderabad (stylised as SunRisers Hyderabad, SRH) are a franchise cricket team based in Hyderabad, Telangana, India, that plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The franchise is owned by Kalanithi Maran of the SUN Group and was ...
in the
auction
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for the
2022 Indian Premier League tournament.
International career
In October 2019, Shepherd was named in the West Indies
One Day International (ODI) squad for their series
against Afghanistan. He made his ODI debut for the West Indies, against
Afghanistan
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, on 6 November 2019. In January 2020, he was named in the West Indies
Twenty20 International
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(T20I) squad for their series
against Ireland. He made his T20I debut for the West Indies, against
Ireland
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, on 18 January 2020.
References
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1994 births
Living people
West Indies One Day International cricketers
West Indies Twenty20 International cricketers
Cricketers from Georgetown, Guyana
Guyana cricketers
Guyanese cricketers
Guyana Amazon Warriors cricketers
Joburg Super Kings cricketers