Ryan Anthony Austin, born 15 November 1981 in

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, is a

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cricketer. A lower-order right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-spin bowler, Austin played 22 first-class matches for

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between the 2000–01 and 2006–07 seasons, and five for West Indies B in the 2003–04 season. His highest score in first-class cricket was 56 not out in a losing cause for Barbados against

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in 2001–02. He has taken five wickets or more in an innings four times, and his best bowling was six for 86 for Barbados against

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at Crab Hill in the Carib Beer Cup in 2006–07, when he was also named

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. Austin made his Test debut on 9 July 2009. He was part of an understrength team fielded by the West Indies against

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; the 15-man squad included nine uncapped players. Including Austin, seven West Indies players made their Test debut in the match and the side was captained by

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who had played the last of his four Tests ten years earlier. The first XI had made themselves unavailable due to a pay dispute with the

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