Kesrick Omari Kenal Williams (born 8 January 1990) is a Vincentian cricketer who has played for several teams in West Indian domestic cricket. He made his first-class debut in 2011, for the

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, and later appeared for the Combined Campuses, but rose to prominence only in 2016, when he was the leading wicket-taker for the

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in the 2016 Caribbean Premier League.

Domestic and T20 franchise career

Williams was born in

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, Saint Vincent. He made his first-class debut for the

in March 2011, playing against the England Lions in the

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.First-class matches played by Kesrick Williams
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 January 2016. For the 2012–13 season, Williams switched to the

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, going on to play in the final of the

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(a limited-overs competition). However, he made only irregular appearances for the team during the 2013–14 season,List A matches played by Kesrick Williams
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 January 2016. and subsequently did not return to top-level West Indian domestic cricket until 2016, when he was selected in the

squad for the 2016 Caribbean Premier League season. In that tournament, Williams played in all thirteen of his team's matches, and took 17 wickets, the most for his team and the third-most overall (behind

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and

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). His best performance was 4/37 against the

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, while he also took 3/19 against the

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and 2/12 in the Tallawahs' victory over the Amazon Warriors in the final. On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Toronto Nationals in the players' draft for the inaugural edition of the

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tournament. In November 2019, he was selected to play for the Chattogram Challengers in the 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League. In July 2020, he was named in the

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squad for the

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International career

In September 2016, Williams was named in the West Indies'

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(T20I) squad for its series against Pakistan in the UAE. He was a late replacement for

Andre Russell Andre Dwayne Russell (born 29 April 1988) is a Jamaican who has played international cricket for West Indies and for Jamaica in domestic cricket as an all-rounder. He currently plays in various T20 leagues around the globe. Russell was part of ...

."Williams replaces Russell in West Indies T20 squad"
ESPNcricinfo, 16 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016. He made his T20I debut for the West Indies against Pakistan on 27 September 2016. In June 2017, he was added to the West Indies One Day International (ODI) squad, ahead of the third match against India. He made his ODI debut for the West Indies against India on 30 June 2017. he also was one of two Vincentian cricket players to make their international debut for the West Indies later joined by

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Kesrick 1990 births Living people West Indies One Day International cricketers West Indies Twenty20 International cricketers Combined Campuses and Colleges cricketers Windward Islands cricketers Saint Vincent and the Grenadines cricketers Jamaica Tallawahs cricketers Saint Lucia Kings cricketers Rajshahi Royals cricketers People from Saint Patrick Parish, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines