Amit Sheldon Jaggernauth (born 16 November 1983) is a former West Indian

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er who featured as an

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. Jaggernauth mainly played as a

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for

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Career

In recent years, Jaggernauth has been one of the most consistent wicket-takers in the

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, the West Indies domestic first-class competition. He made his first-class debut for Trinidad and Tobago in 2002/03 and has since taken nearly 150 wickets at an average of 22.08. Despite this consistency, he was overlooked by the West Indies selectors for several years as they chose to stick with a four-pronged pace attack and part-time spinners. However, in March 2008, he was finally called up to the

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squad for the series against

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although he missed out on a place in the team for the first Test, with the selectors opting for the

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ner

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instead. He had to wait until 22 May 2008 for his Test debut which took place at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica against Australia. His first Test wicket was

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, which came in the second session of day one of the Test. In August 2008 Jaggernauth was named Cricketer of the Year by the

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. In August 2012 Jaggernauth won the

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's Cricketer of the Year award. Jaggernauth eventually called an end to his first class cricketing career, in April 2014, as the joint highest first class wicket-taker for T&T of all time.

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