Paul Palmer (cricketer)

Paul Palmer
Personal information
Born (1992-01-05) 5 January 1992 (age 32)
Jamaica
BattingLeft-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2013/14–2019/20Combined Campuses
2015/16–2022/23Jamaica
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 49 16
Runs scored 2,099 426
Batting average 24.69 26.62
100s/50s 4/9 1/2
Top score 144* 105
Catches/stumpings 3/– 31/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 15 August 2024

Paul Palmer (born 5 January 1992) is a Jamaican cricketer who has played for both Jamaica and the Combined Campuses and Colleges in West Indian domestic cricket. He is a left-handed batsman.

A graduate of St. Elizabeth Technical High School, 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.[1] His List A debut came the following season, in the 2014–15 Regional Super50.[2] Palmer switched to Jamaica for the 2015–16 season, and in October 2015 it was announced that he would captain the team in the 2015–16 Regional Four Day Competition, despite having only played two previous first-class games.[3] Although he made a golden duck on his captaincy debut against Barbados, he went on to score his maiden first-class half-century three matches later, against the Leeward Islands.[1]

In October 2019, he was named in the Combined Campuses' squad for the 2019–20 Regional Super50 tournament.[4] 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 Canada.[5] He was the leading run-scorer for Combined Campuses and Colleges in the tournament, with 267 runs in eight matches.[6]

  1. ^ a b First-class matches played by Paul Palmer – CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  2. ^ List A matches played by Paul Palmer – CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  3. ^ (24 October 2015). "Paul Palmer to lead youthful Jamaica Scorpions" – Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Selection to CCC Marooners squad means a lot for Akshaya Persaud". Guyana Times. Archived from the original on 1 November 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  5. ^ "SUPER50 Day 20: Palmer's maiden hundred fails to stop Canada". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  6. ^ "Super50 Cup, 2019/20 - Combined Campuses and Colleges: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 November 2019.