Brandon King (cricketer)

Brandon King
Personal information
Full name
Brandon Alexander King
Born 16 December 1994
Kingston, Jamaica
Batting Right-handed
Role Top-order batter
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 195) 11 November 2019 v Afghanistan
Last ODI 29 July 2023 v India
T20I debut (cap 81) 14 November 2019 v Afghanistan
Last T20I 13 August 2023 v India
Domestic team information
Years Team
2015–present Jamaica (squad no. 53)
2017–2018 St Kitts & Nevis Patriots
2019–2021 Guyana Amazon Warriors (squad no. 53)
2021 Islamabad United
2023 Abu Dhabi Knight Riders
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA T20I
Matches 37 35 73 45
Runs scored 1054 2132 2037 1092
Batting average 30.11 34.95 29.1 28.0
100s/50s 2/6 3/14 2/10 0/8
Top score 112 194 112 85*
Balls bowled - 65 - -
Wickets - 1 - -
Bowling average - 38.00 - -
5 wickets in innings - 0 - -
10 wickets in match - 0 - -
Best bowling - 1/4 - -
Catches/stumpings 11/0 30/0 30/0 18/0
Source: Cricinfo, 7 January 2024

Brandon Alexander King (born 16 December 1994) is a Jamaican cricketer. He was part of the West Indies' squad for the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He made his international debut for the West Indies cricket team in November 2019.

Domestic career

King plays for Jamaica in domestic cricket, debuting in first-class cricket in the 2014-15 Regional Four Day Competition, and List A cricket in the 2015-16 Regional Super50. He was selected in the 9th round of the 2017 CPL player draft by the St Kitts & Nevis Patriots. He made his Twenty20 debut for St Kitts & Nevis Patriots in the 2017 Caribbean Premier League on 5 August 2017.

In June 2018, King was named in the Cricket West Indies B Team squad for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament.

King hit 132 not out, the highest innings in CPL history, consisting of 10 fours and 11 sixes in a 72-ball knock against Barbados Tridents at Providence on 6 October 2019 as Guyana Amazon Warriors qualified for the final of the 2019 Caribbean Premier League. In July 2020, he was named in the Guyana Amazon Warriors squad for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League. On 1 September 2020, King scored his 1,000th run in Twenty20 cricket.

International career

In October 2019, King was named in the West Indies' One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) squads for their series against Afghanistan in India. He made his ODI debut for the West Indies, against Afghanistan, on 11 November 2019. He made his T20I debut for the West Indies, also against Afghanistan, on 14 November 2019.