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Orlando Baker Personal information Full name Orlando M Baker Born 15 September 1979
St Catherine, JamaicaBatting style Right-handed Bowling style Right-arm medium pace Role Batsman Domestic team information Years Team 2001 Jamaica Only First-class 2 February 2001 Jamaica v England A Career statistics Source: CricketArchive, 7 October 2008 Orlando M Baker (born 15 September 1979) is a Jamaican born American cricketer.[1] A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler,[2] he made his debut for the United States national cricket team in 2008, having previously played first-class cricket for his native Jamaica.[3]
Biography
Born in St Catherine in 1979,[2] Orlando Baker first represented Jamaica at Under-19 level, playing in the Nortel Youth Tournament in 1996 and 1997, also playing for them in matches against a Nortel All Star XI and Pakistan Under-19s in 1996.[4] He played his only first-class match for Jamaica in 2001, a Busta Cup match against England A.[5] He scored a total of five runs in the match.[2]
He first played for the USA in Division Five of the World Cricket League in Jersey in 2008, playing eight matches in the tournament[4] and finishing as the USA's second highest run scorer in the tournament.[6]
References
- ^ Orlando Baker at Cricinfo
- ^ a b c Orlando Baker at CricketArchive
- ^ Teams played for by Orlando Baker at CricketArchive
- ^ a b Other matches played by Orlando Baker at CricketArchive
- ^ First-class matches played by Orlando Baker at CricketArchive
- ^ USA stats at 2008 WCL Division Five official site
Categories:- 1979 births
- Living people
- American cricketers
- Jamaican cricketers
- People from Saint Catherine Parish
- Jamaican emigrants to the United States
- American sportspeople stubs
- Cricket biography stubs
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