Devon Thomas


Devon Cuthbert Thomas is a West Indian cricketer from Antigua. A right-hand batsman and wicket keeper, he played only one season for Leeward Islands before being given his One Day International debut on 28 July 2009 against Bangladesh while the first team were involved in a pay dispute with the West Indies Cricket Board. He batted in only one innings, scoring 29* from 32 balls, and took two wickets with his right-arm medium pace bowling.

Career

Thomas is one of 4 wicket-keepers to have taken wickets in a One Day International. He achieved this feat bowling against Bangladesh cricket team in the 2nd ODI of the 3 match ODI series at Windsor Park. He picked up the wickets of Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah, but could not prevent West Indies from losing the game.
The other three wicket-keepers are India's Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Zimbabwe's Tatenda Taibu. and Shakib al-Hasan of Bangladesh
He was the leading run-scorer for the Leeward Islands in the 2018–19 Regional Super50 tournament, with 238 runs in eight matches. He was then the 2nd highest run-scorer for the team in the 2018-19 Regional Four Day Competition, and 4th highest scorer in the competition as a whole.
In October 2019, he was named as the captain of the Leeward Islands for the 2019–20 Regional Super50 tournament.