Orlando Baker

Orlando Baker
Personal information
Full name Orlando M Baker
Born (1979-09-15) 15 September 1979
St Catherine, Jamaica
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm medium pace
Role Batsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
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] He retired from cricket in June 2015.[4]

Biography

Born in St Catherine in 1979,[2] Orlando Baker first represented Jamaica at the 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.[5] He played his only first-class match for Jamaica in 2001, a Busta Cup match against England A.[6] 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[5] and finishing as the USA's second highest run scorer in the tournament.[7]

In 2012, Baker was selected as to be a part of the United States national cricket team at the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier in the United Arab Emirates in March 2012.[8] Later in the same year he was selected for the 2012 ICC World Cricket League Division Four which takes place from 3 to 10 September 2012 in Malaysia.

References

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