Antonio Nigel Mayers (born 23 October 1979) is a former Barbadian cricketer who represented both

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and West Indies B in West Indian domestic cricket. He was an

all-rounder An all-rounder is a cricketer who regularly performs well at both batting and bowling. Although all bowlers must bat and quite a handful of batsmen do bowl occasionally, most players are skilled in only one of the two disciplines and are cons ...

who bowled right-arm medium pace and batted right-handed. He was one of two cricketers from the same family to make their test match cricket debut the other being Kyle Mayers. He made his senior debut for Barbados in October 1998, playing a limited-overs game against the

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during the

1998–99 Red Stripe Bowl The 1998–99 Red Stripe Bowl was the 25th season of what is now the Regional Super50, the domestic limited-overs cricket competition for the countries of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). It ran from 6 to 19 October 1998. Eight teams cont ...

. His first-class debut came in January 2000, in the 1999–00 Busta Cup. In the

2001–02 Busta Cup The 2001–02 Busta Cup was the 36th edition of what is now the Regional Four Day Competition, the domestic first-class cricket competition for the countries of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). It was played from 25 January to 8 March 2002. ...

, Mayers was selected to play for West Indies B (effectively a development squad). He scored two half-centuries during the season (55 against Bangladesh A and 50 against the

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), which were his highest scores at first-class level. Mayers' final appearances for Barbados came in the 2006

Stanford 20/20 The Stanford 20/20 was a short-lived cricket tournament in the Caribbean island of Antigua. It was held first in July and August 2006 in the West Indies at the Stanford Cricket Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda, and then again in the sa ...

, against

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and

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.Twenty20 matches played by Antonio Mayers
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 January 2016.

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