Christopher Dion Barnwell (born 6 January 1987) is a West Indian
cricket
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er who plays
first-class and
List A cricket
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for
Guyana
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. A
Guyana
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born all-rounder, Barnwell is better known for his clever bowling, but is also a useful
pinch hitter
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in the
limited overs format.
Barnwell made his
T20I
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debut for
West Indies
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on 21 April 2011 in the home series against
Pakistan
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. He also played in the one-off
T20 match against
India
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on 4 June 2011, in which he scored an unbeaten 34 off just 16 deliveries and also took his maiden
T20I
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wicket. He was also picked for the 2-match
T20I
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series in England in September later that year.
Barnwell was picked up by
Royal Challengers Bangalore
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in the player auction for
IPL
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2013.
In the
2017 CPL Draft, he was selected as a 10th round pick by the
Barbados Tridents. In October 2019, he was named in Guyana's squad for the
2019–20 Regional Super50
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tournament. He was the leading run-scorer for Guyana in the tournament, with 351 runs in eight matches.
References
External links
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Christopher Barnwell – Yahoo! Cricket Profile
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Living people
1987 births
Royal Challengers Bangalore cricketers
Guyana cricketers
Guyanese cricketers
West Indies Twenty20 International cricketers
Guyana Amazon Warriors cricketers