Keith Hugh Hibbert (born 14 June 1980) is a former

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n cricketer who played for the Jamaican national side in West Indian domestic cricket, as well as briefly for the University of the West Indies team. Hibbert made his senior debut for Jamaica in September 2000, in a friendly one-day game against South Africa A. In the

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, which began the following month, he hit 198 runs in five matches, finishing as Jamaica's leading run-scorer (and second in the competition behind

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). His highest score of the tournament was 93 not out against

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, and his other innings of note was 55 against the

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. In his 25-match

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career, which ended in 2008, Hibbert scored no further half-centuries.West Indies / Players / Keith Hibbert
– ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 January 2016. After the outstanding start to his limited-overs career, Hibbert made his first-class debut for Jamaica in the

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. In 2002, after two strong domestic seasons, he was chosen to tour England with West Indies A, playing matches against English county teams. During the 2003–04 Carib Beer Cup, Hibbert scored his only first-class century, an innings of 102 not out against the

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. He finished the season with 368 runs from eight matches, with only Tamar Lambert, David Bernard, and

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scoring more runs for Jamaica. Hibbert had begun his career as a wicket-keeper, but was later replaced by

Carlton Baugh Carlton Seymour Baugh (born 23 June 1982) is a Jamaican cricketer. He attended Wolmer's Schools He is an aggressive right-hand batsman, wicketkeeper and occasional bowler of leg breaks and googlies. His Test debut came during a five-day mat ...

in that role, instead playing as a specialist batsman. His batting form declined in the mid-2000s, and he made his final appearances during the 2008–09 season, aged 28.List A batting and fielding in each season by Keith Hibbert
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 January 2016. Other than the

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, in which he represented the University of the West Indies in a single match, Hibbert spent his entire domestic career with Jamaica.

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