Quinton Hubert Boatswain (born 16 October 1990) is a

West Indian A West Indian is a native or inhabitant of the West Indies (the Antilles and the Lucayan Archipelago). According to the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' (''OED''), the term ''West Indian'' in 1597 described the indigenous inhabitants of the West In ...

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er from

Montserrat Montserrat ( , ) is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is part of the Leeward Islands, the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles chain of the West Indies. Montserrat is about long and wide, wit ...

. Boatswain is a right-handed

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who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He is a member of the

Leeward Islands cricket team The Leeward Islands cricket team is a first-class cricket team representing the member countries of the Leeward Islands Cricket Association, an associate of the West Indies Cricket Board. Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Kitts, Nevis, Anguilla, Mon ...

Career

In January 2008,

were invited to take part in the 2008 Stanford 20/20, whose matches held official

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status. Boatswain made a single appearance for Montserrat in their preliminary round match against the

Turks and Caicos Islands The Turks and Caicos Islands (abbreviated TCI; and ) are a British Overseas Territory consisting of the larger Caicos Islands and smaller Turks Islands, two groups of tropical islands in the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean and no ...

, with Montserrat winning by 9 wickets. He bowled two wicketless overs which conceded 8 runs in the Turks and Caicos Islands innings, while in Montserrat's innings he wasn't required to bat. In 2008 and 2009, he played at Under-19 level for the

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, making a total of eight appearances. As of 2012, he was playing minor matches for Montserrat.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Boatswain, Quinton 1990 births Living people Montserratian cricketers Leeward Islands cricketers