Ronsford Rodwick Beaton (born 17 September 1992) is a Guyanese cricketer who plays for the Guyanese national side in West Indian domestic cricket, and also for the Trinbago Knight Riders franchise in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL). He is a right-arm fast bowler.

Domestic career

Beaton was born on the island of

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, but moved to Guyana as a child, and was raised in the village of Reliance, in the

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region. He attended high school in Georgetown, at the Abram Zuil Secondary School, and later went on to the

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. Beaton played for the West Indies under-19s at the 2012 Under-19 World Cup in Australia, and finished third in his team's wicket-taking. He had made his first-class debut for Guyana the previous year, during the

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. Beaton has since been a regular for Guyana in both the long and short forms of the game, as well as for his CPL franchise. He has also made several appearances for West Indies A. For the 2018 CPL competition, he was reselected by the Trinbago Knight Riders in the 10th round of the player draft. In October 2019, he was named in Guyana's squad for the

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tournament.

International career

In May 2017, he was named in the West Indies'

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(T20I) squad for their series against Afghanistan, but he did not play. In November 2017, he was named in the West Indies'

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(ODI) and T20I squads for their series against New Zealand. He made his ODI debut for the West Indies against New Zealand on 20 December 2017. However, he was later ruled out of the T20I squad due to injury.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Beaton, Ronsford 1992 births Living people West Indies One Day International cricketers Guyana cricketers Guyana Amazon Warriors cricketers Guyanese cricketers Montserratian cricketers Montserratian emigrants to Guyana People from Pomeroon-Supenaam Trinbago Knight Riders cricketers