Shacaya Elrick Thomas (born 25 September 1988) is a Jamaican cricketer who has played for both

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and the Combined Campuses and Colleges in West Indian domestic cricket. A right-handed top-order batsman, Thomas represented the West Indies under-19s at the 2008 Under-19 World Cup in Malaysia. He also played for the team in the

2007–08 KFC Cup The 2007–08 KFC Cup was the 34th edition of the Regional Super50, the domestic limited-overs cricket competition for the countries of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). The competition was played between 16 and 28 October 2007, with the gr ...

, where matches held

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status. Thomas was also a member of the

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for a time, and played for the HPC team in the

2010–11 WICB Cup The 2010–11 WICB Cup was the 37th domestic List A cricket tournament held in the West Indies, it took place from 14 October 2010 – 24 October 2010. The eight teams were divided into two groups with the top two from each group advancing to the ...

. For the following season, he switched to the Combined Campuses, making his first-class debut in February 2011, in the

2010–11 Regional Four Day Competition The 2010–11 Regional Four Day Competition was the 45th domestic First-class cricket, first-class cricket tournament held in the West Indies cricket team, West Indies, it took place from 4 February 2011 – 9 April 2011. In addition to the seve ...

. Against

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in the

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, Thomas scored a maiden first-class century, 176 from 274 balls, opening the batting with

Anthony Alleyne Anthony Trevor Alleyne (born 27 June 1993) is a Barbadian cricketer who has represented both the Barbadian national team and the Combined Campuses and Colleges in West Indian domestic cricket. He is left-handed opening batsman. Alleyne represe ...

. He scored another century, 116 from 189 balls, in the following match against

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, and finished the season as his team's leading run-scorer (and second only to

Jermaine Blackwood Jermaine Blackwood (born 20 November 1991) is a Jamaican cricketer. He made his Test cricket debut for the West Indies against New Zealand in June 2014. He made his One Day International debut for the West Indies against Sri Lanka on 4 November ...

across the whole competition). For the 2014–15 season, Thomas transferred to Jamaica, playing for his home country for the first time. He also signed with the

Antigua Hawksbills Antigua Hawksbills was a Caribbean Premier League (CPL) franchise based in Antigua and Barbuda, that played its home games at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Saint Peter Parish, Antigua. The name 'Hawksbills' comes after the Hawksbill Sea Tu ...

franchise for the

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season, and was crucial toward their retention of the title, winning Antigua's and the league's player of the year. He then joined Horsley and Send CC in 2017 and was key to the development of key youth prospects Louis Barber and Jared Hunt.Twenty20 matches played by Shacaya Thomas
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 January 2016.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thomas, Shacaya 1988 births Living people Antigua Hawksbills cricketers Combined Campuses and Colleges cricketers Jamaica cricketers Jamaican cricketers Cricketers from Saint Catherine Parish