Timroy Patrick Allen (born 22 January 1987) is a

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er. Allen currently represents the

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. Allen made his

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debut for the United States against

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in the 2008/09 West Indies Cricket Board Cup. Allen made two further appearances for the United States in that tournament against

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and the Combined Campuses and Colleges. The United States lost all three matches. Later in 2008 Allen represented the United States in the 2008 ICC Americas Championship Division One, where he played three matches against

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and the

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, as the United States went on to win the tournament. In 2010 he made his unofficial

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debut for the United States against the

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in a pre-tournament warm up match for the

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. During the tournament Allen made his full

debut against

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, where the USA went on to win by 6 wickets. He followed this up by playing matches against

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and

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, both of which the United States lost. Later in February 2010, Allen represented the United States in the

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, where he helped the United States gained promotion to the

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. Allen was selected for the

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by the

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, which represented a return of sorts to his home country. This was part of an initiative to spread the popularity of cricket to the American nations, and he played six games for the team that season. He was retained for the next year's competition. In June 2019, he was named in a 30-man training squad for the

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, ahead of the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier tournament in Bermuda. The following month, he was one of twelve players to sign a three-month central contract with

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. In August 2019, he was named in the United States' squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier tournament. He made his

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(T20I) debut for the United States against

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on 18 August 2019. In June 2021, he was selected to take part in the

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tournament in the United States following the players' draft.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Allen, Timroy 1987 births Living people Cricketers from Westmoreland Parish American cricketers Jamaican emigrants to the United States American sportspeople of Jamaican descent Jamaica Tallawahs cricketers Jamaican cricketers ICC Americas cricketers United States Twenty20 International cricketers