Khesan Yannick Gabriel Ottley (born 7 September 1991) is a

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ian cricketer who has played for both

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and the Combined Campuses and Colleges in West Indian domestic cricket. The younger brother of Kjorn Ottley, Yannick Ottley played for the West Indies under-19s at the 2010 Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand. He was named vice-captain to Jamaica's Andre Creary, and captained the team in matches against

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and

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when Creary injured a groin. Those two matches were in fact Ottley's only games of the tournament, as he struggled with a thigh strain. The previous year, in October 2009, Ottley had also captained the West Indies under-19s at the 2009–10 WICB President's Cup, where matches held

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status. Ottley made his first-class debut at the 2011–12 Regional Four Day Competition, playing for the Combined Campuses team. He switched to his home team, Trinidad and Tobago, for the 2012–13 season, and has since been a regular in the side. He made appearances for Trinidad and Tobago at the

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and

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tournaments, but has not yet been signed to a

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franchise. During the

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, Ottley substituted for

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as captain during his time overseas. Later in the season, he came close to scoring a maiden first-class century, hitting 99 not out against the

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. He was the joint-leading wicket-taker in the

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tournament, with seventeen dismissals in nine matches. In August 2019,

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named him as the Super 50 Player of the Year. In November 2019, he was named as the vice-captain of Trinidad and Tobago for the

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tournament. In February 2020, in the fourth round of the

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, Ottley scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.

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