Kesrick Williams Career, Records, Biography & More
Kesrick Omari Kenal Williams (born 17 January 1990) is a Vincentian cricketer who has played for several teams in West Indian cricket. He made his first-class debut for the Windward Islands in 2011 and later appeared for the Combined Campuses but only came to prominence in 2016 when he was the leading wicket-taker for the Jamaica Tallawahs in the 2016 Caribbean Premier League.
Domestic and T20 Franchise Career
Kesrick Williams was born in Spring Village, St. Vincent. He made his first-class debut for the Windward Islands in March 2011, playing against the England Lions in the 2010/11 Regional Four Day Competition. For the 2012–13 season, Williams transferred to the Combined Campuses and Colleges, where he continued to play in the 2012–13 Regional Super50 Finals (a limited-overs competition). However, he made irregular appearances for the team during the 2013–14 season and subsequently only returned to West Indian domestic cricket at the highest level in 2016 when he was selected to the Jamaica Tallawahs squad for the 2016 Caribbean Premier League season. In that tournament, Williams played in all of his team's thirteen games and recorded 17 wickets, the most for his team and third-most overall (behind Dwayne Bravo and Sohail Tanvir). His best performance was 4/37 against the Guyana Amazon Warriors, while he also recorded 3/19 against the St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots and 2/12 in the Tallawahs' win over the Amazon Warriors in the Finals.
On June 3, 2018, he was selected to play in the player draft for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament for the Toronto Nationals. In November 2019, he was selected to play for the Chattogram Challengers in the 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League. In July 2020, he was named to the St. Lucia Zouks roster for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League.
International Career
In September 2016, Williams was included in West India squad Twenty20 International (T20I) for his series against Pakistan in UAE. He was a late replacement for Andre Russell. He made his T20I debut for the West Indies against Pakistan on 27 September 2016.
In June 2017, he was included in the West Indies One Day International (ODI) squad ahead of the third game against India. He made his ODI debut for the West Indies on June 30, 2017 against India