John Dillon Campbell (born September 21, 1993) is a Jamaican professional cricketer who made his debut for the Jamaica national team in January 2013. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm off-spin bowler.

John Campbell is a professional West Indian cricketer who was born on September 21, 1993 in Kingston, Jamaica. He is a left-handed opening batsman and a part-time right-armed off-break bowler. He shared a 365-run opening partnership with Shai Hope, which is the highest partnership for the first wicket.

John Campbell is a 27-year-old left-handed batsman and right-arm off-spin bowler who has represented the West Indies in international cricket.

background

An18-year-old John Campbell played for West Indies at the 2012 U19 World Cup. He made his mark in the fifth place match against England as he celebrated his first century in the tournament. He impressed the domestic selectors and earned a place in the domestic T20 tournament organized by the West Indies Cricket Board. He made his debut for Jamaica in the 2012/13 Caribbean Twenty20.

The following year he received his call-up to the First Class and List A sides for Jamaica. Since then, Campbell has become a mainstay at the side. In his debut season for Jamaica, he scored his first first class hundred. A few years later he began to enjoy his successes with the ball. His consistent performances at national level earned him his place in the senior team at international level.

Early and Domestic Career

Based in Saint Mary Parish, Campbell played for the West Indies national under-19 team at the 2012 World Under-19 Championship in Australia. Against England in the fifth-place play-off, he hit 105 balls from 133, his team's only century at the tournament.

Campbell made his senior debut for Jamaica at the 2012/13 Caribbean Twenty20. His First Class and List A debuts came the following season, and he has been a regular on the team ever since. Against the Leeward Islands,

Campbell scored his first top-flight century, 110 runs from 180 balls, in the 2013–14 four-day regional competition. His first top-flight five-wicket move came during the 2015–16 season of the same competition when he won 7/73 against Trinidad and Tobago.

International Career

He was called up to the West Indies Test squad for their series against England in January 2019. He made his Test debut for the West Indies against England on 23 January 2019. In February 2019 he was also included in the West Indies One Day International (ODI) squad for the series against England.

He made his ODI debut for the West Indies against England on 20 February 2019. The following month he was also called up to the West Indies Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against England. He made his T20I debut for the West Indies against England on 10 March 2019.

In the opening match of the 2019 Ireland Tri-Nation Series against Ireland, Campbell scored his first century in ODIs.

Campbell and Shai Hope made 365 runs for the opening wicket. It was the highest opening partnership in ODIs and it was also the first time both opening players each scored 150 runs in an ODI match.

In May 2019, Cricket West Indies (CWI) named him one of ten reserves in the West Indies squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. In June 2020, Campbell was called up to the West Indies Test squad for their series against England. The test series was originally scheduled to begin in May 2020 but was postponed to July 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rise to Glory

Campbell rose to fame in May 2019 in the record-breaking ODI against Ireland. John (179) and Hope (170) lined up first to bat with typical West Indian flair, scoring 365 points when the first wicket fell. The Irish outfielders were sent on a leather hunt for 47.5 overs.

Campbell and Hope recorded the highest partnership in ODI for the first wicket, falling just seven runs short of the highest partnership for each wicket. They also became just the second opener pair to score more than 150 points in the same ODI innings.