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Oshane Thomas
Oshane Romaine Thomas (born 18 February 1997) is a Jamaican cricketer. A fast bowler, he made his international debut for the West Indies cricket team in October 2018.
Domestic and franchise career
He made his first-class debut for Jamaica in the 2016–17 Regional Four Day Competition on 18 November 2016.He represented the Jamaica Tallawahs in two games in the 2016 CPL season, and was then retained for the 2017 edition. He made his List A debut for Jamaica in the 2017–18 Regional Super50 on 2 February 2018.
In October 2018, he was named in the squad for the Rangpur Riders team, following the draft for the 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League.
In December 2018, he was bought by the Rajasthan Royals in the player auction for the 2019 Indian Premier League. In March 2019, he was named as one of eight players to watch by the International Cricket Council (ICC) ahead of the 2019 Indian Premier League tournament.
International career
In October 2018, he was named in the West Indies' One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) squads for series against India. He made his ODI debut for the West Indies against India on 21 October 2018. His first international wicket was that of Shikhar Dhawan.
He made his (T20I) debut for the West Indies against India on 4 November 2018, taking the wickets of Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan. In January 2019, he was named in the West Indies' Test squad for their series against England as a cover for Alzarri Joseph, but he did not play. In March 2019, during the ODI series against England, Thomas took his first five-wicket haul in ODIs.
In April 2019, he was named in the West Indies' squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.