There is a Barbadian cricketer named Kyle Rico Mayers. He was born on September 8th, 1992. He is a member of the West Indies cricket team and plays for them in all forms of international cricket. Additionally, he was a member of the West Indies under-19 team that competed in the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in 2012. Mayers got 210 runs without being out in his first test match, which took place in February of 2021.
Mayers received the news in October 2019 that he would be playing for Barbados in the Regional Super50 competition that would take place. As part of his participation in the United States Open, he made the trip to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in November of 2019. He was a member of the Paramveer Tigers team, which included other international players such as Kjorn Ottley, Ian Cockbain, Max Waller, Delray Rawlins, Alex Blake, Elmore Hutchinson, Ravi Timbawala, Timil Patel, Japen Patel, and a great number of others.
Mayers achieved his first century in first-class cricket on the first day of the 2019–20 West Indies Championship, which took place in January 2020. Mayers was selected to be one of eleven reserve players in the West Indies Test squad for their series against England in June 2020. All eleven players were named to the team. The beginning of the Test series was initially planned to take place in May 2020; however, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the start date was pushed back to July 2020.
Kyle Mayers Biography
| Name | Kyle Mayers |
| Full Name | Kyle Rico Mayers |
| Date of Birth | 8 September 1992 |
| Place of Birth | Bridgetown, Barbados |
| Other Names | NA |
| Nationality | Barbadian |
| Father’s Name | Shirley Clarke |
| Mother’s Name | NA |
| Siblings | NA |
| Spouse | NA |
| Marriage Date | NA |
| Children | NA |
| Role | Batting Allrounder |
| Batting | Left-handed |
| Bowling | Right-arm medium |
| ODI Debut | 20 January 2021 vs. Bangladesh |
| Test Debut | 7 Feb 2021 vs. Bangladesh |
| Favourite Food | NA |
| Favourite Actor | NA |
| Favourite Actress | NA |
| Favourite Colour | Blue |
| Retirement | Still Playing |
The Barbados Tridents announced in July 2020 that Mayers will be a part of their roster for the Caribbean Premier League in 2020. Mayers was also selected to be a member of the Twenty20 International (T20I) team for the matches that the West Indies were scheduled to play against New Zealand in October 2020. On November 29, 2020, he made his debut for the West Indies in a Twenty20 International match against New Zealand.
The West Indies selected Mayers to be a member of their Test and One Day International (ODI) teams for the series they were going to play against Bangladesh in December 2020. Against Bangladesh on January 20, 2021, he made his first appearance for the West Indies in a One-Day International. In addition, he made his debut for the West Indies in a test match against Bangladesh on February 3, 2021.
In the history of Test cricket, Mayers became the 14th batsman for the West Indies to register a century on his first appearance. He did this by scoring a century on his very first test. He concluded his innings with 210 not out, becoming him the sixth batsman in the history of the game to make a double century on his first test. He also led the West Indies to a successful chase of 395, which is the fifth-greatest in the history of the test record.
During May in the year 2021, Cricket West Indies presented Mayers with their very first red-ball central contract. In February of 2022, the Lucknow Super Giants participated in the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League competition and purchased Mayers as a player. In the second innings of the third test match of England’s tour of the West Indies, which took place at St. George’s on March 27, 2022, Mayers collected five wickets, making it his first five-wicket haul in a test match.
Batting & Fielding Stats
| YEAR | MAT | NO | RUNS | HS | AVG | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4S | 6S | CT | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 13 | 0 | 379 | 73 | 29.15 | 263 | 144.11 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 22 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 13 | 0 | 379 | 73 | 29.15 | 263 | 144.11 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 22 | 2 | 0 |
Bowling
| YEAR | MAT | BALLS | RUNS | WKTS | BBM | AVE | ECON | SR | 4W | 5W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 13 | 42 | 59 | 0 | 0/4 | – | 8.43 | – | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 13 | 42 | 59 | 0 | 0/4 | – | 8.43 | – | 0 | 0 |
After the match was over, he ended with the numbers of five wickets for eighteen and seven wickets altogether. Mayers achieved his maiden century in one-day international cricket on June 4, 2022, when he struck 120 runs in the third and final match of the series against the Netherlands to complete the series. After that, he went on to earn another one-day international century with a score of 105, this time against New Zealand.
Mayers made his debut in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on April 1, 2023, when he played for Lucknow Super Giants against Delhi Capitals. He scored 73 runs off of 38 balls and bowled a single over. All-rounder Kyle Mayers, former captaincy Jason Holder and Nicholas Pooran, and former captain Jason Holder have all declined central contracts with the West Indies for the 2023-24 season. However, Cricket West Indies (CWI) issued a statement announcing 14 men’s contracts and 15 women’s contracts, stating that the three players would be available for the Twenty20 International series throughout the year.
The women’s roster included all-rounders Zaida James and Sheneta Grimmond for the first time, while the men’s list had four new players: batsmen Alick Athanaze, Keacy Carty, Tagenarine Chanderpaul, and left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie. The men’s team also contained four new faces. This is not the first time that prominent players have declined contracts with the West Indies; Kieron Pollard is one of the players who has done so. In this day and age, player workloads are growing, and Twenty20 franchise leagues are offering players opportunities to guarantee relative financial stability.
