Personal information | |
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Full name | Shamilia Shontell Connell |
Born |
Barbados |
14 July 1992
Batting style | Right-handed |
Bowling style | Right-arm fast |
Role | Bowler |
International information | |
National side |
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ODI debut | 11 November 2014 v Australia |
T20I debut | 23 September 2014 v New Zealand |
Source: CricketArchive, 4 April 2016 |
Shamilia Shontell Connell (born 14 July 1992) is a Barbadian cricketer who represents the West Indies internationally. A right-arm fast bowler, she made her international debut in 2014.
Connell made her international debut in September 2014, in a Twenty20 International against New Zealand. Her One Day International (ODI) debut came a few months later, against Australia. However, Connell did her take her first international wicket until October 2015, in an ODI series against Pakistan. She finished with six wickets, the most for her team, which including 3/32 in the fourth ODI. At the 2016 World Twenty20 in India, Connell was a member of the West Indian squad that won their first world title, featuring in all matches at the tournament. She has been compared to retired West Indian fast bowler Joel Garner, in that she is "tall, dangerously quick, and not scared to bowl bouncers".