Jermaine Blackwood

Nationality

West Indies

Born

November 20, 1991 (34 years)

Jermaine Blackwood is an aggressive lower-middle order batsman from the West Indies. Blackwood, who hails from Jamaica, first got noticed when he was selected in the West Indies squad for the Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand in 2010. <br/> <br/> He had a wonderful 2013-14 first-class season, where he was the top-scorer in the Regional four-day competition with 611 runs. After he scored a hundred against the touring Bangladesh A team, the national selectors awarded him with a place in the Test squad during the series against New Zealand in 2014. <br/> <br/> At that time, he was chosen as the replacement for Marlon Samuels, who had scored a pair in West Indies' 186-run loss in the first Test in Jamaica. In his debut innings, he scored a well-compiled 63, helping the West Indies put on 460 in response to New Zealand's first innings score of 221. <br/> <br/> The hosts went on to win the game by 10 wickets and squared the series 1-1, with one Test remaining in the series. Blackwood though was left out of the final Test of for an extra bowling option. Apart from his aggressive batting style, Blackwood is a handy off-spinner as well. <br/> <br/> His maiden Test ton came in his sixth Test appearance, against England in April 2015. He was also instrumental in West Indies' series-leveling win in the final Test of the series, scoring 85 and 47* and was rightly adjudged the Man of the Match for his performance. <br/> <br/> By <b>Sidhant Maheshwari</b>