{{short description|Guyanese cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Derwin Christian | image = | fullname = Derwin O'Neil Christian | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|5|9|df=yes}} | birth_place = Klien Pouderoyen, Guyana | nickname = | heightm = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = | role = Wicket-keeper | family = | country = West Indies | international = true | T20Idebutdate = 23 September | T20Idebutyear = 2011 | T20Idebutagainst = England | T20Icap = 49 | lastT20Idate = 25 September | lastT20Iyear = 2011 | lastT20Iagainst = England | club1 = Guyana | year1 = 2005–2013 | date = 29 December | year = 2015 | source = https://cricketarchive.com/Players/68/68299/68299.html CricketArchive }} '''Derwin O'Neil Christian''' (born 9 May 1983) is a Guyanese cricketer who played two Twenty20 Internationals for the West Indies in 2011, as a wicket-keeper. In West Indian domestic cricket, he played for the Guyanese national side.
Christian was born in Klien Pouderoyen, in Guyana's Essequibo Islands-West Demerara region.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Players/68/68299/68299.html Derwin Christian] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 December 2015.</ref> He made his senior debut for Guyana during the 2004–05 Regional One-Day Competition,<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Players/68/68299/List_A_Matches.html List A matches played by Derwin Christian] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 December 2015.</ref> and his first-class debut the following season, in the 2005–06 Carib Beer Cup.<ref name="fc">[https://cricketarchive.com/Players/68/68299/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Derwin Christian] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 December 2015.</ref> Against Jamaica during the 2008–09 season, Christian scored a maiden first-class century, 113 runs from 125 balls. His innings was made from eighth in the batting order, and he and Travis Dowlin put on 163 runs for the seventh wicket, a record for Guyana–Jamaica matches.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/WestIndies/Firstclass/Guyana/Partnership_Records/Highest_Partnerships_Guyana_v_Jamaica.html Highest partnerships for Guyana against Jamaica] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 December 2015.</ref>
In a match against the Combined Campuses and Colleges in the 2010–11 Caribbean Twenty20, Christian came to the crease at 119/7, with his team requiring another 56 runs from 26 balls. He proceeded to score 40 runs from 13 balls, including two fours and four sixes, helping his team win the game with only two balls to spare.<ref>(14 January 2011). [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ct20-11/content/story/496841.html "Christian blasts Guyana to thrilling win"] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 December 2015.</ref> Later in 2011, Christian was called up to the West Indian squad for a two-match T20I series in England.<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-v-west-indies-2011/content/story/529294.html West Indies name young squad for England T20s] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 December 2015.</ref> The only wicket-keeper in the squad, he featured in both games, but was only involved in one dismissal, a run out. He batted only in the first match, making a two-ball duck.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Players/68/68299/International_Twenty20_Matches.html International Twenty20 matches played by Derwin Christian] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 December 2015.</ref> Christian continued playing for Guyana for several seasons after his international stint, but was dropped from the team midway through the 2012–13 season, in favour of Anthony Bramble.<ref name="fc"/> He was not named at all in Guyana's squad for the 2013–14 season, but continued to play club cricket.<ref>Clifton Ross (25 June 2014). [http://www.stabroeknews.com/2014/sports/06/25/quitting/ "Not quitting!"] – ''Stabroek News''. Retrieved 29 December 2015.</ref>
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==External links== *[https://cricketarchive.com/Players/68/68299/68299.html Player profile and statistics] at [https://cricketarchive.com CricketArchive] *[http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/player/51634.html Player profile and statistics] at [http://www.espncricinfo.com ESPNcricinfo]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Christian, Derwin}} Category:1983 births Category:Living people Category:Guyana cricketers Category:Guyanese cricketers Category:People from Essequibo Islands-West Demerara Category:West Indies Twenty20 International cricketers Category:Wicket-keepers