# Kennar Lewis > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kennar_Lewis > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kennar_Lewis.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennar_Lewis > Source revision: 1300863563 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Jamaican cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Kennar Lewis | image = | fullname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|8|18|df=yes}} | birth_place = [Jamaica](/source/Jamaica) | nickname = | heightm = 1.94 | batting = Right-handed | bowling = | role = [Opening batsman](/source/Opening_batsman) | club1 = [Jamaica](/source/Jamaica_national_cricket_team) | year1 = 2011–2014 | club2 = [T&T Red Steel](/source/Trinidad_and_Tobago_Red_Steel) | year2 = 2014 | club3 = [Jamaica Tallawahs](/source/Jamaica_Tallawahs) | year3 = 2017–2021 | clubnumber3 = 69 | club4 = [Kandy Warriors](/source/Kandy_Warriors) | year4 = 2021 | club5 = [Chattogram Challengers](/source/Chattogram_Challengers) | year5 = 2022 | club6 = [Sylhet Strikers](/source/Sylhet_Strikers) | year6 = 2024 | clubnumber4 = 69 | columns = 3 | column1 = [FC](/source/First-class_cricket) | matches1 = 3 | runs1 = 61 | bat avg1 = 10.16 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 18 | hidedeliveries = true | catches/stumpings1 = 9/– | column2 = [LA](/source/List_A_cricket) | matches2 = 6 | runs2 = 69 | bat avg2 = 11.50 | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | top score2 = 28 | catches/stumpings2 = 1/– | column3 = [T20](/source/Twenty20) | matches3 = 38 | runs3 = 752 | bat avg3 = 20.32 | 100s/50s3 = 0/4 | top score3 = 89 | catches/stumpings3 = 15/5 | date = 26 July | year = 2022 | source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/kennar-lewis-537319 ESPNCricinfo }} '''Kennar Lewis''' (born 18 August 1991) is a Jamaican cricketer who has played for both the [Jamaica national team](/source/Jamaica_national_cricket_team) and the [Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel](/source/Trinidad_and_Tobago_Red_Steel) in West Indian domestic cricket. He is a right-handed [opening batsman](/source/opening_batsman). Lewis made his [List A](/source/List_A_cricket) debut for Jamaica in October 2011, playing against the [Leeward Islands](/source/Leeward_Islands_cricket_team) during the [2011–12 Regional Super50](/source/2011%E2%80%9312_Regional_Super50).[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/452/452611/List_A_Matches.html List A matches played by Kennar Lewis], CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2016. He opened the batting with [Chris Gayle](/source/Chris_Gayle) on debut, and top-scored for Jamaica with 28 runs as his team won by seven wickets.[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/534418.html Regional Super50, Group B: Jamaica v Leeward Islands at Providence, Oct 20, 2011], ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 September 2016. Lewis played another four Regional Super50 matches during the 2011–12 season, including Jamaica's win over [Trinidad and Tobago](/source/Trinidad_and_Tobago_national_cricket_team) in the tournament final. He also played three matches in the [2011–12 Caribbean Twenty20](/source/2011%E2%80%9312_Caribbean_Twenty20).[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/452/452611/Twenty20_Matches.html Twenty20 matches played by Kennar Lewis], CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2016. He returned to Jamaica's squad for the [2013–14 Regional Super50](/source/2013%E2%80%9314_Regional_Super50), but played only a single match, the semi-final against Trinidad and Tobago in which his team were bowled out for just 49 runs. For the [2014 Caribbean Premier League](/source/2014_Caribbean_Premier_League) season, Lewis signed with the Red Steel, as the second-youngest member of the squad (after [Nicholas Pooran](/source/Nicholas_Pooran)). He played two matches, against the [Antigua Hawksbills](/source/Antigua_Hawksbills) and the [Guyana Amazon Warriors](/source/Guyana_Amazon_Warriors), and opened the batting with Irishman [Kevin O'Brien](/source/Kevin_O'Brien_(cricketer)) in both, but scored just five runs and was subsequently dropped. He made his [first-class](/source/first-class_cricket) debut for Jamaica in the [2018–19 Regional Four Day Competition](/source/2018%E2%80%9319_Regional_Four_Day_Competition) on 28 February 2019.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1167389.html |title=23rd Match, WICB Professional Cricket League Regional 4 Day Tournament at Kingston, Feb 28 - March 3 2019 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |accessdate=1 March 2019}} In June 2021, he was selected to take part in the [Minor League Cricket](/source/Major_League_Cricket) tournament in the United States following the players' draft.{{cite web |url=https://www.usacricket.org/media-release/all-27-teams-complete-initial-roster-selection-following-minor-league-cricket-draft/ |title=All 27 Teams Complete Initial Roster Selection Following Minor League Cricket Draft |work=USA Cricket |date=10 June 2021 |access-date=11 June 2021}} In the [2021 Caribbean Premier League](/source/2021_Caribbean_Premier_League), he finished the season as the top run-scorer for the Jamaica Tallawahs.{{Cite web |title=Caribbean Premier League, 2021 Cricket Team Records & Stats {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=13996&type=tournament |access-date=2022-01-20 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}} This success led to his first selections in overseas T20 franchise leagues: by the [Kandy Warriors](/source/Kandy_Warriors_in_2021) in the [Lanka Premier League](/source/Lanka_Premier_League),{{Cite web |title=Kusal Perera, Angelo Mathews miss out on LPL drafts |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/kusal-perera-angelo-mathews-miss-out-on-lpl-drafts-1288554 |access-date=2022-01-20 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}} and the [Chattogram Challengers](/source/Chattogram_Challengers) in the [Bangladesh Premier League](/source/Bangladesh_Premier_League).{{Cite news |title=BPL Players' Draft to be held today |url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/158323/bpl-players-draft-to-be-held-today |access-date=2022-01-20 |work=New Age |language=en}} He also had a successful season for the Northern Warriors in the [T10 League](/source/T10_League).{{Cite web |title=Abu Dhabi T10, 2021/22 - Northern Warriors Cricket Team Records & Stats {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=14358&team=6600&type=tournament |access-date=2022-01-20 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{cricinfo|id=537319}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lewis, Kennar}} Category:1991 births Category:Living people Category:Jamaica cricketers Category:Jamaican cricketers Category:Jamaica Tallawahs cricketers Category:Trinbago Knight Riders cricketers Category:Kandy Falcons cricketers Category:Expatriate cricketers in Sri Lanka --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Kennar Lewis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennar_Lewis) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennar_Lewis?action=history)). 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