Ronsford Beaton

{{short description|Guyanese cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Ronsford Beaton | image = | country = West Indies | fullname = Ronsford Rodwick Beaton | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|9|17|df=yes}} | birth_place = Montserrat | nickname = | heightm = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm fast | family =

| club1 = Guyana | year1 = 2011–2016 | club2 = Guyana Amazon Warriors | year2 = 2014–2015 | club4 = Trinbago Knight Riders | year4 = 2017-present | club3 = Dhaka Dynamites | year3 = 2016 | columns = 3 | column1 = ODI | matches1 = 2 | runs1 = 15 | bat avg1 = 15.00 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 12* | deliveries1 = 102 | wickets1 = 1 | bowl avg1 = 102.00 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 1/60 | catches/stumpings1 = 0/0 | column3 = T20 | matches3 = 48 | runs3 = 40 | bat avg3 = 13.33 | 100s/50s3 = 0/0 | top score3 = 13* | deliveries3 = 1,000 | wickets3 = 42 | bowl avg3 = 34.04 | fivefor3 = 0 | tenfor3 = 0 | best bowling3 = 4/9 | catches/stumpings3 = 15/0 | column2 = FC | matches2 = 33 | runs2 = 211 | bat avg2 = 7.03 | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | top score2 = 30* | deliveries2 = 4206 | wickets2 = 64 | bowl avg2 = 33.01 | fivefor2 = 1 | tenfor2 = 0 | best bowling2 = 5/43 | catches/stumpings2 = 18/0 | date = 9 October | year = 2021 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/super50-2017/content/player/498440.html }} '''Ronsford Rodwick Beaton''' (born 17 September 1992) is a Guyanese cricketer who plays for the Guyanese national side in West Indian domestic cricket, and also for the Trinbago Knight Riders franchise in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL). He is a right-arm fast bowler.

==Domestic career== Beaton was born on the island of Montserrat, but moved to Guyana as a child, and was raised in the village of Reliance, in the Pomeroon-Supenaam region.<ref>(14 February 2014). [http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2014/02/14/beaton-eager-to-become-first-ebo-player-to-play-for-windies-2/ "Beaton eager to become first E’bo player to play for Windies"] – ''Kaieteur News''. Retrieved 29 December 2015.</ref> He attended high school in Georgetown, at the Abram Zuil Secondary School, and later went on to the Guyana School of Agriculture.<ref>[http://guyana-cricket.com/?q=player/ronsford-beaton Ronsford Beaton] – Guyana Cricket. Retrieved 29 December 2015.</ref> Beaton played for the West Indies under-19s at the 2012 Under-19 World Cup in Australia, and finished third in his team's wicket-taking.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Players/949/949021/Under-19_ODI_Matches.html Under-19 ODI matches played by Ronsford Beaton] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 December 2015.</ref> He had made his first-class debut for Guyana the previous year, during the 2010–11 Regional Four Day Competition.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Players/949/949021/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Ronsford Beaton] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 December 2015.</ref> Beaton has since been a regular for Guyana in both the long and short forms of the game, as well as for his CPL franchise. He has also made several appearances for West Indies A.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Players/949/949021/List_A_Matches.html List A matches played by Ronsford Beaton] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 December 2015.</ref><ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Players/949/949021/Twenty20_Matches.html Twenty20 matches played by Ronsford Beaton] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 December 2015.</ref>

For the 2018 CPL competition, he was reselected by the Trinbago Knight Riders in the 10th round of the player draft.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cplt20.com/_during_draft_2017|title=HERO CPL PLAYER DRAFT 2017 CPL T20|website=www.cplt20.com|language=en|access-date=2017-03-12}}</ref> In October 2019, he was named in Guyana's squad for the 2019–20 Regional Super50 tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sports/uncapped-smith-savory-in-jaguars-squad_178285?profile=1511 |title=Uncapped Smith, Savory in Jaguars squad |work=Jamaica Observer |accessdate=31 October 2019}}</ref>

==International career== In May 2017, he was named in the West Indies' Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Afghanistan, but he did not play.<ref name="WI-T201">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/1098524.html |title=Beaton earns maiden T20I call-up |accessdate=19 May 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> In November 2017, he was named in the West Indies' One Day International (ODI) and T20I squads for their series against New Zealand.<ref name="WILO">{{cite news |title=Miller, Beaton called up to West Indies ODI squad |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/21672920/nikita-miller-ronsford-beaton-called-west-indies-odi-squad |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=5 December 2017 |accessdate=5 December 2017}}</ref> He made his ODI debut for the West Indies against New Zealand on 20 December 2017.<ref name="ODI">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1115795.html |title=1st ODI, West Indies tour of New Zealand at Whangarei, Dec 20 2017 |accessdate=19 December 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> However, he was later ruled out of the T20I squad due to injury.<ref name="WIT20Ic">{{cite news |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/100208048/t20-specialist-kieron-pollard-withdrawn-from-west-indies-squad-to-face-black-caps |title=T20 specialist Kieron Pollard withdrawn from West Indies squad to face Black Caps |publisher=Stuff |date=28 December 2017 |accessdate=28 December 2017}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{cricinfo}} *{{cricketarchive|id=949021}}

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