{{short description|Barbadian cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Ryan Nurse | image = | fullname = Ryan Paul Omar Nurse | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|4|24|df=yes}} | birth_place = Saint Philip Parish, Barbados | nickname = | heightm = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm fast-medium | club1 = West Indies B | year1 = 2002 | club2 = Barbados | year2 = 2004–2008 | date = 5 August | year = 2016 | source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/44/44171/44171.html CricketArchive }} '''Ryan Paul Omar Nurse''' (born 24 April 1983) is a Barbadian cricketer who has represented the Barbadian national side in West Indian domestic cricket. He plays as a right-arm fast bowler.
Nurse was born in Saint Philip Parish, Barbados.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/44/44171/44171.html Ryan Nurse] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 August 2016.</ref> Selected in the West Indies under-19s squad for the 2002 Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand, he finished as his team's leading wicket-taker (and fifth overall), taking 13 wickets in six matches (including 5/28 against Australia and 3/18 against Scotland).<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Players/44/44171/Under-19_ODI_Matches.html Under-19 ODI matches played by Ryan Nurse] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 August 2016.</ref> Nurse made his first-class debut just weeks after the end of the World Cup, playing two Busta Cup matches for West Indies B (a development team).<ref name="fc">[https://cricketarchive.com/Players/44/44171/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Ryan Nurse] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 August 2016.</ref> He did not appear at all in top-level domestic cricket during the 2002–03 season, but the following season was a regular for Barbados in four-day matches, and also played in three limited-overs games (in the 2003–04 Red Stripe Bowl).<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Players/44/44171/List_A_Matches.html List A matches played by Ryan Nurse] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 August 2016.</ref> In a four-day match against West Indies B in January 2004, Nurse took 4/19 in the first innings and 7/41 in the second, finishing with career-best figures of 11/60 for the match.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/78/78961.html Barbados v West Indies B], Carib Beer Cup 2003/04 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 August 2016.</ref> His formed trailed off over the following two seasons, however, and he never took another first-class five-wicket haul.<ref name="fc"/> Nurse's last appearances for Barbados came in February 2008, in the Stanford 20/20 competition.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Players/44/44171/Twenty20_Matches.html Twenty20 matches played by Ryan Nurse] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 August 2016.</ref>
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==External links== *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/44/44171/44171.html Player profile and statistics] at [https://cricketarchive.com CricketArchive] *[http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/player/52662.html Player profile and statistics] at [http://www.espncricinfo.com ESPNcricinfo]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nurse, Ryan}} Category:1983 births Category:Living people Category:Barbadian cricketers Category:Barbados cricketers Category:Cricketers from Saint Philip, Barbados Category:West Indies B cricketers