{{short description|Barbadian cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Shamar Springer | image = | country = West Indies | fullname = Shamar Kamal Springer | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|11|26|df=yes}} | birth_place = Saint Michael, Barbados | death_date = | death_place = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm medium fast | role = All-rounder
| international = true | odidebutdate = 16 November | odidebutyear = 2025 | odidebutagainst = New Zealand | odicap = 229 | lastodidate = 22 November | lastodiyear = 2025 | lastodiagainst = New Zealand
| T20Idebutdate = 13 October | T20Idebutyear = 2024 | T20Idebutagainst = Sri Lanka | T20Icap = 97 | lastT20Idate = 15 October | lastT20Iyear = 2024 | lastT20Iagainst = Sri Lanka
| club1 = Barbados | year1 = 2016-2024 | clubnumber1 = 52 | club2 = Barbados Tridents | year2 = 2016-2018 | club3 = Jamaica Tallawahs | year3 = 2017 | club4 = Jamaica Tallawahs | year4 = 2022-2023 | club6 = Antigua and Barbuda Falcons | year6 = 2024 | club5 = Windward Islands | year5 = 2024-present | clubnumber2 = | columns = 4 | column2 = FC | matches2 = 19 | runs2 = 792 | bat avg2 = 29.33 | 100s/50s2 = 0/5 | top score2 = 91 | deliveries2 = 2294 | wickets2 = 51 | bowl avg2 = 25.94 | fivefor2 = 0 | tenfor2 = 0 | best bowling2 = 4/24 | catches/stumpings2 = 16/– | column3 = LA | matches3 = 46 | runs3 = 710 | bat avg3 = 21.51 | 100s/50s3 = 0/2 | top score3 = 58 | deliveries3 = 1455 | wickets3 = 43 | bowl avg3 = 21.51 | fivefor3 = 1 | tenfor3 = 0 | best bowling3 = 5/30 | catches/stumpings3 = 21/– | column1 = T20I | matches1 = 2 | runs1 = 7 | bat avg1 = 7.00 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 7 | deliveries1 = 24 | wickets1 = 2 | bowl avg1 = 24.50 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 =1/24 | catches/stumpings1 = 0/–
| column4 = T20 | matches4 =32 | runs4 = 234 | bat avg4 = 14.62 | 100s/50s4 = 0/0 | top score4 = 38 | deliveries4 = 445 | wickets4 = 30 | bowl avg4 = 22.76 | fivefor4 = 0 | tenfor4 = 0 | best bowling4 = 4/29 | catches/stumpings4 = 10/– | date = 13 April | year = 2025 | source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/shamar-springer-820689 Cricinfo }} '''Shamar Kamal Springer''' (born 26 November 1997) is a Barbadian cricketer.<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/820689.html |title=Shamar Springer |accessdate=31 December 2015 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> He made his List A debut on 16 January 2015 in the 2014–15 Regional Super50 tournament.<ref name="ListA">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/805721.html |title=Nagico Super50, Group B: Trinidad & Tobago v West Indies Under-19s at Scarborough, Jan 16, 2015 |accessdate=31 December 2015 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> In December 2015 he was named in the West Indies' squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.<ref name="West Indies">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-under-19-world-cup-2016/content/story/956951.html |title=Hetmyer to lead West Indies at Under-19 World Cup |date=31 December 2015 |accessdate=31 December 2015 |work=ESPNCricinfo}}</ref>
He made his first-class debut for Barbados in the 2017–18 Regional Four Day Competition on 14 December 2017.<ref name="FC">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1123106.html |title=20th Match, WICB Professional Cricket League Regional 4 Day Tournament at Tarouba, Dec 14-17 2017 |accessdate=15 December 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
In June 2018, he was named in the Cricket West Indies B Team squad for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament.<ref name="Gt20">{{cite web |url=http://cricketwestindies.org/index.php/2018/06/11/windies-b-squad-for-global-t20-league-in-canada/ |title=Windies B squad for Global T20 League in Canada |work=Cricket West Indies |accessdate=13 June 2018 |archive-date=13 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613134146/http://cricketwestindies.org/index.php/2018/06/11/windies-b-squad-for-global-t20-league-in-canada/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
He was the leading wicket-taker for Barbados in the 2018–19 Regional Super50 tournament, with sixteen dismissals in eight matches.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=12690;team=3770;type=tournament |title=Super50 Cup, 2018/19 - Barbados: Batting and Bowling Averages |work=ESPN Cricinfo |accessdate=23 October 2018}}</ref> In October 2019, he was selected to play for Barbados in the 2019–20 Regional Super50 tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.barbadosadvocate.com/sports/carter-lead-barbados-pride |title=Carter to lead Barbados Pride |work=Barbados Advocate |accessdate=1 November 2019}}</ref> In June 2020, he was selected by Barbados, in the players' draft hosted by Cricket West Indies ahead of the 2020–21 domestic season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.windiescricket.com/news/ashmead-nedd-joins-leeward-hurricanes-20202021-professional-players-draft/ |title=Ashmead Nedd joins Leeward Hurricanes in 2020/2021 Professional Players Draft |work=Cricket West Indies |accessdate=16 June 2020}}</ref>
On 22 January 2026, he took a hattrick against Afghanistan to become the third West Indies player with a T20I hattrick after Jason Holder and Romario Shepherd, and the second Barbadian to claim a t20I hat trick after Jason Holder. <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.khelwire.com/articles/watch-shamar-springer-stuns-afghanistan-with-terrific-hattrick |title=Watch: Shamar Springer stuns Afghanistan with terrific hattrick |publisher=KhelWire |date=January 2026 |access-date=January 23, 2026}}</ref>
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