Romel Currency
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| Full name | Romel Kwesi Currency | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 May 1982 Mesopotamia, Saint Vincent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off-break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Sunil Ambris (half-brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2014/15 | Windward Islands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001/02 | Southern Windward islands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002/03–2007/08 | St Vincent and the Grenadines | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007/08–2011/12 | Combined Campuses and Colleges | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 1 September 2000 Windward Islands v South Africa A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 20 March 2015 Windward Islands v Guyana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LA debut | 12 October 2000 Windward Islands v Guyana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last LA | 7 February 2014 Windward Islands v Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 20 August 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Romel Kwesi Currency (born 7 May 1982) is a former West Indian cricketer who played first-class cricket and List A cricket for the Windward Islands. He was born at Mesopotamia on Saint Vincent.
Currency made his debut for the Windward Islands in 2000, playing for the side until the 2014/15 season. In total he played in 71 first-class matches in his career, including 26 for Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) whilst he was a student. He captained the CCC side in the Caribbean T20 tournament between 2010/11 and 2011/12. As of August 2018 Currency and Devon Smith held the record for the highest first-wicket partnership made in first-class cricket by the Windward Islands, scoring 309 runs against Kenya at Kingstown in February 2004, Currency scoring his only first-class century during the partnership.
Sunil Ambris, who has played international cricket for the West Indies, is Currency's younger half-brother. Ambris has said that Currency has been a major influence on his career.