Damion Jacobs

{{short description|Jamaican cricketer}}

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| fullname = Damion Kemar Jacobs

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|1|15|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Kingston, Jamaica

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm leg spin

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| club1 = Jamaica

| year1 = 2014–2018

| club2 = Barbados Tridents

| year2 = 2017–present

| clubnumber2 = 43

| club3 = Leeward Islands

| year3 = 2018-present

| columns = 3

| column2 = LA

| matches2 = 30

| runs2 = 176

| bat avg2 = 11.73

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 31

| deliveries2 = 1,540

| wickets2 = 51

| bowl avg2 = 21.74

| fivefor2 = 3

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 6/34

| catches/stumpings2 = 13/0

| column1 = FC

| matches1 = 54

| runs1 = 912

| bat avg1 = 10.85

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 41

| deliveries1 = 10,268

| wickets1 = 211

| bowl avg1 = 23.60

| fivefor1 = 15

| tenfor1 = 5

| best bowling1 = 8/47

| catches/stumpings1 = 19/0

| column3 = T20

| matches3 = 2

| runs3 = 8

| bat avg3 = 8.00

| 100s/50s3 = 0/0

| top score3 = 8

| deliveries3 = 12

| wickets3 = 0

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| fivefor3 = 0

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| date = 10 October

| year = 2021

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/super50-2017/content/player/726101.html CricInfo

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Damion Kemar Jacobs (born 15 February 1985) is a Jamaican cricketer who plays for the Jamaican national side in West Indian domestic cricket. He is a right-arm leg spin bowler.

From Kingston, Jacobs made his first-class debut for Jamaica during the 2013–14 Regional Four Day Competition.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1598/1598256/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Damion Jacobs] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 December 2015. In only his fourth match, which was the competition's final, he took figures of 8/47 in the Windward Islands' first innings (and 10/122 for the match).[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/627/627918.html Windward Islands v Jamaica], Regional Four Day Competition 2013/14 (Final) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 December 2015. Only four Jamaicans have taken better figures in an innings in first-class cricket.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/WestIndies/Firstclass/Jamaica/Bowling_Records/Best_Innings_Bowling_For.html Most wickets in an innings for Jamaica] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 December 2015. Jacobs continued his good form during the 2014–15 season, taking 48 wickets to finish as Jamaica's leading wicket-taker (and fifth in the competition).[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/23/WICB_Professional_Cricket_League_Regional_4_Day_Tournament_2014-15/Bowling_by_Wickets.html Bowling in WICB Professional Cricket League Regional 4 Day Tournament 2014/15 (ordered by wickets)] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 December 2015. His season included figures of 5/27 and 7/54 against the Leeward Islands (in separate matches), 5/67 against Guyana, and 7/72 against the Windwards.

He was selected in the 2017 CPL player draft by the Barbados Tridents.{{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}} He made his Twenty20 debut for Barbados Tridents in the 2017 Caribbean Premier League on 20 August 2017.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1094690.html |title=19th Match (N), Caribbean Premier League at Providence, Aug 20 2017 |accessdate=21 August 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}

In May 2018, he was selected to play for the Leeward Islands national cricket team in the Professional Cricket League draft, ahead of the 2018–19 season.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/23590694/odean-smith-picked-tt-no-takers-roshon-primus |title=Odean Smith picked by T&T; no takers for Roshon Primus |accessdate=24 May 2018 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}{{cite web |url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/Professional_Cricket_League_squad_picks |title=Professional Cricket League squad picks |accessdate=24 May 2018 |work=Jamaica Observer}} In June 2021, he was selected to take part in the Minor 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 |access-date=11 June 2021}}