Delroy Morgan

{{short description|Jamaican cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Delroy Morgan

| image =

| fullname = Delroy Simeon Morgan

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|3|4|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Rollington Town, Kingston, Jamaica

| death_date =

| death_place =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm off-spin

| role = Batsman

| club1 = Jamaica

| year1 = {{nowrap|1986/87–1999/2000}}

| clubnumber1 =

| columns = 2

| column1 = FC

| matches1 = 62

| runs1 = 2,878

| bat avg1 = 27.94

| 100s/50s1 = 3/14

| top score1 = 122

| deliveries1 = 504

| wickets1 = 5

| bowl avg1 = 40.00

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 4/31

| catches/stumpings1 = 59/–

| column2 = LA

| matches2 = 39

| runs2 = 1,064

| bat avg2 = 29.55

| 100s/50s2 = 1/7

| top score2 = 133*

| deliveries2 = 462

| wickets2 = 11

| bowl avg2 = 28.18

| fivefor2 = 0

| tenfor2 = –

| best bowling2 = 2/24

| catches/stumpings2 = 24/–

| date = 24 April

| year = 2024

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/52446.html Cricinfo

}}

Delroy Simeon Morgan (born 4 March 1967) is a former Jamaican cricketer. He played in 62 first-class and 39 List A matches for the Jamaican cricket team from 1986 to 1998.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/52446.html |title=Delroy Morgan |work=ESPN Cricinfo |accessdate=5 November 2020}}

Primarily an opening batsman, Morgan had his best season in 1988–89, when he was the highest scorer in the Red Stripe Cup, with 435 runs at an average of 54.37.{{cite web |title=Batting and Fielding in Red Stripe Cup 1988/89 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/3/Red_Stripe_Cup_1988-89/Batting_by_Average.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=24 April 2024}} That season he hit his two highest first-class scores: 122 against Guyana{{cite web |title=Jamaica v Guyana 1988/89 |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1988-89/WI_LOCAL/RSC/JAM_GUY_RSC_27-30JAN1989.html |website=Cricinfo |access-date=24 April 2024}} and, a week later, 111 against Leeward Islands.{{cite web |title=Jamaica v Leeward Islands 1988/89 |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1988-89/WI_LOCAL/RSC/JAM_LWD_RSC_03-06FEB1989.html |website=Cricinfo |access-date=24 April 2024}} Jamaica won both matches by an innings and went on to win the tournament.Tony Cozier, "Cricket in the West Indies, 1988-89", Wisden 1990, p. 1089.

Morgan played as the professional for Lowerhouse in the Lancashire League in 1990.Wisden 1991, p. 895. His highest score in List A cricket was 133 not out, when he batted throughout the innings against Canada in the Shell/Sandals Trophy in 1996–97.{{cite web |title=Jamaica v Canada 1996/97 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/62/62848.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=24 April 2024}}

Morgan captained Jamaica several times in the 1990s, and was later a member of the national selection panel.{{cite news |title=JCA explains unusual selection process of Jamaica's Super50 squad |url=https://caribbeancricket.com/news/2006/10/32/10849 |access-date=24 April 2024 |work=Caribbean Cricket |date=8 November 2023}}