Donald Kayum

{{short description|Guyanese cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}

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| country = Guyana

| fullname = Donald Amrul Kayum

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|10|13|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Georgetown, British Guiana

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm off break

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| club1 = Oxford University

| year1 = 1977–1978

| columns = 2

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 12

| runs1 = 423

| bat avg1 = 24.88

| 100s/50s1 = –/3

| top score1 = 57

| catches/stumpings1 = 8/–

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 1

| runs2 = 0

| bat avg2 = 0.00

| 100s/50s2 = –/–

| top score2 = 0

| hidedeliveries = true

| catches/stumpings2 = –/–

| date = 1 September

| year = 2019

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/15954.html Cricinfo

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Donald Amrul Kayum (born 13 October 1955) is a Guyanese former cricketer.

Kayum was born in British Guiana at Georgetown. After studying at Chatham House Grammar School in Ramsgate and playing cricket for Broadstairs CC, he attended the University of Oxford in England, studying at Lincoln College.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30698/30698.html |title=Player profile: Donald Kayum |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-09-01 |url-access=subscription}} While studying at Oxford, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University against Gloucestershire at Oxford in 1977. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1978, making twelve appearances.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30698/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Donald Kayum |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-09-01 |url-access=subscription}} Playing as a batsman, he scored 423 runs for Oxford at an average of 24.88 and a high score of 57, one of three half centuries he made.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30698/f_Batting_by_Team.html |title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Donald Kayum |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-09-01 |url-access=subscription}} In addition to playing first-class cricket while at Oxford, he also made a single List A one-day appearance for the Combined Universities cricket team against Hampshire at Fenner's in the 1978 Benson & Hedges Cup,{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30698/List_A_Matches.html |title=List A Matches played by Donald Kayum |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-09-01 |url-access=subscription}} in which he was dismissed without scoring by Mike Taylor.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/37/37931.html |title=Combined Universities v Hampshire, Benson and Hedges Cup 1978 (Group B) |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-09-01 |url-access=subscription}}