Kennar Lewis

{{short description|Jamaican cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Kennar Lewis

| image =

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|8|18|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Jamaica

| nickname =

| heightm = 1.94

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling =

| role = Opening batsman

| club1 = Jamaica

| year1 = 2011–2014

| club2 = T&T Red Steel

| year2 = 2014

| club3 = Jamaica Tallawahs

| year3 = 2017–2021

| clubnumber3 = 69

| club4 = Kandy Warriors

| year4 = 2021

| club5 = Chattogram Challengers

| year5 = 2022

| club6 = Sylhet Strikers

| year6 = 2024

| clubnumber4 = 69

| columns = 3

| column1 = FC

| matches1 = 3

| runs1 = 61

| bat avg1 = 10.16

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 18

| hidedeliveries = true

| catches/stumpings1 = 9/–

| column2 = LA

| matches2 = 6

| runs2 = 69

| bat avg2 = 11.50

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 28

| catches/stumpings2 = 1/–

| column3 = T20

| matches3 = 38

| runs3 = 752

| bat avg3 = 20.32

| 100s/50s3 = 0/4

| top score3 = 89

| catches/stumpings3 = 15/5

| date = 26 July

| year = 2022

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/kennar-lewis-537319 ESPNCricinfo

}}

Kennar Lewis (born 18 August 1991) is a Jamaican cricketer who has played for both the Jamaica national team and the Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel in West Indian domestic cricket. He is a right-handed opening batsman.

Lewis made his List A debut for Jamaica in October 2011, playing against the Leeward Islands during the 2011–12 Regional Super50.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/452/452611/List_A_Matches.html List A matches played by Kennar Lewis], CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2016. He opened the batting with Chris Gayle on debut, and top-scored for Jamaica with 28 runs as his team won by seven wickets.[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/534418.html Regional Super50, Group B: Jamaica v Leeward Islands at Providence, Oct 20, 2011], ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 September 2016. Lewis played another four Regional Super50 matches during the 2011–12 season, including Jamaica's win over Trinidad and Tobago in the tournament final. He also played three matches in the 2011–12 Caribbean Twenty20.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/452/452611/Twenty20_Matches.html Twenty20 matches played by Kennar Lewis], CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2016. He returned to Jamaica's squad for the 2013–14 Regional Super50, but played only a single match, the semi-final against Trinidad and Tobago in which his team were bowled out for just 49 runs. For the 2014 Caribbean Premier League season, Lewis signed with the Red Steel, as the second-youngest member of the squad (after Nicholas Pooran). He played two matches, against the Antigua Hawksbills and the Guyana Amazon Warriors, and opened the batting with Irishman Kevin O'Brien in both, but scored just five runs and was subsequently dropped.

He made his first-class debut for Jamaica in the 2018–19 Regional Four Day Competition on 28 February 2019.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1167389.html |title=23rd Match, WICB Professional Cricket League Regional 4 Day Tournament at Kingston, Feb 28 - March 3 2019 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |accessdate=1 March 2019}} 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}} In the 2021 Caribbean Premier League, he finished the season as the top run-scorer for the Jamaica Tallawahs.{{Cite web |title=Caribbean Premier League, 2021 Cricket Team Records & Stats {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=13996&type=tournament |access-date=2022-01-20 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}} This success led to his first selections in overseas T20 franchise leagues: by the Kandy Warriors in the Lanka Premier League,{{Cite web |title=Kusal Perera, Angelo Mathews miss out on LPL drafts |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/kusal-perera-angelo-mathews-miss-out-on-lpl-drafts-1288554 |access-date=2022-01-20 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}} and the Chattogram Challengers in the Bangladesh Premier League.{{Cite news |title=BPL Players’ Draft to be held today |url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/158323/bpl-players-draft-to-be-held-today |access-date=2022-01-20 |work=New Age |language=en}} He also had a successful season for the Northern Warriors in the T10 League.{{Cite web |title=Abu Dhabi T10, 2021/22 - Northern Warriors Cricket Team Records & Stats {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=14358&team=6600&type=tournament |access-date=2022-01-20 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}