McKenny Clarke

{{short description|West Indies cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}

{{Infobox cricketer

|name=McKenny Clarke

|birth_date={{birth date and age|df=y|2003|06|05}}

|fullname =

|birth_place=Saint Lucia

|death_date=

|death_place=

|batting=Right-handed

|bowling=Right-arm fast medium

|role=Bowler

|club1=West Indies Academy

|club2=Saint Lucia Kings

|club3=

|club4=

|year1=2022-present

|year2=2023-present

| columns = 3

| column1 = FC

| matches1 = 8

| runs1 = 118

| bat avg1 = 10.72

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 30

| deliveries1 = 840

| wickets1 = 15

| bowl avg1 = 38.80

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 3/26

| catches/stumpings1 = 4/–

| column2 = LA

| matches2 = 13

| runs2 = 12

| bat avg2 = 1.71

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 6

| deliveries2 = 386

| wickets2 = 9

| bowl avg2 = 41.44

| fivefor2 = 0

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 2/20

| catches/stumpings2 = 5/–

| column3 =T20

| matches3 =3

| runs3 = 0

| bat avg3 = 0.00

| 100s/50s3 = 0/0

| top score3 = 0

| deliveries3 = 30

| wickets3 = 0

| bowl avg3 = –

| fivefor3 = 0

| tenfor3 = 0

| best bowling3 = –

| catches/stumpings3 = 4/–

| date = 20 April 2025

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/mckenny-clarke-1275937 ESPNcricinfo

}}

McKenny Clarke (born 5 June 2003) is a West Indies cricketer who currently plays for the West Indies Academy as a bowler.{{Cite web |title=McKenny Clarke Profile - Cricket Player West Indies {{!}} Stats, Records, Video |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/mckenny-clarke-1275937 |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}}

Career

In December 2021, he was named in the West Indies squad for the 2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.{{cite web |title=CWI names West Indies Rising Stars U19 squad for ICC U19 Men's Cricket World Cup |url=https://www.windiescricket.com/news/cwi-names-west-indies-rising-stars-u19-squad-for-icc-u19-mens-cricket-world-cup/ |access-date=2023-12-06 |work=Cricket West Indies}}{{Cite web |date=2021-12-03 |title=Guyanese Nandu and Thorne in West Indies U-19 World Cup squad |url=https://newsroom.gy/2021/12/03/guyanese-nandu-and-thorne-in-west-indies-u-19-world-cup-squad/ |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=News Room Guyana |language=en-US}} He made his List A debut playing for the West Indies Academy against Leeward Islands on 29 October 2022 during the 2022–23 Super50 Cup.{{Cite web |title=LWD vs WIA, Super50 Cup 2022/23, 1st Match, Zone B at North Sound, October 29, 2022 - Full Scorecard |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/super50-cup-2022-23-1342475/leeward-islands-vs-west-indies-academy-1st-match-zone-b-1342478/full-scorecard |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}}

He made his first-class debut on 26 April 2023 playing for West Indies Academy against Team Weekes during the 2023 Headley Weekes Tri-Series.{{Cite web |title=WEK vs WIA, Headley Weekes Tri-Series 2023, 2nd Match at Coolidge, April 26 - 29, 2023 - Full Scorecard |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/headley-weekes-tri-series-2023-1368987/team-weekes-vs-west-indies-academy-2nd-match-1368991/full-scorecard |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}} He was signed by Saint Lucia Kings for the 2023 Caribbean Premier League season. He eventually made his T20 debut during the 2023 season in a league stage match against the Trinbago Knight Riders on 26 August 2023.{{Cite web |title=SLK vs TKR, Caribbean Premier League 2023, 9th Match at Basseterre, August 26, 2023 - Full Scorecard |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/caribbean-premier-league-2023-1369538/st-lucia-kings-vs-trinbago-knight-riders-9th-match-1369566/full-scorecard |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}}

In November 2023, he was named in the West Indies Academy squad to face Emerging Ireland side in List A and first-class series.{{Cite web |title=West Indies Academy squad named to face Ireland Academy in five-match series in Antigua {{!}} Windies Cricket news |url=https://www.windiescricket.com/news/west-indies-academy-squad-named-to-face-ireland-academy-in-five-match-series-in-antigua/ |access-date=2023-12-06|website=Windies}}{{Cite web |date=2023-11-22 |title=Young, Nandu seal series win for CWI Academy |url=https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sports/young-nandu-seal-series-win-for-cwi-academy/ |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=Jamaica Observer |language=en-US}}

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