Ryan Nurse

{{short description|Barbadian cricketer}}

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

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Ryan Nurse

| image =

| fullname = Ryan Paul Omar Nurse

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|4|24|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Saint Philip Parish, Barbados

| nickname =

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium

| club1 = West Indies B

| year1 = 2002

| club2 = Barbados

| year2 = 2004–2008

| date = 5 August

| year = 2016

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/44/44171/44171.html CricketArchive

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Ryan Paul Omar Nurse (born 24 April 1983) is a Barbadian cricketer who has represented the Barbadian national side in West Indian domestic cricket. He plays as a right-arm fast bowler.

Nurse was born in Saint Philip Parish, Barbados.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/44/44171/44171.html Ryan Nurse] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 August 2016. Selected in the West Indies under-19s squad for the 2002 Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand, he finished as his team's leading wicket-taker (and fifth overall), taking 13 wickets in six matches (including 5/28 against Australia and 3/18 against Scotland).[https://cricketarchive.com/Players/44/44171/Under-19_ODI_Matches.html Under-19 ODI matches played by Ryan Nurse] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 August 2016. Nurse made his first-class debut just weeks after the end of the World Cup, playing two Busta Cup matches for West Indies B (a development team).[https://cricketarchive.com/Players/44/44171/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Ryan Nurse] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 August 2016. He did not appear at all in top-level domestic cricket during the 2002–03 season, but the following season was a regular for Barbados in four-day matches, and also played in three limited-overs games (in the 2003–04 Red Stripe Bowl).[https://cricketarchive.com/Players/44/44171/List_A_Matches.html List A matches played by Ryan Nurse] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 August 2016. In a four-day match against West Indies B in January 2004, Nurse took 4/19 in the first innings and 7/41 in the second, finishing with career-best figures of 11/60 for the match.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/78/78961.html Barbados v West Indies B], Carib Beer Cup 2003/04 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 August 2016. His formed trailed off over the following two seasons, however, and he never took another first-class five-wicket haul. Nurse's last appearances for Barbados came in February 2008, in the Stanford 20/20 competition.[https://cricketarchive.com/Players/44/44171/Twenty20_Matches.html Twenty20 matches played by Ryan Nurse] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 August 2016.