Krishmar Santokie

Krishmar Santokie (born 20 December 1984) is a cricketer who plays for Jamaica and has represented the West Indies at international Twenty20 level. He bowls left-arm medium pace and is a lower order batsman.

Krishmar Santokie

Personal information
Full name	Krishmar Santokie
Born	(1984-12-20) 20 December 1984 (age 39) Clarendon, Jamaica
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Left-arm medium fast
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2007–present	Jamaica
2013	Khulna Royal Bengals
2013–2014	Guyana Amazon Warriors
2014	Mumbai Indians
2015	Jamaica Tallawahs
2015	Comilla Victorians
2016	St Kitts and Nevis Patriots
2017-2018	Jamaica Tallawahs
2019-2020	Sylhet Thunder
Career statistics
Competition T20I LA T20 Matches 10 9 14 Runs scored – 8 10 Batting average – 4.00 10.00 100s/50s – 0/0 0/0 Top score – 8 8* Balls bowled 221 389 284 Wickets 17 8 27 Bowling average 13.71 33.62 9.85 5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 Best bowling 4/21 3/49 5/24 Catches/stumpings 0/– 4/– 1/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 25 September 2011

Domestic career

He represented the Guyana Amazon Warriors in the Caribbean Premier League in 2013.

His slingy action & ability to deliver deceiving slower balls has made him an asset to T20 teams. Santokie spent a number of years playing in England for Farnham Royal cricket club where he used the English conditions to perfect his swing bowling technique which has continued with him into his international career.

He played for the Mumbai Indians in the 2014 Indian Premier League tournament.^[1]

Santokie came under scrutiny in December 2019 while playing for the Sylhet Thunder of the BPL when he overstepped on a delivery by a significant distance. The BCB launched an investigation shortly after the event.^[2] As of December, 2019, Santokie's career Twenty20 bowling average of 17.09 was the best by a West Indian, 18th best of active cricketers and 28th best of all time.

International career

His debut for the West Indies came in a Twenty20 International against England in September 2011, he finished with bowling figures of 1/17 in a West Indies victory.^[3]

Despite having the fourth lowest T20I bowling average of all time (15.44) and the 28th best economy rate (6.80), Santokie only played 12 matches for the West Indies before being dropped at age 29 in 2014. In his T20I career, he did not score any runs from his twelve matches, only batting once.^[4]

References

1. "How many overseas players have made their IPL debut before their first-class debuts?". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
2. "BCB anti-corruption unit completes investigation into Krishmar Santokie no-ball". ESPNcricinfo. 2019-12-28. Retrieved 2020-01-01.
3. "West Indies in England T20I Series - 2nd T20I". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
4. "How many players have been stranded in the 190s by a declaration in a Test?". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 June 2020.