Damel Evelyn

Nationality: Barbadian

Age: 25

Position: Opening/Top Order Batter

Coaching Qualification: None

Professional Status: Professional

Route Entry: International Sportsperson Visa

Damel Evelyn is a 25-year-old Barbadian opening batsman who has progressed into West Indies first-class cricket and the West Indies Academy pathway. Born on 3 August 2001, he bats right-handed and can also provide occasional right-arm medium pace.

Playing Profile

• Club: Combined Campuses and Colleges / West Indies Academy

• Role: Opening/Top Order Batsman

• Speciality: Powerful Stroke Player

• Bowling Style: Right-arm Medium/Fast

• 2024/25: 451 runs @34.69 / List A: 112 runs @56:00

• 2026 Performance: 797 runs from 15 matches @ 28.46, with a highest score of 110, one century and four half-centuries

• Notable batting: During the W.I. Academy 2026 tour of Sri Lanka he compiled 177 runs at 35.40 across the multi-format programme.

Evelyn represented Combined Campuses and Colleges in the West Indies Championship before earning selection for the West Indies Academy. His role is primarily at the top of the order, where he is used as an opening batsman and has built a growing senior domestic record.

Damel's experience in regional first-class cricket and the West Indies Academy system gives him an attractive profile for a UK club seeking a specialist top-order batsman with exposure to high-level competition and overseas development environments.