1. Omari Ahmed Clement Banks was born on 17 July 1982 and is an Anguillan musician and former cricketer, who appeared in 10 Test matches for the West Indies, as well as domestic matches for the Leeward Islands.
12 Facts About Omari Banks
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In 2011, Banks began to pursue his musical career professionally and has been less involved in playing regional cricket, and officially retired from cricket on 31 January 2012.
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Omari Banks played for the Leeward Islands from 2000 to 2011.
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Omari Banks later played for Carnforth Cricket Club, in the summer of 2006 in Northern Premier League.
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Omari Banks averaged 54.6 with the bat, whilst taking 27 wickets at a brief spell at the Lancashire club, before being called up to the West Indies 'A' team on the tour of England.
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Omari Banks officially retired from professional cricket on 25 January 2012 to focus on his musical career.
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Omari Banks's upcoming album is currently untitled and expected to be released in Spring 2012.
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Omari Banks appeared on the syndicated Caribbean entertainment program Caribbean Soundtrack in summer 2010 His 2014 music video "No Point to Prove" featured Peetah Morgan of the group Morgan Heritage.
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Omari Banks released his latest album Move On on 17 February 2015.
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Omari Banks recently embarked on a tour of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to promote new music which will be released in late 2015.
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Omari Banks won Best new artist 2017 by Irie Jam Radio online awards and was nominated for 2017 artist of the year at Linkage Radio awards.
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In May 2018, Omari Banks premiered Reggae Summertime video in India.