Ezekiel Francis

Ezekiel Francis (born 23 May 1985, Dominica) is a left-handed Dominican cricketer who represented the Windward Islands and the Dominica national side in the mid-2000s. He is a left-hand bat with occasional medium pace, operating mainly in the middle to lower order.

Domestic and representative career

Francis made his first-class debut for the Windward Islands against Guyana at Georgetown, 4–7 March 2005, aged nineteen, and returned for a second first-class fixture versus the Leeward Islands at Philipsburg, 5–8 February 2007. He also played List A cricket in the 2006–07 KFC Cup, featuring in four matches including the semi-final and final; his best List A score was 36 against Trinidad and Tobago. In Twenty20, he appeared for Dominica in the 2006 Stanford 20/20, scoring 17 against Grenada.

Record, role, and legacy

Official ledgers credit him with 2 first-class matches (19 runs at 4.75; best 14) and 1 first-class wicket; List A appearances came in the 2006–07 season, and his T20 outing carried full status in the Stanford competition. Player files describe his role as a batsman (lower order) with occasional bowling, aligning with match reports that mention his partnership work in the KFC Cup. He is listed among Windward Islands first-class cricketers, placing him in the island’s modern lineage alongside peers who bridged national selection into regional squads.