Monday 26 December 2011

FAMOUS WEST INDIES CRICKTERS

Dwayne Bravo

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Personal information
Full name Dwayne James John Bravo
Born 7 October 1983 (age 28)
Santa Cruz, Trinidad
Nickname Donnie Darko
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right arm medium fast
Role all rounder
International information
National side West Indies
Test debut 22 July 2004 v England
Last Test 5 December 2010 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut 18 April 2004 v England
Last ODI 6 February 2011 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
Years Team
2002–present Trinidad and Tobago (squad no. 47)
2006 Kent (squad no. 47)
2008–2010 Mumbai Indians (squad no. 47)
2009–present Victoria
2010 Essex (squad no. 47)
2011–present Chennai Super Kings
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs FC LA
Matches 40 110 97 150
Runs scored 2,200 1,826 5,218 2,499
Batting average 31.42 24.67 30.87 23.55
100s/50s 2/7 1/5 8/29 1/7
Top score 103 112* 197 112*
Balls bowled 6,466 4,363 10,763 5,692
Wickets 86 132 171 176
Bowling average 39.83 28.93 33.78 27.56
5 wickets in innings 2 0 7 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 6/55 4/19 6/11 6/46
Catches/stumpings 41/– 44/– 83/– 61/–
Source: CricketArchive, 25 February 2011
Dwayne James John Bravo (born 7 October 1983) is a West Indian cricketer. A right-handed pace bowler, Bravo is expected to play a significant role in attempts by the West Indies to return to international prominence in the sport.
Bravo is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who has already become one of the West Indies' more reliable one-day bowlers with the ability to contain batsmen towards the end of the innings.
Bravo played for the Mumbai Indians, and was later signed by the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League. Bravo also plays for the Victorian Bushrangers in the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash.

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Darren Sammy

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Personal information
Full name Darren Julius Garvey Sammy
Born 20 December 1983 (age 28)
Dugard, Micoud, St. Lucia
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right arm medium
Role All-rounder, West Indies captain
International information
National side West Indies
Test debut (cap 266) 7 June 2007 v England
Last Test 26 November 2011 v India
ODI debut (cap 124) 8 July 2004 v New Zealand
Last ODI 11 December 2011 v India
Domestic team information
Years Team
2003–present Windward Islands
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 21 70 74 128
Runs scored 626 720 2,717 1,774
Batting average 17.38 18.94 23.42 21.63
100s/50s 0/1 0/2 1/17 0/5
Top score 58 58* 121 65
Balls bowled 3,772 2,879 10,777 5,487
Wickets 59 49 179 122
Bowling average 30.05 45.59 26.97 34.16
5 wickets in innings 4 0 10 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 7/66 4/26 7/66 4/16
Catches/stumpings 29/– 33/– 97/– 67/–
Source: CricketArchive, 14 December 2011
Darren Julius Garvey Sammy (born December 20, 1983) is a Saint Lucian cricketer who plays international cricket for the West Indies. He is a right-handed batsman and a fast-medium bowler. On making his One Day International (ODI) debut against Bangladesh in 2004, Sammy became the first person from the island of St. Lucia to play international cricket. Three years later he made his Test debut against England, taking the best bowling figures for a West Indian in his first Test since Alf Valentine in 1950. Sammy was appointed West Indies captain in October 2010.

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Chris Gayle

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Chris Gayle at the Docklands, 2005
Personal information
Full name Christopher Henry Gayle
Born 21 September 1979 (age 32)
Kingston, Jamaica
Nickname Galy
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Right arm off break
Role All-Rounder
International information
National side West Indies
Test debut 16 March 2000 v Zimbabwe
Last Test 5 December 2010 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut 11 September 1999 v India
Last ODI 6 February 2011 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no. 45
Domestic team information
Years Team
1998–2008, 2010 - Jamaica
2005 Worcestershire
2009–11 Western Warriors
2008–2010 Kolkata Knight Riders
2011- Royal Challengers Bangalore
2011- Sydney Thunder
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 91 223 165 284
Runs scored 6,373 7,917 12,127 10,138
Batting average 41.65 39.00 44.74 39.60
100s/50s 13/33 19/42 29/59 21/58
Top score 333 153* 333 153*
Balls bowled 6,857 6,900 12,133 8,930
Wickets 72 156 129 210
Bowling average 41.59 34.91 38.87 32.17
5 wickets in innings 2 1 2 1
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 5/34 5/46 5/34 5/46
Catches/stumpings 85/– 96/– 143/– 118/–
Source: Cricinfo, 6 February 2011
Christopher Henry "Chris" Gayle (born 21 September 1979) is a Jamaican cricketer who currently plays international cricket for the West Indies. He captained the West Indies' Test side from 2007 to 2010. He plays domestic cricket for Jamaica, and has also represented Worcestershire, the Western Warriors and the Kolkata Knight Riders. He is currently signed with Royal Challenger Bangalore in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and the Sydney Thunder in the Big Bash League. He is one of only four players who have scored two triple centuries at Test level: 317 against South Africa in 2005, and 333 against Sri Lanka in 2010. He is considered one of the greatest hitters of all time.

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Ramnaresh Sarwan
Personal information
Full name Ramnaresh Ronnie Sarwan
Born 23 June 1980 (age 31)
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right arm leg break
Role Batsman
International information
National side West Indies
Test debut (cap 234) 18 May 2000 v Pakistan
Last Test 20 December 2009 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 101) 20 July 2000 v England
Last ODI 6 February 2011 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
Years Team
1996– Guyana
2005 Gloucestershire
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 83 159 187 228
Runs scored 5,759 5,245 11,739 7,425
Batting average 41.73 44.07 40.20 41.71
100s/50s 15/31 4/35 31/62 8/45
Top score 291 115* 291 118*
Balls bowled 2,022 581 4,193 1,130
Wickets 23 16 54 35
Bowling average 50.56 36.62 41.18 28.60
5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 1
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 4/37 3/31 6/62 5/10
Catches/stumpings 50/– 43/– 134/– 64/–
Source: CricketArchive, 7 February 2011
Ramnaresh Ronnie Sarwan (born 23 June 1980, in Wakenaam Island, Guyana) is a West Indian cricketer of Indo-Guyanese origin and a member of the West Indies cricket team.
Sarwan grew up in the small village outside the capital city of Guyana, Georgetown where he played for Georgetown Cricket Club.
He has been a member of the West Indies cricket team since his Test debut against Pakistan at Barbados in May 2000 – a match in which he was unbeaten in both innings including a first innings score of 84 not out. He missed scoring his maiden Test century against South Africa in March 2001 when he was run out for 91. His score of 78 in the second Test against India at Chennai in October 2002 was his fourth innings of 75+ that was not converted into a century. His maiden Test century came in his next Test series against Bangladesh at Dhaka. His next Test century came against Australia at St. John's in May 2003. His best innings (291) came against England in February/March 2009. Sarwan is also a part-time leg-break bowler with best bowling figures of 4 for 37.
During the most recent controversy involving the bowling action of Sri Lanka great Muttiah Muralitharan, which led to an International Cricket Council investigation of most of the world's international-class bowlers, Sarwan was found to be the only bowler tested who did not transgress the Laws of Cricket regarding the straightening of the arm during delivery.
On June 23, 2006 (his 26th birthday) while playing against India Sarwan hit 6 fours in an over off Munaf Patel and emulated Sandeep Patil (off Bob Willis, seven balls) and Chris Gayle (off Matthew Hoggard, six balls) playing at Warner Park Sporting Complex.
Sarwan was dropped from the side for the second Test against Pakistan in November 2006. It was the first time in his six year career that he had missed a game due to poor form. According to captain Brian Lara "It wasn't designed as a drop. We just wanted to make him aware of the situation and come back stronger. We need him and we need him to take control."
On April 29, 2007 it was announced that Sarwan was to succeed the retiring Brian Lara as captain of the West Indies following the West Indies' exit from the 2007 Cricket World Cup.[1]
During the second Test in the West Indies tour of England in May 2007, Sarwan injured his shoulder when he collided with the boundary fence while attempting to cut off a boundary. The injury was serious enough to rule him out of the remainder of the tour and for a further ten months. Sarwan returned to the West Indies side in 2008 for the home series against Sri Lanka, as vice-captain to the current captain, Chris Gayle. Throughout the series Sarwan showed excellent form with the bat, looking very fluent and scoring over 50 in four consecutive innings, including a match-winning century, at an average of 77.75.
In the 2008 Test series against Australia, Sarwan continued his fine batting form by following up with a half century and a matching saving 128 in the 2nd Test in North Sound, Antigua. At the age 28 years, 228 days he became the youngest West Indian to reach the 5000 runs milestone when he scored a century against England in Jamaica. In the 2009 home series against England, in scoring his 13th Test match century Sarwan equalled the record for the most centuries in the fourth innings – a record he shares with Sunil Gavaskar and Ricky Ponting,[2] In the first innings of the fourth test he recorded his personal best of 291 which equalled the highest score for the West Indies of the great Sir Vivian Richards.
Sarwan's name is a common Hindu name shared by many of his countrymen who have roots in India. For much of his career he wore a bandanna under his helmet whilst batting, but has now dropped the practice due to a change in the design of helmet. He shares the habit of his fellow Countrymen Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Narsingh Deonarine of marking his guard with a bail.
Sarwan did however lose his central contract due to poor fitness and indifferent form. West Indies coach Otis Gibson stated that leaving Sarwan was a tough decision but he will make many contributions to the West Indies in the future and that he needs time to regain his form. Therefore he wasn't selected for the tour of Sri Lanka along with regular wicket-keeper Denesh Ramdin [3]

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Daren Ganga

Personal information
Born 14 January 1979 (age 32)
Barrackpore, Trinidad and Tobago
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right arm off break
Role Batsman
International information
National side West Indies
Test debut 26 December 1998 v South Africa
Last Test 10 January 2008 v South Africa
ODI debut 2 February 1999 v South Africa
Last ODI 10 December 2006 v Pakistan
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs FC LA
Matches 48 35 146 98
Runs scored 2,160 843 8,505 2,547
Batting average 25.71 25.54 36.19 29.27
100s/50s 3/9 0/9 20/38 2/19
Top score 135 71 265 101*
Balls bowled 186 1 616 289
Wickets 1 0 4 5
Bowling average 106.00 – 83.50 38.20
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 1/20 0/4 1/7 2/20
Catches/stumpings 30/– 11/– 94/– 32/–
Source: CricketArchive, 29 November 2008
Daren Ganga (born January 14, 1979) is a West Indian cricketer of East Indian descent. He is a right-handed top order batsman and part-time right-arm offbreak bowler. After debuting as a 19 year old he has found himself in and out of the West Indies team, playing regularly for and at times captaining the West Indies A side when he was not selected. After being named the 2006 West Indies Players' Association 'Test player of the year',[1] Ganga had for the first time in his career cemented his spot in the side and when captain Ramnaresh Sarwan injured his shoulder in the second Test of their 2007 tour of England, the West Indies Cricket Board turned to Ganga to captain the side for the remainder of the series. Ganga has previously had a chance to hone his leadership from captaining the Trinidad and Tobago and the West Indies Under-23 teams. He can also bowl off spin bowling but he is mainly a batsman.

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Brian Lara

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Personal information
Full name Brian Charles Lara
Born 2 May 1969 (age 42)
Santa Cruz, Trinidad
Nickname The Prince
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Right-arm leg-break
Role Higher middle order batsman
International information
National side West Indies
Test debut (cap 196) 6 December 1990 v Pakistan
Last Test 27 November 2006 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 59) 9 November 1990 v Pakistan
Last ODI 21 April 2007 v England
ODI shirt no. 9
Domestic team information
Years Team
1987–2008 Trinidad and Tobago
1992–1993 Transvaal
1994–1998 Warwickshire
2010 Southern Rocks
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 131 299 261 429
Runs scored 11,953 10,405 22,156 14,602
Batting average 52.88 40.48 51.88 39.67
100s/50s 34/48 19/63 65/88 27/86
Top score 400* 169 501* 169
Balls bowled 60 49 514 130
Wickets – 4 4 5
Bowling average – 15.25 104.00 29.80
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling – 2/5 1/1 2/5
Catches/stumpings 164/– 120/– 320/– 177/–
Source: cricinfo.com, 4 February 2008
Brian Charles Lara, TC, OCC, AM (born 2 May 1969, in Santa Cruz, Trinidad and Tobago) is a former West Indian international cricket player.[1][2] Lara is generally regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time. He topped the Test batting rankings on several occasions and holds several cricketing records, including the record for the highest individual score in first-class cricket, with 501 not out for Warwickshire against Durham at Edgbaston in 1994, which is the only quintuple hundred in first-class cricket history.[3] The BBC radio commentary on the final day of the innings (6 June 1994), by Dave Roberts, was being broadcast around the world live via the BBC World Service network, and in the UK on BBC Radios 1, 2 & 4 as well as the majority of BBC Local radio stations. That evening, as Lara neared the all-time batting record, a huge surge of fans crowded to enter the grounds.
Lara also holds the record for the highest individual score in a test innings after scoring 400 not out against England at Antigua in 2004.[4] He is the only batsman to have ever scored a hundred, a double century, a triple century, a quadruple century and a quintuple century in first class games over the course of a senior career.[5][6] Lara also holds the test record of scoring most number of runs in a single over in a Test match, when he scored 28 runs off an over by Robin Peterson of South Africa in 2003.[7]
Lara's match-winning performance of 153 not out against Australia in Bridgetown, Barbados in 1999 has been rated by Wisden as the second best batting performance in the history of Test cricket, next only to the 270 runs scored by Sir Donald Bradman in The Ashes Test match of 1937.[8] Muttiah Muralitharan, rated as the greatest Test match bowler ever by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack,[9] and the highest wicket-taker in both Test cricket[10] and in One Day Internationals (ODIs),[11] has hailed Lara as his toughest opponent among all batsmen in the world.[12] Lara was awarded the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World awards in 1994 and 1995[13] and is also one of only three cricketers to receive the prestigious BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year, the other two being Sir Garfield Sobers and Shane Warne.[14] Brian Lara is popularly nicknamed as "The Prince of Port of Spain" or simply "The Prince".[15] On 27 November 2009 he was appointed honorary member of the Order of Australia.[16]

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