Kraigg Brathwaite

Kraigg Clairmonte Brathwaite (born 1 December 1992) is a Barbadian cricketer who plays internationally for the West Indies.[1] He bats right-handed and occasionally bowls right arm off break. On 6 November 2011, he became only the second West Indian to score two Test fifties before his 19th birthday when he made 63 (212) against India in Delhi.[2][3]

Kraigg Brathwaite
Personal information
Full nameKraigg Clairmonte Brathwaite[1]
Born (1992-12-01) 1 December 1992
Bridgetown, Barbados
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleBatsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 290)20 May 2011 v Pakistan
Last Test3 February 2021 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 172)30 September 2016 v Pakistan
Last ODI9 March 2017 v England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2008–presentCCC
2008–presentBarbados
2017Yorkshire
2018Nottinghamshire
2019Glamorgan
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 59 10 156 53
Runs scored 3,496 278 9,845 1,789
Batting average 33.29 27.80 38.15 38.89
100s/50s 8/17 0/1 22/51 3/9
Top score 212 78 246 108
Balls bowled 1,899 152 2,674 528
Wickets 18 1 27 6
Bowling average 56.94 140.00 50.55 68.50
5 wickets in innings 1 0 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 6/29 1/56 6/29 1/6
Catches/stumpings 26/– 3/– 98/– 11/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 3 February 2021

Domestic career

Brathwaite was a student at Combermere School in Saint Michael, Barbados. Brathwaite had scored 28 centuries in local cricket in Barbados before being included in West Indian under-15 team competing in the Clico International Under-15 Cricket Championships in 2008. He made his first-class cricket debut for Combined Campuses and Colleges against his home country Barbados on 3 April 2009 where he made 73 runs opening the batting. Later that month, he was selected for the Barbados team to play Guyana at Providence Stadium.

In August 2012, Brathwaite led West Indies under-19 team in the Under-19 World Cup in Australia. In September 2013, Brathwaite toured with West Indies A to India for an unofficial test series he finished with a total of 334 in 6 innings with an average of 55.66. This included two half-centuries and a hundred. In January 2014 Brathwaite was announced as Barbados' Regional 4-day captain. Brathwaite was part of the Barbados Regional super 50 2014 squad which won the competition and had scores of 2,29*,55* and 36 against Trinidad, Leeward Islands, Guyana and Trinidad respectively. Brathwaite started off the first-class season as captain well, taking Barbados to the top of the table. Barbados has played 5 matches which Brathwaite made 85 and 15 against Winward Island,19 and 5 against Guyana,91 vs Combined Campuses and Colleges(CCC),0 against Trinidad and 21 and 91 against Jamaica.

In October 2018, Cricket West Indies (CWI) awarded him a red-ball contract for the 2018–19 season.

In November 2020, Brathwaite struck his highest 1st class score of 246 vs New Zealand A at Queenstown. [4][5]

International career

In June 2009, Brathwaite was called into the West Indian squad for the series of Test matches against Bangladesh as a replacement for players participating in a strike called by the West Indies Players' Association.[6]

In November 2013 Brathwaite got a test recall for West Indies' test match series against New Zealand in December replacing an injured Chris Gayle after attempting a run a in the second One-Day International against India. Brathwaite is also a member of Sagicor High Performance Centre in Barbados. Before Brathwaite reached New Zealand he went through some trouble getting the necessary visa to fly to New Zealand: he had to wait 2 weeks before he was able to fly. On Brathwaite's return to the West Indies he scored 45 and 7.

His best bowling figure in a test innings is 6/29 which came against Sri Lanka at P Sara Oval, Colombo in 2015. In December 2015, at the Blundstone Arena in Hobart in the 2nd innings of the 1st test of the Sir Frank Worrell Trophy series against Australia, Brathwaite was last man out for a belligerent 94. His 94 accounted for 63.51% of the West Indies total of 148, the 4th highest percentage of runs in a completed innings in Test Match history.

He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for the West Indies against Pakistan on 30 September 2016.[7]

On 1 November 2016, Brathwaite carried his bat in the first innings becoming the fifth player for the West Indies to do so by scoring 142 not out against Pakistan at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.[8] In the second innings, he became the first opener to remain unbeaten in both innings of a Test.[9][10][11]

In November 2017, he was named Test captain for 2nd Test against New Zealand, replacing Jason Holder who was suspended for one match,[12][13] becoming the 37th Test captain of West Indies.[14]

In June 2020, Brathwaite was named in the West Indies' Test squad, for their series against England.[15] The Test series was originally scheduled to start in May 2020, but was moved back to July 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[16] In December 2020, Brathwaite was named as the captain of the West Indies' Test squad for their series against Bangladesh.[17]

References
  1. Kraigg Brathwaite ESPN Cricinfo profile. Retrieved 7 November 2011
  2. Chanderpaul century thwarts India again espncricinfo. Retrieved 7 November 2011
  3. "Kraigg Brathwaite". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  4. "Kemar Roach gets all-format West Indies contract". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  5. "Cricket West Indies announces list of contracted players". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  6. Cricinfo staff (8 July 2009). "West Indies name replacement squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
  7. "West Indies tour of United Arab Emirates, 1st ODI: Pakistan v West Indies at Sharjah, Sep 30, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  8. "Brathwaite carries his bat". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  9. "Brathwaite leads West Indies to famous win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  10. "Kraigg Brathwaite opens new Test record". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  11. "Records | Test matches | Batting records | Two unbeaten fifties in a match | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  12. "Jason Holder suspended for Hamilton Test". International Cricket Council. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  13. "New Zealand favourites as Southee set to return". ESPN Cricinfo. 8 December 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  14. "West Indies vs New Zealand: Kraigg Brathwaite to lead West Indies in 2nd Test against New Zealand". Cricket Country. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  15. "Darren Bravo, Shimron Hetmyer, Keemo Paul turn down call-ups for England tour". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  16. "Squad named for Sandals West Indies Tour of England". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  17. "Jason Holder, Kieron Pollard, Shimron Hetmyer among ten West Indies players to pull out of Bangladesh tour". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
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