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Kraigg Brathwaite

Kraigg Brathwaite

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Kraigg Brathwaite
Personal information
Full nameKraigg Clairmonte Brathwaite[1]
Born1 December 1992 (age 23)
Black Rock, St Michael, Barbados
NicknameBoBo/Kraiggy
Batting styleRight–hand batsman
Bowling styleRight–arm off break
RoleOpening batsman
International information
National side
Test debut(cap 290)20 May 2011 v Pakistan
Last Test26-30 December 2015 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2008-presentCombined Campuses and Colleges,Wanderers Cricket Club
2008-PresentBarbados
Career statistics
CompetitionTestFCLA
Matches246816
Runs scored1,4574,624402
Batting average33.8843.6230.92
100s/50s4/68/230/1
Top score21221255*
Balls bowled359135–
Wickets73–
Bowling average23.7131.00–
5 wickets in innings10–
10 wickets in match00n/a
Best bowling6/291/3–
Catches/stumpings9/–43/–2/–
Source: CricketArchive, 24 October 2015
Kraigg Clairmonte Brathwaite[1] (born 2 December 1992, Black Rock, St Michael, Barbados)[1] is an international cricketerfrom Barbados who is part of the West Indian cricket team. He is a right-handed batsman. 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]

Career[edit]

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 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.[3]
Brathwaite was a student at Combermere School in Saint Michael, Barbados.
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 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.
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 vs Winward Island,19 and 5 vs Guyana,91 vs Combined Campuses and Colleges(CCC),0 vs Trinidad and 21 and 91 vs Jamaica.
His best bowling figure in a test innings is 6/29 which came against Sri Lanka at P Sara Oval, Colombo in 2015.

Records[edit]

Test centuries[edit]

Kraigg Brathwaite's Test centuries
#RunsMatchAgainstCity/CountryVenueYearResult
112911 New ZealandTrinidad and Tobago Port of Spain, Trinidad and TobagoQueen's Park Oval2014Won
221213 BangladeshSaint Vincent and the Grenadines Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesArnos Vale Ground2014Won
310616 South AfricaSouth Africa Port Elizabeth, South AfricaSt George's Park2014Drawn
411619 EnglandGrenada St. George's, GrenadaNational Cricket Stadium2015Lost

Test 5 Wicket hauls[edit]

#FiguresMatchAgainstCity/CountryVenueYearResult
16/2924 Sri LankaSri Lanka Colombo, Sri LankaP. Sara Oval2015Lost

Career best performances[edit]

as of 24 October 2015
BattingBowling
ScoreFixtureVenueSeasonBBIFixtureVenueSeason
Tests212West Indies v BangladeshKingston20146–29West Indies v Sri LankaColombo2015
FC212West Indies v BangladeshKingston20146–29West Indies v Sri LankaColombo2015
LA55*Barbados v GuyanaPort of Spain2014----

International Awards[edit]

Test Cricket – Man of the Series awards[edit]

  • In this table Ct., refers to the Catches and St. refers to the Stumping
#SeriesSeasonMatch PerformanceResult
1Bangladesh in West Indies Test Series2014324 runs (2 Matches). West Indies Won the series 2–0[4]

Test Cricket – Man of the match awards[edit]

  • In this table Ct., refers to the Catches and St. refers to the Stumping
#SeriesSeasonMatch PerformanceResult
12nd Test – New Zealand in West Indies Test Series20141st Innings – 129*. 2nd Innings - 14 ; 1 ct. West Indies won by 10 wickets.[5]
21st Test – Bangladesh in West Indies Test Series2014/151st Innings – 212 (447 balls, 14x4, 0x6). 2nd Innings - 4*. West Indies won by 10 wickets.[6]
32nd Test – West Indies in South Africa Test Series2014/151st Innings – 106 (186 balls, 12x4, 0x4).Drawn[7]

References[edit]

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