Carlos Ricardo Brathwaite (born 18 July 1988) is a cricketer from Barbados and a former captain of the West Indies Twenty20 International (T20I) team.[2] He was a key member of the West Indies team that won the 2016 T20 World Cup, and his most notable innings was when he helped the team to win the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 Final with an innings of 34 not-out off 10 balls. Brathwaite hit the winning six to help the West Indies clinch their second T20 world title.
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| Full name | Carlos Ricardo Brathwaite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 July 1988 Christ Church, Barbados | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Ricky[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 306) | 26 December 2015 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 21 July 2016 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 161) | 18 October 2011 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 14 August 2019 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 53) | 11 October 2011 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 6 August 2019 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010/11–present | Barbados | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010/11, 2018/19–2019/20 | Combined Campuses and Colleges | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Barbados Tridents | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Antigua Hawksbills | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2019 | St Kitts and Nevis Patriots | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Delhi Capitals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016/17 | Sydney Thunder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Khulna Titans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017/18, 2020/21 | Sydney Sixers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Sunrisers Hyderabad, Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019, 2024 | Lahore Qalandars | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Kolkata Knight Riders | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Peshawar Zalmi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–present | Jamaica Tallawahs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Manchester Originals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Warwickshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Multan Sultans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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International career
editBrathwaite made his T20I debut for the West Indies against Bangladesh on 11 October 2011. He made his One Day International debut seven days later in the same series.[2]
He made his Test debut for the West Indies in the Second Test against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 26 December 2015.[3]
Needing 19 to win in the last over of the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 final against England, Brathwaite hit four consecutive sixes in the first four balls of the over to enable the West Indies to win their second World Twenty20 title.[4] This was his debut World Cup. He was the first player for the West Indies to hit four consecutive sixes in a T20I match.[5]
In August 2016, Brathwaite was named the captain of the West Indies team for their Twenty20 International matches against India in Florida later that month.[6]
On 8 March 2018, during the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier match against Papua New Guinea at the Old Hararians in Harare, Brathwaite took his first five-wicket haul in ODIs.[7][8]
In April 2019, he was named in the West Indies' squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.[9][10] On 22 June 2019, in the match against New Zealand, Brathwaite scored his first century in ODIs. He was caught on the boundary for what would have been a match-winning six.[11]
Domestic and T20 franchise career
editIn April 2016, he made his Indian Premier League (IPL) debut for Delhi Daredevils.[12][13] He spent a number of years playing domestic cricket in Ireland, with Dublin-based Leinster Cricket Club, and in 2009 he won the Bob Kerr Irish Senior Cup, defeating Donemena CC in the final.[14]
In January 2018, he was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 2018 IPL auction[15] and in May was signed by Kent County Cricket Club to play in the 2018 Vitality Blast tournament in England.[16]
In October 2018, Cricket West Indies (CWI) awarded him a white-ball contract for the 2018–19 season.[17][18] Later the same month, he was named in the squad for Khulna Titans following the draft for the 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League[19] and in October captained Combined Campuses and Colleges to their first Regional Super 50 title.[20] In December 2018, he was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for the 2019 Indian Premier League.[21][22]
In October 2019, Brathwaite was again named as captain of Combined Campuses for the 2019–20 Regional Super50 tournament.[23] In July 2020, he was named in the Jamaica Tallawahs squad for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League[24][25] and in October was drafted by the Dambulla Viiking for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League.[26]
Brathwaite signed for Birmingham Bears for the 2021 T20 Blast[27] and in July 2022 was signed by the Kandy Falcons for the 2022 Lanka Premier League.[28]
Personal life
editCarlos Brathwaite married his longtime girlfriend Jessica Felix in June 2018. The couple have a daughter.[29]
References
edit- ^ "Victory a family affair". Nation News. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Carlos Brathwaite". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
- ^ "Scorecard: 2nd Test: Australia v West Indies at Melbourne, Dec 26–30, 2015". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ^ "Who is Carlos Brathwaite?". The Hindu.
- ^ Vaishali Bhardwaj (3 April 2016). "T20 World Cup final 2016: Carlos Brathwaite hits four sixes in a row to help West Indies beat England by four wickets". Evening Standard. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
- ^ "Carlos Brathwaite named West Indies T20 captain". ESPNcricinfo. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ^ "Windies avoid scare to edge out PNG". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
- ^ "Holder and Brathwaite ward off PNG threat". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
- ^ "Andre Russell in West Indies World Cup squad, Kieron Pollard misses out". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
- ^ "Andre Russell picked in West Indies' World Cup squad". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
- ^ "New Zealand beat West Indies by five runs: Cricket World Cup 2019". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
- ^ "KKR bowl; Brathwaite debuts for Daredevils". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- ^ "The Hindu: Who is Carlos Brathwaite?". The Hindu. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ^ "Carlos Braithwaite: From Leinster to T20 glory". RTÉ.ie. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ^ "List of sold and unsold players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ^ "Billings' Twenty20 links help Kent seal Brathwaite deal". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ^ "Kemar Roach gets all-format West Indies contract". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ "Cricket West Indies announces list of contracted players". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ "Full players list of the teams following Players Draft of BPL T20 2018-19". Bangladesh Cricket Board. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- ^ "Marooners came to win title, says captain Brathwaite". stabroeknews.com. Stabroek News. 31 October 2018.
- ^ "IPL 2019 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
- ^ "IPL 2019 Auction: Who got whom". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
- ^ "Selection to CCC Marooners squad means a lot for Akshaya Persaud". Guyana Times. Archived from the original on 1 November 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
- ^ "Nabi, Lamichhane, Dunk earn big in CPL 2020 draft". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- ^ "Teams Selected for Hero CPL 2020". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- ^ "Chris Gayle, Andre Russell and Shahid Afridi among big names taken at LPL draft". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "Carlos Brathwaite: Birmingham Bears sign West Indies all-rounder for T20 Blast". BBC. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ^ "LPL 2022 draft: Kandy Falcons sign Hasaranga; Rajapaksa to turn out for Dambulla Giants". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
- ^ "Carlos Brathwaite and his wife blessed with baby girl, name her Eden Rose". Retrieved 10 February 2022.