Carlos Brathwaite

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Carlos Brathwaite

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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Carlos Brathwaite
Carlos Brathwaite in 2019
Personal information
Full name
Carlos Ricardo Brathwaite
Born (1988-07-18) 18 July 1988 (age 36)
Christ Church, Barbados
NicknameRicky[1]
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 306)26 December 2015 v Australia
Last Test21 July 2016 v India
ODI debut (cap 161)18 October 2011 v Bangladesh
Last ODI14 August 2019 v India
T20I debut (cap 53)11 October 2011 v Bangladesh
Last T20I6 August 2019 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2010/11–presentBarbados
2010/11, 2018/19–2019/20Combined Campuses and Colleges
2013Barbados Tridents
2014Antigua Hawksbills
2015–2019St Kitts and Nevis Patriots
2016–2017Delhi Capitals
2016/17Sydney Thunder
2017–2019Khulna Titans
2017/18, 2020/21Sydney Sixers
2018Sunrisers Hyderabad, Kent
2019, 2024Lahore Qalandars
2019Kolkata Knight Riders
2020Peshawar Zalmi
2020–presentJamaica Tallawahs
2021Manchester Originals
2021Warwickshire
2021–2022Multan Sultans
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 3 44 41 39
Runs scored 181 559 310 1,522
Batting average 45.25 16.44 14.76 27.67
100s/50s 0/3 1/1 0/0 1/9
Top score 69 101 37* 109
Balls bowled 408 1,825 709 4,472
Wickets 1 43 31 88
Bowling average 242.00 41.06 32.67 23.84
5 wickets in innings 0 1 0 2
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/30 5/27 3/20 7/90
Catches/stumpings 0/– 11/– 19/– 20/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  West Indies
ICC Men's T20 World Cup
Winner2016 India
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 6 November 2021
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International career

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Brathwaite 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

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In 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

Carlos Brathwaite married his longtime girlfriend Jessica Felix in June 2018. The couple have a daughter.[29]

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