Vasbert Drakes
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Full name | Vasbert Conniel Drakes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Springhead, Saint Andrew, Barbados | 5 August 1969|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Dominic Drakes (brother | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 246) | 8 December 2002 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 16 January 2004 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 72) | 8 March 1995 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 25 January 2004 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1991–2004 | Border | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1999 | Nottinghamshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001 | Warwickshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003 | Leicestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricket Archive, 21 September 2017 |
Vasbert Conniel Drakes (born 5 August 1969 in
, who played Tests and ODIs. He was a right-arm medium-fast bowler and handy right-hand lower order batsman.Drakes featured for
International career
Drakes made his international debut in 1994–95, when he played 5 ODI games against
He took the wicket of
Drakes also featured in the
Domestic career
Drakes played county cricket for English sides Sussex, Nottinghamshire, Warwickshire and Leicestershire. He scored two centuries for Sussex and picked up 80 wickets in his first and only season with Nottinghamshire. He also featured for South African club
Drakes is also one of only six batsmen in the history of
Coaching career
After his cricketing career, Drakes was appointed coach of
In April 2015, Drakes was named head coach of West Indies women's cricket team.[3][5] He led the West Indies women's cricket team to their first major title by winning the 2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20 in India.[12][13][14]
Personal life
Drakes's son,
References
- ^ The loneliness of the West Indian fast bowler
- ^ The Friday Column April 30, 2004 Capitalising on chances, and Vaas the minnow-basher
- ^ a b "Vasbert Drakes". trentbridge.co.uk. Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club.
- ^ Cozier, Tony (21 December 2002). "Better late than never". thehindu.com. The Hindu.
- ^ a b Mustafi, Suvajit (5 August 2017). "Vasbert Drakes: 11 facts about the Barbadian all-rounder who made a stunning comeback at 33". cricketcountry.com. Cricket Country.
- ESPN Cricinfo.
- CricInfo. ESPN. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
- Cricinfo.
- ^ Radley, Paul (20 August 2008). "Drakes is gone, not forgotten". The National. Abu Dhabi. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ "Vasbert Drakes Appointed Coach of UAE". Cricket World. 29 April 2008. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ Drakes calls for better facilities
- ^ Women World T20 finals: Australia wins toss, elects to bat
- ^ Favourite Australia faces a determined West Indies
- ^ QUEENS OF TWENTY20 CRICKET GET ROYAL WELCOME
- ^ "Drakes the hero". barbadostoday.bb. Barbados Today. 15 September 2021.