West Indies Cricket Players
Marlon Samuels
A classy right-hander whose composed start to his Test career prompted comparisons with Viv Richards. When Samuels flew into Australia for the third Test of the 2000-01 series, he was only 19 and had yet to represent his native Jamaica in a first-class match. But he showed a beautifully balanced technique, standing completely still at the crease and moving smoothly into his strokes off either foot. His undistinguished offspin also claimed a couple of wickets. Samuels exudes a bull-headed confidence - he used to skip his schoolwork on the basis that exams were irrelevant to future Test cricketers. That confidence/arrogance almost got him sent home from India late in 2002, after he defied a team curfew - but he was kept on, and responded with his a disciplined maiden Test century, at Kolkata. But he struggled with both form and injury, and was dropped after two poor home Tests against Sri Lanka in 2003.
- Full name : Marlon Nathaniel Samuels
- Born : January 5, 1981, Kingston, Jamaica
- Batting style : Right-hand bat
- Bowling style : Right-hand offbreak
- Test debut : Australia v West Indies at Adelaide - Dec 15-19, 2000
- Last Test : Australia v West Indies at Hobart - Nov 17-21, 2005
- ODI debut : Sri Lanka v West Indies at Nairobi (Gym) - Oct 4, 2000
- Last ODI : Australia v West Indies at Adelaide - Jan 26, 2005
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India in West Indies Cricket Series 2006
Schedule
- May 16 Practice Match, Jamaica
- May 18 1st ODI, Jamaica
- May 20 2nd ODI, Jamaica
- May 23 3rd ODI, St Kitts
- May 26 4th ODI, Trinidad
- May 28 5th ODI, Trinidad
- June 2-6 1st Test, Antigua
- June 10-14 2nd Test, St. Lucia
- June 16-18 vs WICB Board XI, Nevis
- June 22-26 3rd Test, St Kitts
- June 30-July 4 4th Test, Jamaica
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