Marlon Samuels

Personal information

Full name

Marlon Nathaniel Samuels

Born

5 February 1981 (age 35)
Kingston, Jamaica

Batting style

Right-handed

Bowling style

Right-arm offbreak

Role

Allrounder

International information

National side

West Indies

Test debut (cap 237)

15 December 2000 v Australia

Last Test

17 October 2016 v Pakistan

ODI debut (cap 103)

4 October 2000 v Sri Lanka

Last ODI

5 October 2016 v Pakistan

T20I debut (cap 15)

28 June 2007 v England

Last T20I

27 September 2016 v Pakistan

T20I shirt no.

Domestic team information

Years

Team

1996–

2011–2013

2012–2013

2012–2013

2013–2014

2015–

St Kitts and Nevis Patriots

2015–

Comilla Victorians

2017-

Peshawar Zalmi

Career statistics

Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	66	184	117	242
Runs scored	3,710	5064	7,088	6,735
Batting average	33.12	34.21	37.10	34.53
100s/50s	7/23	10/27	14/39	7/34
Top score	260	133	260	133*
Balls bowled	4,392	4,901	7,432	6,769
Wickets	41	85	71	129
Bowling average	59.63	46.25	55.05	40.44
5 wickets in innings	0	–	1	0
10 wickets in match	0	n/a	0	n/a
Best bowling	4/13	3/25	5/87	4/21
Catches/stumpings	27/–	50/–	67/–	66/–

Source: Espncricinfo, 7 November 2015

Marlon Nathaniel Samuels (born 5 February 1981) is a Jamaican cricketer who plays internationally for the West Indies. He is a right-handed middle order batsman and an off-spinner. Samuels made his Test debut in Australia in 2000, and his One Day International debut against Sri Lanka in Nairobi during the ICC Knockout Trophy in the same year. He was a member of the West Indies team that won the 2012 ICC World Twenty20. In 2013 he was named one of the Wisden cricketers of the year. He was one of the franchise players for the inaugural Caribbean Premier League. In 2016 the West Indies Cricket Board named Samuels as the ODI Player of the Year and the Cricketer of the Year.

Samuels scored his maiden Test hundred at Kolkata against the Indians in 2002/03. His innings of 104 helped the West Indies to draw the 3rd Test and was made against the likes of Javagal Srinath, Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh. His first ODI ton came in the series which followed and turned out to be a series winning innings. With the series level at 3–3 going into the final match at Vijayawada on 24 November 2002, Samuels smacked 108 not out off just 75 balls. The West Indies finished with 315 and went on to win by 135 runs.

During the West Indies tour of Australia, on 9 October 2005 Samuels registered his highest first-class score with an innings of 257. It was made in a tour match against Queensland at the Gabba. His effort was a record score at the ground, beating Martin Love's 250. Showing his allround abilities, he followed it up with 5 wickets in the next innings. He played in two Tests on the tour, with a highest score of 29, before he was sent home with a knee injury.

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