Vasbert Drakes

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	Tests	ODIs
Vasbert Drakes West Indies (WI)

Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling type	Right-arm fast
Matches	12	34
Runs scored	386	94
Batting average	21.44	7.83
100s/50s	-/1	-/-
Top score	67	25
Balls bowled	2617	1640
Wickets	33	51
Bowling average	41.27	25.35
5 wickets in innings	1	2
10 wickets in match	-	n/a
Best bowling	5/93	5/33
Catches/stumpings	2/-	5/-
As of 25 January 2006 Source: Cricinfo.com

Vasbert Drakes (born August 5, 1969 in Barbados) is a West Indian cricketer. He was a right-arm fast bowler and handy lower order batsman.

Drakes made his international debut when he played 5 ODI games against Australia in 1994-95, followed by a tour of England. He didn't return to the side until the age of 33 when in September 2002 he was named in the West Indies' squad for the Champions Trophy. He took the wicket of Jacques Kallis in his first international over for seven years. For the next two years he became a regular in the side and played 12 Tests for the West Indies, debuting against Bangladesh at Dhaka on December 8th 2002. He played in the 2003 World Cup and finished his career with 33 Test wickets and 51 ODI wickets. With the bat he once made 67 and that was his only half century. His most important Test innings however was arguably his unbeaten 27 which helped the West Indies to chase down a world-record target of 418, set by Australia in Antigua.

The reason for his long absence from the side was because he was not available to play international cricket due to him playing first class cricket full time. He played county cricket in the English summer and in winter he represented Border in South Africa.

He is famous for being one of only four batsmen in the history of first-class cricket to be given out timed out. His case was all the more peculiar as he was not even in the country at the time. His plane to South Africa, where the match was being played, had been delayed by several hours. [1]

[edit] Teams represented

West Indies
Barbados
Border
Leicestershire
Scotland
Nottinghamshire
Sussex
Warwickshire

	West Indies squad - 2003 Cricket World Cup
1 Hooper \| 2 Jacobs \| 3 Chanderpaul \| 4 Collins \| 5 Collymore \| 6 Dillon \| 7 Drakes \| 8 Gayle \| 9 Hinds \| 10 Lara \| 11 Lawson \| 12 McLean \| 13 Powell \| 14 Samuels \| 15 Sarwan \| Coach: Harper