Brandon Bess

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Brandon Bess
Personal information
Full nameBrandon Jeremy Bess
Born (1987-12-13) 13 December 1987 (age 33)
Rosignol, Berbice, Guyana
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
International information
National side
Only Test(cap  286)26 June 2010 v  South Africa
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2007/08–2011/12 Guyana
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA T20
Matches13261
Runs scored1120640
Batting average 11.007.62
100s/50s0/00/00/0–/–
Top score11* 334*
Balls bowled783,24613824
Wickets 15631
Bowling average 92.0040.3341.0024.00
5 wickets in innings 01
10 wickets in match0
Best bowling1/655/281/201/24
Catches/stumpings 0/13/–3/–1/–
Source: CricketArchive, 20 April 2019

Brandon Jeremy Bess (born 13 December 1987) is a former international cricketer who made his debut for the West Indies cricket team in June 2010 as a late replacement for Nelon Pascal, who was injured pre-match. A right-arm fast-medium bowler and lower order right-handed batsman, he plays first-class cricket for Guyana.

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Cricket career

Early cricket

Bess made his debut for Guyana in January 2008, playing in a Carib Beer Cup match against Trinidad and Tobago. He played only one further match in the 2007–08 season. [1] He played more regularly in 2008–09, and appeared for West Indies A against the touring England XI, claiming a solitary wicket. [2] The season also saw him make his first appearances in List A cricket, playing two matches for Guyana in November 2008. [3]

His best bowling figures came early in the 2009–10 season, when he claimed four wickets in the first innings against Jamaica. [4] He completed 2009–10 with a bowling average of 33.69, his best season average. [5] His performances saw him appear for the West Indies A against the Zimbabweans in April 2010. [1]

Test call-up

During the 2010 home series against South Africa, Bess made a surprise debut. Nelon Pascal, himself in the team for the missing Ravi Rampaul, [6] suffered a neck injury during the pre-match warm-up exercises. Bess, who was training at the High Performance Centre in Bridgetown was rushed to the ground, [7] not arriving until the second over of the match. [8] Bess, who came into the game with a first-class bowling average of 48.80, opened the bowling for the West Indies, but saw opposition captain Graeme Smith score three boundaries off his first over. [8] He was taken off after his second over as Chris Gayle turned to spinner Shane Shillingford. [9] He returned in the twentieth over, and claimed the wicket of nightwatchman Paul Harris. He continued to bowl expensively, with 65 runs coming off the 9 overs that he bowled in the first innings. Cricinfo's Siddhartha Talya was unimpressed with his performance: [10]

...and Bess adding to the frustration with his indiscipline with the second new-ball. He bowled seven no-balls, provided width, strayed on the pads and dropped short to be dealt with each time by the batsmen who gradually had begun to loosen up.

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References

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  2. "West Indies A v England XI". CricketArchive. 29 January 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
  3. "List A Matches played by Brandon Bess (2)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
  4. "Guyana v Jamaica". CricketArchive. 22 January 2010. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
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  6. Nitin Sundar (25 June 2010). "South Africa aim to leave in convincing style". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 27 June 2010.
  7. Nitin Sundar (26 June 2010). "Botha, seamers make it South Africa's day". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
  8. 1 2 "Windies batsmen struggle". Sky Sports. 26 June 2010. Archived from the original on 28 June 2010. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
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