Robert Samuels (cricketer)

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Robert Samuels
Personal information
Full name
Robert George Samuels
Born (1971-03-13) 13 March 1971 (age 52)
Kingston, Jamaica
BattingLeft-handed
RoleOpening batsman
Relations Marlon Samuels (brother)
International information
National side
Test debut(cap  211)19 April 1996 v  New Zealand
Last Test1 February 1997 v  Australia
ODI debut(cap  79)6 December 1996 v  Australia
Last ODI18 January 1997 v  Pakistan
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs First Class List A
Matches6810677
Runs scored3725455291396
Batting average 37.2018.0031.7724.06
100s/50s1/1-/-6/341/7
Top score12536*159103
Balls bowled
Wickets
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in matchn/an/an/a
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings 8/-1/-87/-24/-
Source: [1] , 19 January 2024

Robert George Samuels (born 13 March 1971, in Kingston, Jamaica) is a former West Indian cricketer and coach. He played, from 1996 to 1997, in six Tests and eight ODIs for the Windies.

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Samuels has since coached Jamaica at both the U-19 and senior levels.

He also served as an assistant coach and later an interim coach of the West Indies women's cricket team. In 2022 Samuels coached the Trinbago Knight Riders Women's side to the inaugural Women's Caribbean Premier League title. [2] [3] [4]

Career

An opening batsman, Samuels scored 125 in his second Test against New Zealand in 1996. On the tour of Australia later that year, he managed 231 runs at an average of 33 across four Tests. In the final Test at Perth, he contributed 76 in a match-winning 208 run partnership with Brian Lara (132). Despite an unbeaten 35 in the second innings, it would be his final Test for the West Indies.

The high point of his brief ODI career was an unbeaten 36 off 24 balls which helped West Indies to a four wicket win over Australia in Perth. Coming in at 179 for five, Samuels added 86 for the sixth wicket with Lara (90) to pull of an unlikely victory.

Personal life

He attended Kingston College of Kingston, Jamaica. He's the older brother of Marlon Samuels, also a former West Indian cricketer. [5] [6]

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