Sam Skeete

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Personal information
Full nameSamuel McDonald Skeete
Born (1967-01-19) 19 January 1967 (age 54)
Saint Michael Parish, Barbados
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1990–1994 Barbados (West Indies)
1993–1995 Easterns (South Africa)
Source: CricketArchive, 6 April 2016

Samuel McDonald Skeete (born 19 January 1967) is a former Barbadian cricketer who represented the Barbadian national team in West Indian domestic cricket. He also played three seasons of South African domestic cricket, representing Easterns.

A right-arm fast bowler, Skeete represented the West Indies under-19s at the 1988 Youth World Cup in Australia. [1] He took 13 wickets from eight matches (including 4/20 against Sri Lanka and 3/25 against Pakistan), finishing as his team's leading wicket-taker and fifth overall. [2] Skeete made his first-class debut for Barbados in January 1990, in a Red Stripe Cup match against the Leeward Islands. [3] He went on to play a total of five seasons for Barbados, including in the regional limited-overs competition and against touring international teams. [4] In total, Skeete took 52 first-class wickets from 18 matches for Barbados, with a best of 6/44 against Guyana in January 1991. [5]

In 1993, Skeete signed with Eastern Transvaal (later known as simply Easterns), a team in South African domestic cricket. He made his first-class debut for the team in October 1993, in the UCB Bowl. [3] Later in the 1993–94 season he also played two games for the Impalas (a team of players from smaller provincial boards) in the limited-overs Benson and Hedges Series. [4] Skeete spent a total of three seasons as Easterns' overseas player, leaving midway through the 1995–96 season. [6] In the 1994–95 UCB Bowl, he took 23 wickets from six matches, behind only Corrie Jordaan overall, and also scored 314 runs, which was the second-most for his team (behind Craig Norris). [7] [8] Against Border B, he scored his one and only first-class century. This was an innings of 119 from 93 balls made from eighth in the batting order, and including ten fours and nine sixes. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ Under-19 ODI matches played by Sam Skeete – CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  2. ↑ Bowling in McDonald's Bicentennial Youth World Cup 1987/88 (ordered by wickets) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  3. 1 2 First-class matches played by Sam Skeete – CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  4. 1 2 List A matches played by Sam Skeete – CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  5. ↑ First-class bowling for each team by Sam Skeete – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  6. ↑ Luke Alfred (1 October 1999). "Easterns to sign up Azhar or Simmons" – IOL. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  7. ↑ Bowling in UCB Bowl 1994/95 (ordered by wickets) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  8. ↑ Batting in UCB Bowl 1994/95 (ordered by runs) [ permanent dead link ] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  9. ↑ Eastern Transvaal v Border B, UCB Bowl 1994/95 (Section One) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
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