Brandon Bess
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Brandon Jeremy Bess is an international cricket
er 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
.
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. He played more regularly in 2008–09, and appeared for West Indies A
against the touring England XI, claiming a solitary wicket. The season also saw him make his first appearances in List A cricket, playing two matches for Guyana in November 2008.
His best bowling figures came early in the 2009–10 season, when he claimed four wickets in the first innings against Jamaica
. He completed 2009–10 with a bowling average
of 33.69, his best season average. His performances saw him appear for the West Indies A against the Zimbabweans in April 2010.
, Bess made a surprise debut. Nelon Pascal
, himself in the team for the missing Ravi Rampaul
, 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, not arriving until the second over of the match. Bess, who came into the game with an 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. He was taken off after his second over as Chris Gayle
turned to spinner Shane Shillingford
. 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:
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who made his debut for the West Indies cricket team in June 2010 as a late replacement for Nelon Pascal
Nelon Pascal
Nelon Troy Pascal, born 25 April 1987 in St David's, Grenada, is a cricketer who has represented the West Indies in Tests and One Day Internationals . He is a fast bowler who bats and bowls right handed. His main first-class and List A cricket has been for the Windward Islands. He played for the...
, who was injured pre-match. A right-arm fast-medium
Fast bowling
Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...
bowler and lower order
Batting order (cricket)
In cricket, the batting order is the sequence in which batsmen play through their team's innings, there always being two batsmen taking part at any one time...
right-handed batsman, he plays first-class cricket
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
for Guyana
Guyana national cricket team
The Guyana cricket team is the representative first class cricket team of Guyana.It does not take part in any international competitions, but rather in inter-regional competitions in the Caribbean, such as the Carib Beer Cup and the KFC Cup, and the best players may be selected for the West Indies...
.
Early cricket
Bess made his debut for GuyanaGuyana national cricket team
The Guyana cricket team is the representative first class cricket team of Guyana.It does not take part in any international competitions, but rather in inter-regional competitions in the Caribbean, such as the Carib Beer Cup and the KFC Cup, and the best players may be selected for the West Indies...
in January 2008, playing in a Carib Beer Cup
Carib Beer Cup
The Regional Four Day Competition, formerly known as Shell Shield and Carib Beer Cup, is the first class cricket competition in the West Indies, it is administered by the West Indies Cricket Board...
match against Trinidad and Tobago. He played only one further match in the 2007–08 season. He played more regularly in 2008–09, and appeared for West Indies A
West Indies A cricket team
The West Indies A cricket team is a cricket team representing a sporting confederation of the Caribbean countries: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago...
against the touring England XI, claiming a solitary wicket. The season also saw him make his first appearances in List A cricket, playing two matches for Guyana in November 2008.
His best bowling figures came early in the 2009–10 season, when he claimed four wickets in the first innings against Jamaica
Jamaica national cricket team
The Jamaica national cricket team is the representative first-class cricket team of Jamaica.-History:The team's history lasts back to 1895, when they played three matches against a touring side from England led by Slade Lucas, but because of the distance to the other cricketing countries, Jamaica...
. He completed 2009–10 with a bowling average
Bowling average
Bowling average is a statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the sport of cricket.A bowler's bowling average is defined as the total number of runs conceded by the bowlers divided by the number of wickets taken by the bowler, so the lower the average the better. It is similar to earned...
of 33.69, his best season average. His performances saw him appear for the West Indies A against the Zimbabweans in April 2010.
Test call-up
During the 2010 home series against South AfricaSouth African cricket team in West Indies in 2010
The South African cricket team was touring West Indies from 19 May to 30 June 2010. The tour consisted of two Twenty20s , five One Day Internationals and three Tests....
, Bess made a surprise debut. Nelon Pascal
Nelon Pascal
Nelon Troy Pascal, born 25 April 1987 in St David's, Grenada, is a cricketer who has represented the West Indies in Tests and One Day Internationals . He is a fast bowler who bats and bowls right handed. His main first-class and List A cricket has been for the Windward Islands. He played for the...
, himself in the team for the missing Ravi Rampaul
Ravi Rampaul
Ravindranath Rampaul is a West Indian cricketer. He is the first quick bowler of Indian descent to represent West Indies at international level, playing Tests, One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals...
, suffered a neck injury during the pre-match warm-up exercises. Bess, who was training at the High Performance Centre in Bridgetown
Bridgetown
The city of Bridgetown , metropolitan pop 96,578 , is the capital and largest city of the nation of Barbados. Formerly, the Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the parish of Saint Michael...
was rushed to the ground, not arriving until the second over of the match. Bess, who came into the game with an first-class bowling average of 48.80, opened the bowling for the West Indies, but saw opposition captain Graeme Smith
Graeme Smith
Graeme Craig Smith is a South African cricketer and captain of the South African cricket team Test Match side, having succeeded Shaun Pollock after the 2003 Cricket World Cup...
score three boundaries
Boundary (cricket)
Boundary has two distinct meanings in the sport of cricket:# the edge or boundary of the playing field, and# a manner of scoring runs.-Edge of the field:...
off his first over. He was taken off after his second over as Chris Gayle
Chris Gayle
Christopher Henry "Chris" Gayle is a Jamaican cricketer who currently plays international cricket for the West Indies. He captained the West Indies' side from 2007 to 2010. He plays domestic cricket for Jamaica, and has also represented Worcestershire, the Western Warriors and the Kolkata Knight...
turned to spinner Shane Shillingford
Shane Shillingford
Shane Shillingford, born 22 February 1983 in Dominica, is a West Indian cricketer who plays first-class and List A cricket for the Windward Islands....
. He returned in the twentieth over, and claimed the wicket of nightwatchman
Nightwatchman (cricket)
In the sport of cricket, a nightwatchman is a lower-order batsman who comes in to bat higher up the order than usual near the end of the day's play...
Paul Harris. He continued to bowl expensively, with 65 runs coming off the 9 overs that he bowled in the first innings. Cricinfo
Cricinfo
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's Siddhartha Talya was unimpressed with his performance: