Marlon Samuels
Jamaican cricketer (born 1981)
Biography
Marlon Nathaniel Samuels (born 5 February 1981) is a Jamaican former cricketer who played internationally for the West Indies in all three formats, and a former ODI captain. He is a right-handed middle order batsman and off-spinner. He was a key member of the West Indies team that won the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 and 2016 ICC World Twenty20, and was named man of the match in the final of both tournaments, becoming the first, and to-date the only, man to achieve the feat.
Samuels made his Test debut in Australia in 2000, and his One Day International debut against Sri Lanka in Nairobi during the ICC Knockout Trophy the same year.
In 2013 he was named one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year. He was one of the franchise players for the inaugural Caribbean Premier League. In 2016 the West Indies Cricket Board named Samuels as the ODI Player of the Year and the Cricketer of the Year.
On 4 November 2020, Samuels announced his retirement from professional cricket. He had already informed CWI about his retirement in June 2020.
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Career highlights
Teams
- West Indies cricket team
- Jamaica national cricket team
- Rajshahi Warriors
- Pune Warriors India
- Melbourne Renegades
- Antigua Hawksbills
- St Kitts & Nevis Patriots
- Comilla Victorians
- Peshawar Zalmi
Awards & honours (1)
- Wisden Cricketer of the Year
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- Marlon Samuels was born on February 5, 1981.
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