Marlon Samuels      

West Indies

Full name Marlon Nathaniel Samuels

Born January 5, 1981, Kingston, Jamaica

Current age 29 years 275 days

Major teams West Indies, Jamaica

Playing role Batsman

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Relation Brother - RG Samuels

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	29	53	4	1408	105	28.73	3172	44.38	2	9	194	5	13	0
ODIs	107	99	16	2513	108*	30.27	3323	75.62	2	18	252	42	29	0
T20Is	6	6	0	131	51	21.83	74	177.02	0	1	9	10	0	0
First-class	67	115	8	3724	257	34.80			6	22			39	0
List A	160	149	24	4032	108*	32.25			4	30			44	0
Twenty20	17	17	3	347	51	24.78	280	123.92	0	1	30	17	1	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	29	30	1596	889	7	2/49	2/66	127.00	3.34	228.0	0	0	0
ODIs	107	76	3079	2465	57	3/25	3/25	43.24	4.80	54.0	0	0	0
T20Is	6	4	72	128	2	1/24	1/24	64.00	10.66	36.0	0	0	0
First-class	67		4540	2290	37	5/87		61.89	3.02	122.7		1	0
List A	160		4827	3650	99	4/21	4/21	36.86	4.53	48.7	2	0	0
Twenty20	17	10	188	241	8	2/19	2/19	30.12	7.69	23.5	0	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Australia v West Indies at Adelaide, Dec 15-19, 2000 scorecard
Last Test	West Indies v Sri Lanka at Port of Spain, Apr 3-6, 2008 scorecard
Test statistics	- Statsguru Test analysis -  Player analysis menu/filter  Test match list  ---------------------------------  Batting career summary  Batting innings list  High scores  Batting series averages  ---------------------------------  Bowling career summary  Bowling innings list  Bowling match list  Best innings bowling  Best match bowling  Bowling series averages  ---------------------------------  Fielding career summary  Fielding innings list  Most catches in an innings  Fielding series statistics
ODI debut	Sri Lanka v West Indies at Nairobi (Gym), Oct 4, 2000 scorecard
Last ODI	West Indies v Sri Lanka at Gros Islet, Apr 15, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics	- Statsguru ODI analysis -  Player analysis menu/filter  ODI match list  ---------------------------------  Batting career summary  Batting innings list  High scores  Batting series averages  ---------------------------------  Bowling career summary  Bowling innings list  Best innings bowling  Bowling series averages  ---------------------------------  Fielding career summary  Fielding innings list  Most catches in an innings  Fielding series statistics
T20I debut	England v West Indies at The Oval, Jun 28, 2007 scorecard
Last T20I	South Africa v West Indies at Johannesburg, Jan 18, 2008 scorecard
T20I statistics	- Statsguru T20I analysis -  Player analysis menu/filter  T20I match list  ---------------------------------  Batting career summary  Batting innings list  High scores  Batting series averages  ---------------------------------  Bowling career summary  Bowling innings list  Best innings bowling  Bowling series averages  ---------------------------------  Fielding career summary  Fielding innings list  Fielding series statistics
First-class debut	1996/97
Last First-class	Jamaica v Trinidad & Tobago at Kingston, Apr 24-26, 2008 scorecard
List A debut	1999/00
Last List A	West Indies v Sri Lanka at Gros Islet, Apr 15, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Bermuda v Jamaica at Coolidge, Jul 21, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Trinidad & Tobago v Jamaica at Port of Spain, Jul 31, 2010 scorecard

Profile

Marlon Samuels is a right-hander of immense ability, whose composed start to his Test career prompted unfair comparisons with Viv Richards. When Samuels flew into Australia for the third Test of the 2000-01 series, he was only 19 and had yet to represent his native Jamaica in a first-class match. His technique was near to faultless: perfectly balance, standing utterly still at the crease, moving smoothly into his strokes off either foot. His undistinguished offspin also claimed a couple of wickets, though his action would later be called into question. He exudes a bull-headed confidence - he used to skip his schoolwork on the basis that exams were irrelevant to future Test cricketers. That confidence, which often overflowed into perceived arrogance, almost got him sent home from India late in 2002 after he defied a team curfew - but he was kept on, and responded with his a disciplined maiden Test century in Kolkata. But he struggled with both form and injury, and was dropped after two poor home Tests against Sri Lanka in 2003. He made a comeback for the tour of Australia in 2005-06 but didn't contribute anything of substance in the two Tests he played. An 87 in the third Test against India in May raised hopes of a revival but runs continued to elude him in the ODI format. The drought continued in the 2006-07 season - he passed 15 only once in 12 games but, out of the blue came, the stunning unbeaten hundred against Pakistan in December 2006. In the next five games, leading to his selection to the World Cup, he compiled 216 runs with a match-winning 98, against India when West Indies chased down 268, being the standout knock. However, just before his selection, he was drawn into a major controversy after Nagpur police alleged that he passed on match-related information to an alleged bookie ahead of an ODI against India. He was included in the World Cup squad despite the ICC's investigations into the issue, where he only briefly shone, ending the tournament by running out Brian Lara in his last international innings. He lost his place for the England tour that followed but was given a lifeline when he was recalled following injury to the captain, Ramnaresh Sarwan. He was subsequently called up to their Twenty20 World Championship.thanks crickinfo.com