Marlon Samuels (West Indies)
| Full Name: | Marlon Samuels |
| Date of birth: | 05 / 01 / 1981 |
| Country: | West Indies |
| Role: | Batsman |
| Batting style: | Right-hand |
| Bowling style: | Off break |
Career summary
- Test Debut v Australia at Adelaide - December 2000
- ODI Debut v Sri Lanka at Nairobi (Gym) - October 2000
- Right-handed batsman and right-arm offbreak bowler.
- Made his test debut at the age of 19 and had yet to represent his native Jamaica.
- Samuels used to skip his schoolwork believing exams to be unimportant to a test cricketer.
- Almost got him sent home from India in 2002 after he ignored the team curfew but stayed on and recorded his first Test century.
- Was dropped after the two Test matches against Sri Lanka in 2003 because of his form and injury.
- Scored his first test hundred against India in 2002.
- Only made 15 runs in 12 matches during the 2006-07 season.
- Was selected for the World Cup after making 216 runs including a match winning 98 against India.
- Made the World Cup squad despite the ICC investigation into an alleged link with a bookmaker.
July 2009
Test Matches
| Career Span: | 2000-2013 |
| Matches: | 46 |
| Innings: | 80 |
| Not Outs: | 6 |
| Runs: | 2767 |
| Highest Score: | 260 |
| Average: | 37.39 |
| 50s: | 18 |
| 100s: | 5 |
| Ducks: | 7 |
| Pairs: | 0 |
| Caught Out: | 43 |
| Stumped Out: | 4 |
| Innings Bowled: | 53 |
| Overs: | 515.1 |
| Maidens: | 59 |
| Runs Conceded: | 1719 |
| Wickets: | 34 |
| 5 Wicket Innings: | 0 |
| 10 Wicket Innings: | 0 |
| Average: | 50.56 |
| Economy Rate: | 3.34 |
| Best bowling in Innings: | 4/13 |
ODI Matches
| Career Span: | 2000-2012 |
| Matches: | 141 |
| Innings: | 133 |
| Not Outs: | 20 |
| Runs: | 3457 |
| Highest Score: | 126 |
| Average: | 30.59 |
| 50s: | 22 |
| 100s: | 4 |
| Ducks: | 7 |
| Pairs: | 0 |
| Caught Out: | 66 |
| Stumped Out: | 5 |
| Innings Bowled: | 100 |
| Overs: | 679.1 |
| Maidens: | 14 |
| Runs Conceded: | 3269 |
| Wickets: | 73 |
| 5 Wicket Innings: | 0 |
| 10 Wicket Innings: | 0 |
| Average: | 44.78 |
| Economy Rate: | 4.81 |
| Best bowling in Innings: | 3/25 |
