Brandon Bess

Brandon Bess
Personal information
Full name
Brandon Jeremy Bess
Born (1987-12-13) 13 December 1987 (age 37)
Rosignol, Berbice, Guyana
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 286)26 June 2010 v South Africa
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2007/08–2011/12Guyana
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA T20
Matches 1 32 6 1
Runs scored 11 206 4 0
Batting average 11.00 7.62 – –
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 –
Top score 11* 33 4* –
Balls bowled 78 3,246 138 24
Wickets 1 56 3 1
Bowling average 92.00 40.33 41.00 24.00
5 wickets in innings 0 1 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/65 5/28 1/20 1/24
Catches/stumpings 0/– 13/– 3/– 1/–
Source: CricketArchive, 20 April 2019

Brandon Jeremy Bess (born 13 December 1987) is a former international cricketer 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.

Cricket career

Early cricket

Bess made his debut 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.[1] He played more regularly in 2008–09, and appeared for West Indies A against the touring England XI, claiming a solitary wicket.[2] The season also saw him make his first appearances in List A cricket, playing two matches for Guyana in November 2008.[3]

His best bowling figures came early in the 2009–10 season, when he claimed four wickets in the first innings against Jamaica.[4] He completed 2009–10 with a bowling average of 33.69, his best season average.[5] His performances saw him appear for the West Indies A against the Zimbabweans in April 2010.[1]

Test call-up

During the 2010 home series against South Africa, Bess made a surprise debut. Nelon Pascal, himself in the team for the missing Ravi Rampaul,[6] 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,[7] not arriving until the second over of the match.[8] Bess, who came into the game with a 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.[8] He was taken off after his second over as Chris Gayle turned to spinner Shane Shillingford.[9] 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:[10]

...and Bess adding to the frustration with his indiscipline with the second new-ball. He bowled seven no-balls, provided width, strayed on the pads and dropped short to be dealt with each time by the batsmen who gradually had begun to loosen up.

References

  1. ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by Brandon Bess (18)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
  2. ^ "West Indies A v England XI". CricketArchive. 29 January 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
  3. ^ "List A Matches played by Brandon Bess (2)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
  4. ^ "Guyana v Jamaica". CricketArchive. 22 January 2010. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
  5. ^ "First-class Bowling in Each Season by Brandon Bess". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
  6. ^ Nitin Sundar (25 June 2010). "South Africa aim to leave in convincing style". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
  7. ^ Nitin Sundar (26 June 2010). "Botha, seamers make it South Africa's day". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
  8. ^ a b "Windies batsmen struggle". Sky Sports. 26 June 2010. Archived from the original on 28 June 2010. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
  9. ^ "South Africa tour of West Indies, 3rd Test: West Indies v South Africa at Bridgetown, Jun 26-30, 2010". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
  10. ^ Siddhartha Talya (27 June 2010). "South Africa edge ahead on attritional day". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 June 2010.