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Full name Vasbert Conniel Drakes
Born August 5, 1969, Springhead, St Andrew, Barbados
Current age 38 years 286 days
Major teams Scotland, West Indies, Barbados, Border, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Sussex, Warwickshire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast
Other Coach

Batting and fielding averages
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	12	20	2	386	67	21.44	819	47.13	0	1	54	7	2
ODIs	34	17	5	94	25	7.83	174	54.02	0	0	6	0	5
First-class	164	257	31	4774	180*	21.12			4	17			53
List A	217	149	33	1787	104	15.40			1	1			36

Bowling averages
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	12	21	2617	1362	33	5/93	7/80	41.27	3.12	79.3	2	1	0
ODIs	34	34	1640	1293	51	5/33	5/33	25.35	4.73	32.1	3	2	0
First-class	164		31529	16066	614	8/59		26.16	3.05	51.3		28	3
List A	217		10447	7283	279	5/19	5/19	26.10	4.18	37.4	8	4	0

Career statistics
Test debut	Bangladesh v West Indies at Dhaka, Dec 8-10, 2002 scorecard
Last Test	South Africa v West Indies at Centurion, Jan 16-20, 2004 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	West Indies v Australia at Bridgetown, Mar 8, 1995 scorecard
Last ODI	South Africa v West Indies at Cape Town, Jan 25, 2004 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span	1991/92 - 2003/04
List A span	1991/92 - 2005

Profile

When Vasbert Drakes was selected for West Indies' Champions Trophy squad at 33 in September 2002, he was offered a belated chance to build the sort of international career that seemed to have been his for the taking a few years earlier. Capable of genuine pace off a short run-up, and a very handy hard-hitting batsman with four first-class centuries to his name, Drakes's West Indies career had been limited to five one-day matches against Australia in 1994-95, and a place on the subsequent tour of England. But thereafter, Drakes chose to earn his living by playing county cricket in the English summer, and for Border in South Africa in the winter, which meant he was not eligible for national selection. It was only when the selectors realised how short-sighted this policy was that Drakes returned to the fold. He celebrated with the wicket of Jacques Kallis in his first international over for more than seven years, and went on to enjoy personal success in an anticlimatic World Cup campaign. The highlight of his career, however, came with the bat, when his unbeaten 27 steered West Indies to a world-record target of 418, against Australia in Antigua. In 2008 he took over as coach of the UAE.
Andrew Miller

Feb 16, 2008

Portrait of Vasbert Drakes
© Stanford 20/20

May 15, 2003

Vasbert Drakes of the West Indies celebrates their winning runs
© Getty Images

May 14, 2003

Drakes celebrates the win, West indies v Australia, 4th Test, 2002/03
© AllSport UK Ltd

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