Vasbert Drakes

Vasbert Drakes

Personal information
Full name	Vasbert Conniel Drakes
Born	(1969-08-05) 5 August 1969 Springhead, Saint Andrew, Barbados
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm fast
International information
National side	West Indies
Test debut	8 December 2002 v Bangladesh
Last Test	16 January 2004 v South Africa
ODI debut	8 March 1995 v Australia
Last ODI	25 January 2004 v South Africa
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1991–2004	Barbados
1996–1997	Sussex
1996–2003	Border
1999	Nottinghamshire
2001	Warwickshire
2003	Leicestershire
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs FC LA Matches 12 34 164 217 Runs scored 386 94 4,774 1,787 Batting average 21.44 7.83 21.12 15.40 100s/50s 0/1 0/0 4/17 1/1 Top score 67 25 180* 104 Balls bowled 2,617 1,640 31,528 10,447 Wickets 33 51 614 279 Bowling average 41.27 25.35 26.16 26.10 5 wickets in innings 1 2 28 4 10 wickets in match 0 0 3 0 Best bowling 5/93 5/33 8/59 5/19 Catches/stumpings 2/– 5/– 53/– 36/–
Source: Cricket Archive, 21 October 2010

Vasbert Conniel Drakes (born 5 August 1969) is a retired West Indian cricketer. He was a right-arm fast bowler and handy right-hand lower order batsman.

Drakes made his international debut in 1994–95, when he played 5 ODI games against Australia, followed by a tour of England. He did not return to the side until the age of 33, when in September 2002 he was named in the West Indies' squad for the Champions Trophy. He took the wicket of Jacques Kallis in his first international over for seven years. For the next two years, he became a regular in the side and played 12 Tests for the West Indies, debuting against Bangladesh at Dhaka on 8 December 2002. He played in the 2003 World Cup and finished his career with 33 Test wickets and 51 ODI wickets. With the bat, he once made 67 – his only half century in international cricket. His most important Test innings, however, was arguably his unbeaten 27 which helped the West Indies to chase down a world-record target of 418, set by Australia in Antigua.

The reason for his long absence from the side was his unavailability to play international cricket due to playing first-class cricket full-time. He played county cricket in the English summer and in the winter represented Border in South Africa.

He is notable for being one of only five batsmen in the history of first-class cricket to be given out timed out. His case was all the more peculiar as he was not even in the country at the time. His flight to South Africa, where the match was being played, had been delayed by several hours.

In honor of his best bowling performance of 5 for 93 against Australia the 'Vasbert' award is named after him.

Teams represented

• West Indies
• Barbados
• Pickwick
• Border
• Leicestershire
• Scotland
• Nottinghamshire
• Sussex
• Warwickshire
• Todmorden
• Lamphey
• East Grinstead
• Leek
• Bagnall