Dominic Drakes

Summary

Dominic Conneil Drakes (born 6 February 1998) is a Barbadian cricketer.[1] He plays for Barbados in domestic cricket and for the St Kitts & Nevis Patriots in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL).

Dominic Drakes
Personal information
Full name
Dominic Conneil Drakes
Born (1998-02-06) 6 February 1998 (age 26)
Barbados
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm medium-fast
RoleBowling all-rounder
RelationsVasbert Drakes (brother
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 216)4 June 2023 v United Arab Emirates
Last ODI27 July 2023 v India
T20I debut (cap 89)13 December 2021 v Pakistan
Last T20I14 August 2022 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2017/18–presentBarbados (squad no. 46)
2018Barbados Tridents
2019–presentSt Kitts & Nevis Patriots
2022Yorkshire (squad no. 48)
2022Colombo Stars
2023Warwickshire (squad no. 48)
Career statistics
Competition T20I FC LA T20
Matches 10 2 25 34
Runs scored 15 60 261 172
Batting average 3.00 20.00 17.39 13.23
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 5 33 38* 48*
Balls bowled 192 242 997 685
Wickets 6 4 26 36
Bowling average 48.33 34.25 33.30 28.47
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/19 2/11 4/44 3/26
Catches/stumpings 2/– 1/– 3/– 9/–
Source: Cricinfo, 6 June 2023

Drakes is the son of Vasbert Drakes, who played international cricket for the West Indies.[2]

Career edit

Drakes made his first-class debut for Barbados in the 2017–18 Regional Four Day Competition on 18 January 2018.[3] He made his List A debut for Barbados in the 2017–18 Regional Super50 on 9 February 2018.[4]

Ahead of the 2018 Caribbean Premier League, Drakes was named as one of five players to watch in the tournament.[5] He made his Twenty20 debut for Barbados Tridents in the tournament on 4 September 2018.[6] In October 2019, he was named in the West Indies Emerging Team for the 2019–20 Regional Super50 tournament.[7]

In July 2020, Drakes was named in the St Kitts & Nevis Patriots squad for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League.[8][9]

On 15 September 2021, Drakes scored an unbeaten 48 runs off 24 balls in the final of the 2021 Caribbean Premier League (CPL), which helped St Kitts & Nevis Patriots to register their first CPL title. He was also named the man of the match.[10] The following month, he was added to the Chennai Super Kings' squad for the 2021 Indian Premier League, replacing Sam Curran, who was ruled out due to injury.[11]

In November 2021, Drakes was named in the West Indies' Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Pakistan.[12] He made his T20I debut on 13 December 2021, for the West Indies against Pakistan.[13]

In February 2022, he was bought by the Gujarat Titans in the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament.[14] In July 2022, he was signed by the Colombo Stars for the third edition of the Lanka Premier League.[15]

In May 2023, he was named in West Indies One Day International (ODI) squad for the series against United Arab Emirates.[16] He made his ODI debut in the first ODI of the series, on 4 June 2023.[17]

References edit

  1. ^ "Dominic Drakes". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Bolton Cricket League first for Farnworth as they sign son of their ex-pro Vasbert Drakes". Bolton News. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  3. ^ "28th Match, WICB Professional Cricket League Regional 4 Day Tournament at Bridgetown, Jan 18-21 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Group A (D/N), Regional Super50 at Bridgetown, Feb 9 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  5. ^ "After Rashid, another Afghan leggie at the CPL". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  6. ^ "26th Match (N), Caribbean Premier League at Basseterre, Sep 4 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  7. ^ "Strong squad named for WI Emerging Players in Super50 Cup". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  8. ^ "Nabi, Lamichhane, Dunk earn big in CPL 2020 draft". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  9. ^ "Teams Selected for Hero CPL 2020". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  10. ^ "Dominic Drakes' stunning onslaught seals St Kitts & Nevis Patriots' maiden CPL title". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Chennai Super Kings name Dominic Drakes as Sam Curran's replacement". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  12. ^ "CWI Selection Panel announces squads for six-match white ball tour of Pakistan". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  13. ^ "1st T20I (N), Karachi, Dec 13 2021, West Indies tour of Pakistan". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  14. ^ "IPL 2022 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  15. ^ "LPL 2022 draft: Kandy Falcons sign Hasaranga; Rajapaksa to turn out for Dambulla Giants". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  16. ^ "West Indies name squad for ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifiers". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  17. ^ "1st ODI (D/N), Sharjah, June 04, 2023, West Indies tour of United Arab Emirates". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 June 2023.

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