{{short description|West Indian cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Brandon Bess | image = | country = West Indies | fullname = Brandon Jeremy Bess | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|12|13|df=yes}} | birth_place = Rosignol, Berbice, Guyana | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm fast-medium | international = true | onetest = true | testdebutdate = 26 June | testdebutyear = 2010 | testdebutagainst = South Africa | testcap = 286 | lasttestdate = | lasttestyear = | lasttestagainst = | club1 = Guyana | year1 = 2007/08–2011/12 | clubnumber1 = | columns = 4 | column1 = Test | matches1 = 1 | runs1 = 11 | bat avg1 = 11.00 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 11* | deliveries1 = 78 | wickets1 = 1 | bowl avg1 = 92.00 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 1/65 | catches/stumpings1 = 0/– | column2 = FC | matches2 = 32 | runs2 = 206 | bat avg2 = 7.62 | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | top score2 = 33 | deliveries2 = 3,246 | wickets2 = 56 | bowl avg2 = 40.33 | fivefor2 = 1 | tenfor2 = 0 | best bowling2 = 5/28 | catches/stumpings2 = 13/– | column3 = LA | matches3 = 6 | runs3 = 4 | bat avg3 = – | 100s/50s3 = 0/0 | top score3 = 4* | deliveries3 = 138 | wickets3 = 3 | bowl avg3 = 41.00 | fivefor3 = 0 | tenfor3 = 0 | best bowling3 = 1/20 | catches/stumpings3 = 3/– | column4 = T20 | matches4 = 1 | runs4 = 0 | bat avg4 = – | 100s/50s4 = – | top score4 = – | deliveries4 = 24 | wickets4 = 1 | bowl avg4 = 24.00 | fivefor4 = 0 | tenfor4 = 0 | best bowling4 = 1/24 | catches/stumpings4 = 1/– | date = 20 April | year = 2019 | source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/251/251546/251546.html CricketArchive }} '''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.<ref name="fcm">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/251/251546/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Brandon Bess (18) |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2010-06-27}}</ref> He played more regularly in 2008–09, and appeared for West Indies A against the touring England XI, claiming a solitary wicket.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/175/175382.html |title=West Indies A v England XI |publisher=CricketArchive |date=29 January 2009 |accessdate=2010-06-27}}</ref> The season also saw him make his first appearances in List A cricket, playing two matches for Guyana in November 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/251/251546/List_A_Matches.html |title=List A Matches played by Brandon Bess (2) |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2010-06-27}}</ref>
His best bowling figures came early in the 2009–10 season, when he claimed four wickets in the first innings against Jamaica.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/266/266759.html |title=Guyana v Jamaica |publisher=CricketArchive |date=22 January 2010 |accessdate=2010-06-27}}</ref> He completed 2009–10 with a bowling average of 33.69, his best season average.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/251/251546/f_Bowling_by_Season.html |title= First-class Bowling in Each Season by Brandon Bess |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2010-06-27}}</ref> His performances saw him appear for the West Indies A against the Zimbabweans in April 2010.<ref name="fcm"/>
===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,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/west-indies-v-south-africa-2010/content/story/464729.html |title=South Africa aim to leave in convincing style |work=ESPNcricinfo|author=Nitin Sundar |date=25 June 2010 |accessdate=2010-06-27}}</ref> 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,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/west-indies-v-south-africa-2010/content/story/464797.html |title=Botha, seamers make it South Africa's day |work=ESPNcricinfo|author=Nitin Sundar |date=26 June 2010 |accessdate=2010-06-27}}</ref> not arriving until the second over of the match.<ref name="sky">{{cite web |url=http://www.skysports.com/cricket/match_report/0,19822,11066_85995,00.html |title=Windies batsmen struggle |publisher=Sky Sports |date=26 June 2010 |accessdate=2010-06-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100628014331/http://www.skysports.com/cricket/match_report/0%2C19822%2C11066_85995%2C00.html |archivedate=28 June 2010}}</ref> 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.<ref name="sky"/> He was taken off after his second over as Chris Gayle turned to spinner Shane Shillingford.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/439154.html |title=South Africa tour of West Indies, 3rd Test: West Indies v South Africa at Bridgetown, Jun 26-30, 2010 |work=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=2010-06-27}}</ref> 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:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/current/story/464925.html |title=South Africa edge ahead on attritional day |work=ESPNcricinfo|author=Siddhartha Talya |date=27 June 2010 |accessdate=2010-06-28}}</ref> {{cquote|...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.}}
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