# Brandon Bess > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Brandon_Bess > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Brandon_Bess.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Bess > Source revision: 1335605684 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/Rosignol), [Berbice](/source/Berbice), [Guyana](/source/Guyana) | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm [fast-medium](/source/Fast_bowling) | international = true | onetest = true | testdebutdate = 26 June | testdebutyear = 2010 | testdebutagainst = South Africa | testcap = 286 | lasttestdate = | lasttestyear = | lasttestagainst = | club1 = [Guyana](/source/Guyana_national_cricket_team) | year1 = 2007/08–2011/12 | clubnumber1 = | columns = 4 | column1 = [Test](/source/Test_cricket) | matches1 = 1 | runs1 = 11 | bat avg1 = 11.00 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 11[*](/source/not_out) | deliveries1 = 78 | wickets1 = 1 | bowl avg1 = 92.00 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 1/65 | catches/stumpings1 = 0/– | column2 = [FC](/source/First-class_cricket) | 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](/source/List_A_cricket) | matches3 = 6 | runs3 = 4 | bat avg3 = – | 100s/50s3 = 0/0 | top score3 = 4[*](/source/not_out) | deliveries3 = 138 | wickets3 = 3 | bowl avg3 = 41.00 | fivefor3 = 0 | tenfor3 = 0 | best bowling3 = 1/20 | catches/stumpings3 = 3/– | column4 = [T20](/source/Twenty20) | 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 [cricket](/source/cricket)er who made his debut for the [West Indies cricket team](/source/West_Indies_cricket_team) in June 2010 as a late replacement for [Nelon Pascal](/source/Nelon_Pascal), who was injured pre-match. A right-arm [fast-medium](/source/Fast_bowling) bowler and [lower order](/source/Batting_order_(cricket)) right-handed batsman, he plays [first-class cricket](/source/first-class_cricket) for [Guyana](/source/Guyana_national_cricket_team). ==Cricket career== ===Early cricket=== Bess made his debut for [Guyana](/source/Guyana_national_cricket_team) in January 2008, playing in a [Carib Beer Cup](/source/Carib_Beer_Cup) match against [Trinidad and Tobago](/source/Trinidad_and_Tobago_national_cricket_team). He played only one further match in the 2007–08 season.{{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}} He played more regularly in 2008–09, and appeared for [West Indies A](/source/West_Indies_A_cricket_team) against the touring [England XI](/source/England_national_cricket_team), claiming a solitary wicket.{{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}} The season also saw him make his first appearances in [List A cricket](/source/List_A_cricket), playing two matches for Guyana in November 2008.{{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}} His best bowling figures came early in the 2009–10 season, when he claimed four wickets in the first innings against [Jamaica](/source/Jamaica_national_cricket_team).{{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}} He completed 2009–10 with a [bowling average](/source/bowling_average) of 33.69, his best season average.{{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}} His performances saw him appear for the West Indies A against the [Zimbabweans](/source/Zimbabwe_national_cricket_team) in April 2010. ===Test call-up=== During the [2010 home series against South Africa](/source/South_African_cricket_team_in_West_Indies_in_2010), Bess made a surprise debut. [Nelon Pascal](/source/Nelon_Pascal), himself in the team for the missing [Ravi Rampaul](/source/Ravi_Rampaul),{{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](/source/ESPNcricinfo)|author=Nitin Sundar |date=25 June 2010 |accessdate=2010-06-27}} suffered a neck injury during the pre-match warm-up exercises. Bess, who was training at the High Performance Centre in [Bridgetown](/source/Bridgetown) was rushed to the ground,{{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}} not arriving until the second over of the match.{{cite web |url=http://www.skysports.com/cricket/match_report/0,19822,11066_85995,00.html |title=Windies batsmen struggle |publisher=[Sky Sports](/source/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}} 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](/source/Graeme_Smith) score three [boundaries](/source/Boundary_(cricket)) off his first over. He was taken off after his second over as [Chris Gayle](/source/Chris_Gayle) turned to spinner [Shane Shillingford](/source/Shane_Shillingford).{{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}} He returned in the twentieth over, and claimed the wicket of [nightwatchman](/source/Nightwatchman_(cricket)) [Paul Harris](/source/Paul_Harris_(cricketer%2C_born_1978)). He continued to bowl expensively, with 65 runs coming off the 9 overs that he bowled in the first innings. [Cricinfo](/source/Cricinfo)'s Siddhartha Talya was unimpressed with his performance:{{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}} {{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.}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{cricinfo|id=329087}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bess, Brandon}} Category:1987 births Category:Living people Category:People from Mahaica-Berbice Category:West Indies Test cricketers Category:Guyanese cricketers Category:Guyana cricketers --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Brandon Bess](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Bess) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Bess?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.