# Vasbert Drakes

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West Indian cricketer

Vasbert Drakes Personal information Full name Vasbert Conniel Drakes Born (1969-08-05) 5 August 1969 (age 56) Springhead, Saint Andrew, Barbados Batting Right-handed Bowling Right-arm fast Role All rounder Relations Dominic Drakes (son) International information National side West Indies (1995–2004) Test debut (cap 246) 8 December 2002 v Bangladesh Last Test 16 January 2004 v South Africa ODI debut (cap 72) 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 Test ODI 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 September 2017

**Vasbert Conniel Drakes** (born 5 August 1969) is a former [West Indian](/source/West_Indies) [cricketer](/source/Cricket), who played Tests and ODIs. He was a right-arm fast bowler and handy right-hand lower order batsman.

Drakes featured for [Sussex](/source/Sussex_County_Cricket_Club), [Nottinghamshire](/source/Nottinghamshire_County_Cricket_Club), [Warwickshire](/source/Warwickshire_County_Cricket_Club), [Leicestershire](/source/Leicestershire_County_Cricket_Club) and [Border](/source/Border_cricket_team) in his cricketing career. He also coached the [UAE](/source/United_Arab_Emirates_national_cricket_team), [Barbados](/source/Barbados_cricket_team) and the [West Indies women's cricket team](/source/West_Indies_women's_cricket_team). Drakes led the [West Indies women's cricket team](/source/West_Indies_women's_cricket_team) to their first major title by winning the [2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20](/source/2016_ICC_Women's_World_Twenty20) in [India](/source/India).[1][2][3]

## International career

Drakes made his international debut in 1994–95, when he played 5 ODI games against [Australia cricket team](/source/Australia_cricket_team), followed by a tour of [England](/source/England). He did not return to the side until the age of 33, when in September 2002 he was named in the [West Indies cricket team](/source/West_Indies_cricket_team)' squad for the [2002 ICC Champions Trophy](/source/2002_ICC_Champions_Trophy).

He took the wicket of [Jacques Kallis](/source/Jacques_Kallis) in his first international over for seven years. He went on to make his test debut, on 8 December 2002, against [Bangladesh](/source/Bangladesh_cricket_team) at [Dhaka](/source/Dhaka)'s [Bangabandhu National Stadium](/source/Bangabandhu_National_Stadium).[4][5] Drakes then took 5 wickets against Australia in the first test of the 2003 Frank Worrel Trophy series played at [Bourda](/source/Bourda). This was his first and only five wicket haul in test match cricket. With the bat he scored a notable unbeaten 27 which helped the Windies to chase down a world-record target of 418, set by [Australia cricket team](/source/Australia_cricket_team) in the fourth test of the series played at the [Antigua Recreation Ground](/source/Antigua_Recreation_Ground). He later made 67 in a test match played in and against South Africa. This was his first and only half century in international cricket.

Drakes also featured in the [2003 ICC World Cup](/source/2003_ICC_World_Cup) where he took a spectacular diving catch in a game against [Canada](/source/Canada_cricket_team). He eventually picked up a sum of 51 wickets at an average of 25.35 with two five wicket hauls in his ODI career.

## Domestic career

Drakes played county cricket for English sides [Sussex](/source/Sussex_County_Cricket_Club), [Nottinghamshire](/source/Nottinghamshire_County_Cricket_Club), [Warwickshire](/source/Warwickshire_County_Cricket_Club) and [Leicestershire](/source/Leicestershire_County_Cricket_Club). He scored two centuries for Sussex and picked up 80 wickets in his first and only season with Nottinghamshire. He also featured for South African club [Border](/source/Border_cricket_team), with Drakes twice being named, in 1999 and 2000, as one of the South African Cricketers of the Year.[6][7][8][9]

Drakes is also one of only six batsmen in the history of [first-class cricket](/source/First-class_cricket) to be given out [timed out](/source/Timed_out). As he wasn't in the country at the time, his flight to South Africa, to attend a match played between Border and [Free State](/source/Free_State_cricket_team), had been delayed by several hours.[10][11]

## Coaching career

After his cricketing career, Drakes was appointed coach of [United Arab Emirates national cricket team](/source/United_Arab_Emirates_national_cricket_team) for a three-month period that included the [2008 Asia Cup](/source/2008_Asia_Cup) and [2008 ACC Trophy Elite](/source/2008_ACC_Trophy_Elite). Then he took over coaching for [Barbados cricket team](/source/Barbados_cricket_team).[12][13] He was also briefly the coach of [Queen's Park Cricket Club](/source/Queen's_Park_Cricket_Club).[14]

In April 2015, Drakes was named head coach of [West Indies women's cricket team](/source/West_Indies_women's_cricket_team).[6][8] He led the [West Indies women's cricket team](/source/West_Indies_women's_cricket_team) to their first major title by winning the [2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20](/source/2016_ICC_Women's_World_Twenty20) in [India](/source/India).[15][16][17]

## Personal life

Drakes's son, [Dominic Drakes](/source/Dominic_Drakes) is also a [cricketer](/source/Cricketer) who's a left arm [seamer](/source/Seam_bowling).[18]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Women World T20 finals: Australia wins toss, elects to bat](http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/world-cup/live-cricket-scores-world-t20-finals-west-indies-women-versus-australia-women/article8429070.ece)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Favourite Australia faces a determined West Indies](http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/world-cup/favourite-australia-faces-a-determined-west-indies/article8427002.ece)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["QUEENS OF TWENTY20 CRICKET GET ROYAL WELCOME"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160511132642/http://www.barbadostoday.bb/2016/04/05/champions-return/). Archived from [the original](http://www.barbadostoday.bb/2016/04/05/champions-return/) on 11 May 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [The loneliness of the West Indian fast bowler](http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/995585.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [The Friday Column April 30, 2004 Capitalising on chances, and Vaas the minnow-basher](http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/134789.html)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Nottinghamshire_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Nottinghamshire_6-1) ["Vasbert Drakes"](https://www.trentbridge.co.uk/trentbridge/history/players/vasbert-drakes.html). *trentbridge.co.uk*. [Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club](/source/Nottinghamshire_County_Cricket_Club).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [Cozier, Tony](/source/Tony_Cozier) (21 December 2002). ["Better late than never"](https://sportstar.thehindu.com/magazine/better-late-than-never/article29637816.ece). *thehindu.com*. [The Hindu](/source/The_Hindu).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-CricketCountry_8-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-CricketCountry_8-1) Mustafi, Suvajit (5 August 2017). ["Vasbert Drakes: 11 facts about the Barbadian all-rounder who made a stunning comeback at 33"](https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/vasbert-drakes-11-facts-about-the-barbadian-all-rounder-who-made-a-stunning-comeback-at-33-506701). *cricketcountry.com*. Cricket Country.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Robinson, Peter (4 October 2000). ["Hayward named among Cricketers of the Year"](https://www.espn.com/cricket/story/_/id/23226170/hayward-named-cricketers-year). *espn.com*. [ESPN Cricinfo](/source/ESPN_Cricinfo).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Lynch, Steven (31 July 2006). ["Strauss's rare feat, and Jayasuriya's unique one"](http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/255076.html). *[CricInfo](/source/CricInfo)*. [ESPN](/source/ESPN). Retrieved 1 September 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** Pittard, Steve (5 September 2006). ["Disappearing acts"](http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/258594.html). *cricinfo.com*. [Cricinfo](/source/Cricinfo).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** Radley, Paul (20 August 2008). ["Drakes is gone, not forgotten"](https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/drakes-is-gone-not-forgotten-1.551356/). *[The National](/source/The_National_(Abu_Dhabi))*. Abu Dhabi. Retrieved 20 December 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["Vasbert Drakes Appointed Coach of UAE"](https://www.cricketworld.com/vasbert-drakes-appointed-coach-of-uae/15492.htm). *Cricket World*. 29 April 2008. Retrieved 20 December 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** [Drakes calls for better facilities](http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/231493.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** [Women World T20 finals: Australia wins toss, elects to bat](http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/world-cup/live-cricket-scores-world-t20-finals-west-indies-women-versus-australia-women/article8429070.ece)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** [Favourite Australia faces a determined West Indies](http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/world-cup/favourite-australia-faces-a-determined-west-indies/article8427002.ece)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-17)** ["QUEENS OF TWENTY20 CRICKET GET ROYAL WELCOME"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160511132642/http://www.barbadostoday.bb/2016/04/05/champions-return/). Archived from [the original](http://www.barbadostoday.bb/2016/04/05/champions-return/) on 11 May 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-18)** ["Drakes the hero"](https://barbadostoday.bb/2021/09/15/drakes-the-hero/). *barbadostoday.bb*. Barbados Today. 15 September 2021.

## External links

- [Cricinfo](http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/player/51655.html)

v t e West Indies squad – 2003 Cricket World Cup 1 Hooper(c) 2 Jacobs 3 Chanderpaul 4 Collins 5 Collymore 6 Dillon 7 Drakes 8 Gayle 9 Hinds 10 Lara 11 Lawson 12 McLean 13 Powell 14 Samuels 15 Sarwan Coach: Harper

v t e West Indies squad – 2016 Women's World Twenty20 – Champions (1st title) 7 Taylor (c) 4 Selman (vc) 11 Aguilleira 30 Campbelle 46 Connell 35 Cooper 5 Dottin 9 Fletcher 15 King 42 Kycia 47 Kyshona 50 Matthews 14 Mohammed 43 Quintyne 33 Smartt Coach: Vasbert Drakes

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