Carlos Ricardo Brathwaite is a cricketer who hails from Barbados. He was a former captain of the West Indies Twenty20 International (T20I) squad. Brathwaite was born on July 18, 1988. His most remarkable innings was when he helped the West Indies side win the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 Final with an innings of 34 not out off 10 balls. He was a significant player in the squad that won the Twenty20 World Cup in 2016, and his most unforgettable innings was when he helped the team win the tournament.
To assist the West Indies win their second Twenty20 global championship, Brathwaite struck the six that proved to be the winning goal. On the 11th of October 2011, Brathwaite made his debut for the West Indies in a Twenty20 International match against Bangladesh. Seven days later, he made his debut in the same series by participating in the One Day International League. The second test match between the West Indies and Australia took place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on December 26, 2015, and he made his debut for the West Indies in the match.
In the last over of the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 final against England, Brathwaite smashed four straight sixes in the first four balls of the over. This allowed the West Indies to accomplish their goal of winning their second World Twenty20 championship. England was the team that they were competing against. He was competing in his first World Cup. Throughout a Twenty20 International match, he became the first player for the West Indies to smash four consecutive sixes. In August 2016, Brathwaite was selected to lead the West Indies squad in their Twenty20 International matches against India, which were scheduled to take place in Florida later that same month.
As part of the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier match against Papua New Guinea, which took place at the Old Hararians in Harare on March 8, 2018, Brathwaite achieved his maiden five-wicket haul in one-day internationals after taking five wickets. The West Indies announced in April 2019 that he would be a member of their team for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. In the one-day international match that took place on June 22, 2019, Brathwaite achieved his first century in the game against New Zealand. When he was caught on the boundary, he had the opportunity to hit a six that would have won the match.
Carlos Brathwaite Biography
| Name | Carlos Brathwaite |
| Full Name | Carlos Ricardo Brathwaite |
| Date of Birth | 18 July 1988 |
| Place of Birth | Christ Church, Barbados |
| Other Names | NA |
| Nationality | Barbadian |
| Father’s Name | Chesterfield Brathwaite |
| Mother’s Name | Joycelyn Brathwaite |
| Siblings | NA |
| Spouse | Jessica Felix |
| Marriage Date | June 2018 |
| Children | NA |
| Role | Batting |
| Batting | Right-handed |
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium |
| ODI Debut | October 18, 2011 vs. Bangladesh |
| Test Debut | December 26, 2015, vs. Australia |
| Favourite Food | NA |
| Favourite Actor | NA |
| Favourite Actress | NA |
| Favourite Colour | Blue |
| Retirement | Still Playing |
His first appearance in the Indian Premier League (IPL) was in April of 2016 when he played for the Delhi Daredevils. After spending a lot of years playing domestic cricket in Ireland with the Leinster Cricket Club, which is situated in Dublin, he was able to win the Bob Kerr Irish Senior Cup in 2009. In the final, he defeated Donemena CC to take home the trophy. Sunrisers Hyderabad purchased him in the 2018 Indian Premier League auction in January, and Kent County Cricket Club signed him in May to participate in the 2018 Vitality Blast competition in England. Both of these events took place in 2018.
In October of 2018, Cricket West Indies (CWI) presented him with a contract to play white-ball cricket for the 2018–19 season. After the draft for the 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League, he was selected for the Khulna Titans team in that same month. In October, he led Combined Campuses and Colleges to their first Regional Super 50 championship. Both of these accomplishments occurred in the same month. The purchase of his services by the Kolkata Knight Riders for the 2019 Indian Premier League season took place in December 2018.
A second time, Brathwaite was selected to lead the Combined Campuses team in the 2019–20 Regional Super50 event. This announcement was made in October of 2019. In July 2020, he was selected to be a member of the Jamaica Tallawahs team that would compete in the Caribbean Premier League next year. In October of the same year, he was selected by the Dambulla Viiking to participate in the first-ever Lanka Premier League campaign. The Birmingham Bears signed Brathwaite for the 2021 Twenty20 Blast, and the Kandy Falcons signed him in July 2022 for the 2022 Lanka Premier League. Both of these signings took place concurrently.
In 2016, the 35-year-old player, who hails from Barbados, made history by leading West Indies to victory in the Twenty20 World Cup final against England. He did this by hitting four consecutive sixes off Ben Stokes in the last over of the contest. Brathwaite had an early impression with the bat after signing with the Somerset club the previous week. He struck 48 runs, including six sixes, in Bridgwater’s victory against Midsomer Norton in the National Club Championship on Sunday. Bridgwater won by 142 runs.
Batting & Fielding Stats
| YEAR | MAT | NO | RUNS | HS | AVG | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4S | 6S | CT | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 16 | 1 | 181 | 43 | 13.92 | 111 | 163.06 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 5.50 | 10 | 110.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4 | 1 | 75 | 43* | 25.00 | 48 | 156.25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 6.00 | 15 | 80.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 8 | 0 | 83 | 34 | 13.83 | 38 | 218.42 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
Bowling
| YEAR | MAT | BALLS | RUNS | WKTS | BBM | AVE | ECON | SR | 4W | 5W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 16 | 254 | 375 | 13 | 3/43 | 28.85 | 8.86 | 19.54 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2 | 18 | 29 | 0 | 0/13 | – | 9.66 | – | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4 | 61 | 94 | 5 | 2/15 | 18.80 | 9.24 | 12.20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2 | 36 | 67 | 1 | 1/38 | 67.00 | 11.16 | 36.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 8 | 139 | 185 | 7 | 3/43 | 26.42 | 7.98 | 19.85 | 0 | 0 |
Throughout his career, Brathwaite has over 260 Twenty20 matches and has scored close to 2,500 runs. He has also played in the United Kingdom, where he has played for the Birmingham Bears and Kent in the Twenty20 Blast in 2021 and 2018, respectively. To convince Brathwaite to join Bridgwater as an overseas player, his old Bears teammate Jake Lintott, who now plays for Bridgwater, was the one who did the convincing.
Former South African bowler Alfonso Thomas spent a couple of seasons with the club in 2017, and several Somerset players, notably batter Will Smeed, have come through their ranks. This is not the first time that the club has had a celebrity name in their midst; indeed, it is not the first time that they have had a star name in their midst. There are a few matches that Brathwaite can participate in for Bridgwater, and he is also scheduled to return later in the season, with the expectation that he will increase the number of times he has played to more than ten.
