Kraigg Brathwaite

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Kraigg Clairmonte Brathwaite is a Barbadian cricketer who captains the West Indies in Test cricket. He is a right-handed batsman and occasionally bowls off breaks. On 6 November 2011, he became only the second West Indian to score two Test fifties before his 19th birthday when he made 63 (212) against India in Delhi. He has also effectively stood as stand-in-captain in place of Jason Holder in seven test matches before becoming the permanent captain of the test team taking over from Holder. He idolises Shivnarine Chanderpaul and his batting style.

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Brathwaite 'leading by example' with half-century Watch the best shots from Kraigg Brathwaite's unbeaten half-century for West Indies on day one of the third Test against England at Edgbaston. BBC Sport - Published on July 26, 2024
Anderson bowls Brathwaite at start of his final innings England's James Anderson clean bowls West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite, his 702nd Test wicket, on the second day of the first Test at Lord's. BBC Sport - Published on July 11, 2024
Atkinson strikes with his second ball England's Gus Atkinson removes West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite with his second ever ball in Test cricket. BBC Sport - Published on July 10, 2024

England in West Indies: Kraigg Brathwaite denies tourists' victory push on final day England are again thwarted by West Indies in an unlikely victory push as the second Test in Barbados ends in a tense draw. BBC Sport - Published on March 20, 2022
England in West Indies: Centuries from Kraigg Brathwaite and Jermaine Blackwood blunt England in Barbados A dogged unbeaten century from Kraigg Brathwaite and Jermaine Blackwood's 102 blunts England on day three of the second Test in Barbados. BBC Sport - Published on March 18, 2022