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Marlon Samuels

Full name:	Marlon Nathaniel Samuels
Born:	5th January 1981, Kingston, Jamaica
Batting:	Right-hand batsman
Bowling:	Right-arm off-break
Relations:	Brother: RG Samuels
Teams:	West Indies (Test: 2000/01-2007/08); West Indies (ODI: 2000/01-2007/08); West Indies (Int Twenty20: 2007-2007/08); Jamaica (Main FC: 1996/97-2007/08); Jamaica (Main ListA: 2000/01-2006/07); Jamaica (Main Twenty20: 2006-2007/08); All teams
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Articles:	Marlon Samuels suspended from bowling in international cricket
	Chanderpaul steady as ever defies South African attack
	'Who doesn't bet on cricket?', says Samuels' contact
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Pictures:	Marlon Samuels plays a shot
	Marlon Samuels plays a shot
	Marlon Samuels leaves after being dismissed
	Samuels is stumped by Kamran Akmal
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The West Indian selectors deserve all credit for spotting Marlon Samuels prodigious gifts very early for they packed him off for the tour of Australia in 2000-01 when he was just short of his 20th birthday and more important had yet to play for Jamaica in a first class match. A right-handed middle order batsman who oozes class at the crease Samuels plays every shot in the book with exquisite body balance, exemplary footwork and a technique that can hardly be faulted. Playing adroitly against both pace and spin and off the front and back foot Samuels is a picture of confidence and bids fair to be one of the batting bulwarks in the post Lara era. He has displayed his class in both forms of the game and has a century in each – both against India on the 2002-03 tour. The Test century at Kolkata was elegantly compiled while the ODI ton at Vijayawada was a merry knock - an unbeaten 108 off 75 balls with eleven fours and five sixes that helped West Indies clinch the seven match series 4-3. His slow off breaks can be quite a handful especially in the shorter version of the game.
Profile DateLine: 20th February 2007

Test Career Batting and Fielding (2000/01-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
West Indies	29	53	4	1408	105	28.73	2	9	44.40	13

Test Career Bowling (2000/01-2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
West Indies	1596	36	889	7	2-49	127.00	0	0	228.00	3.34

First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (1996/97-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
Overall	67	115	8	3724	257	34.80	6	22	39

First-Class Career Bowling (1996/97-2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
Overall	4540	130	2290	37	5-87	61.89	1	0	122.70	3.02

One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (2000/01-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
West Indies	107	99	16	2513	108*	30.27	2	18	75.62	29

One-Day International Career Bowling (2000/01-2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
West Indies	3079	11	2465	57	3-25	43.24	0	0	54.01	4.80

One-Day Career Batting and Fielding (2000-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
Overall	160	149	24	4032	108*	32.25	4	30	44

One-Day Career Bowling (2000-2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Overall	4827	42	3650	99	4-21	36.86	2	0	48.75	4.53

International Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2007-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
West Indies	6	6	0	131	51	21.83	0	1	177.02	0

International Twenty20 Career Bowling (2007-2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
West Indies	72	0	128	2	1-24	64.00	0	0	36.00	10.66

Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2006-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Overall	12	12	1	287	51	26.09	0	1	142.78	0

Twenty20 Career Bowling (2006-2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Overall	188	1	241	8	2-19	30.12	0	0	23.50	7.69

Youth One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (1997/98-1999/00)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
West Indies Under-19s	13	11	1	254	83	25.40	0	2	2

Youth One-Day International Career Bowling (1997/98-1999/00)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
West Indies Under-19s	589	11	401	14	3-20	28.64	0	0	42.07	4.08