| Brandon Bess | |
| Country: | West Indies |
| Fullname: | Brandon Jeremy Bess |
| Birth Date: | 13 December 1987 |
| Birth Place: | Rosignol, Berbice, Guyana |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm fast-medium |
| International: | true |
| Onetest: | true |
| Testdebutdate: | 26 June |
| Testdebutyear: | 2010 |
| Testdebutagainst: | South Africa |
| Testcap: | 286 |
| Club1: | Guyana |
| Year1: | 2007/08–2011/12 |
| Columns: | 4 |
| Column1: | Test |
| Matches1: | 1 |
| Runs1: | 11 |
| Bat Avg1: | 11.00 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 11 |
| Deliveries1: | 78 |
| Wickets1: | 1 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 92.00 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 1/65 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 0/ - |
| Column2: | FC |
| 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 |
| Matches3: | 6 |
| Runs3: | 4 |
| Bat Avg3: | – |
| 100S/50S3: | 0/0 |
| Top Score3: | 4 |
| Deliveries3: | 138 |
| Wickets3: | 3 |
| Bowl Avg3: | 41.00 |
| Fivefor3: | 0 |
| Tenfor3: | 0 |
| Best Bowling3: | 1/20 |
| Catches/Stumpings3: | 3/– |
| Column4: | T20 |
| 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 cricketer who made his debut for the West Indies cricket team in June 2010 as a late replacement for Nelon Pascal, who was injured pre-match. A right-arm fast-medium bowler and lower order right-handed batsman, he plays first-class cricket for Guyana.
Bess made his debut for Guyana in January 2008, playing in a Carib Beer Cup match against Trinidad and Tobago. He played only one further match in the 2007–08 season.[1] He played more regularly in 2008–09, and appeared for West Indies A against the touring England XI, claiming a solitary wicket.[2] The season also saw him make his first appearances in List A cricket, playing two matches for Guyana in November 2008.[3]
His best bowling figures came early in the 2009–10 season, when he claimed four wickets in the first innings against Jamaica.[4] He completed 2009–10 with a bowling average of 33.69, his best season average.[5] His performances saw him appear for the West Indies A against the Zimbabweans in April 2010.[1]
During the 2010 home series against South Africa, Bess made a surprise debut. Nelon Pascal, himself in the team for the missing Ravi Rampaul,[6] suffered a neck injury during the pre-match warm-up exercises. Bess, who was training at the High Performance Centre in Bridgetown was rushed to the ground,[7] not arriving until the second over of the match.[8] 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 score three boundaries off his first over.[8] He was taken off after his second over as Chris Gayle turned to spinner Shane Shillingford.[9] He returned in the twentieth over, and claimed the wicket of nightwatchman Paul Harris. He continued to bowl expensively, with 65 runs coming off the 9 overs that he bowled in the first innings. Cricinfo's Siddhartha Talya was unimpressed with his performance:[10]