| Ruel Brathwaite | |
| Country: | West Indies |
| Fullname: | Ruel Marlon Ricardo Brathwaite |
| Birth Date: | 6 September 1985 |
| Birth Place: | Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm fast-medium |
| Club1: | Marylebone Cricket Club |
| Year1: | 2007 |
| Club2: | Cambridge University |
| Year2: | 2009 |
| Club3: | Durham |
| Clubnumber3: | 8 |
| Club4: | Combined Campuses and Colleges |
| Year4: | 2010 |
| Club5: | Hampshire |
| Year5: | 2013 |
| Clubnumber5: | 12 |
| Columns: | 3 |
| Column1: | FC |
| Matches1: | 26 |
| Runs1: | 226 |
| Bat Avg1: | 12.55 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/1 |
| Top Score1: | 76 |
| Deliveries1: | 3,778 |
| Wickets1: | 71 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 32.52 |
| Fivefor1: | 3 |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | 5/54 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 3/– |
| Column2: | LA |
| Matches2: | 3 |
| Runs2: | – |
| Bat Avg2: | – |
| 100S/50S2: | –/– |
| Top Score2: | – |
| Deliveries2: | 60 |
| Wickets2: | 1 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 72.00 |
| Fivefor2: | – |
| Tenfor2: | – |
| Best Bowling2: | 1/19 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | –/– |
| Column3: | T20 |
| Matches3: | 1 |
| Runs3: | 0 |
| Bat Avg3: | 0.00 |
| 100S/50S3: | –/– |
| Top Score3: | 0 |
| Deliveries3: | 18 |
| Wickets3: | 1 |
| Bowl Avg3: | 33.00 |
| Fivefor3: | – |
| Tenfor3: | – |
| Best Bowling3: | 1/33 |
| Catches/Stumpings3: | –/– |
| Date: | 16 August |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/244499.html Cricinfo |
Ruel Marlon Ricardo Brathwaite (born 6 September 1985) is a Barbadian former cricketer. Brathwaite played county cricket for Durham and Hampshire, in addition to playing first-class cricket at varsity level.
Brathwaite born in Bridgetown, Barbados in September 1985. He was educated there at Queen's College,[1] before leaving for England when he was 17 to attend Dulwich College on a cricket scholarship.[2] At Dulwich, he was coached by former cricketer Bill Athey.[3] From Dulwich, he matriculated to Loughborough University to obtain a degree in civil engineering.[1] There, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Loughborough UCCE against Essex at Chelmsford in 2006, with Brathwaite playing a further first-class match for Loughborough that season against Hampshire. He also played for a combined British Universities cricket team against the touring Sri Lankans.[4]
The following season, he played two first-class matches for the Marylebone Cricket Club against the touring West Indians, and later against a touring Sri Lanka A team.[4] During the West Indies 2007 tour of England, Braithwaite was called up to the West Indians squad to play in a List A one-day match against the England Lions.[5] [6] Having made a further first-class appearance for Loughborough in 2007 against Worcestershire, Brathwaite made his final first-class appearance for Loughborough in 2008, against Surrey.[4] His five matches for Loughborough yielded him 7 wickets at an expensive average of 67.85,[7] whilst with the bat he scored 129 runs at a batting average of 32.25, and a high score of 76 not out.[8]
From Lougborough, Brathwaite advanced to Queens' College at the University of Cambridge to study for his master's in Engineering for Sustainable Development.[9] There, he made three first-class appearances for Cambridge MCCU in 2009, in addition to playing for Cambridge University against Oxford University in the 2009 University Match at Lord's,[4] in which he claimed his maiden five wicket haul with 5 for 54.[9] His participation in this match earned him his blue.[9]
After completing his master's at Cambridge, Brathwaite was invited to trial with Durham for the latter half of the 2010 season, following a recommendation from Paul Collingwood, who had spotted him bowling to the England team in the nets at The Oval.[10] Having made his debut in the 2010 County Championship against Somerset at Chester-le-Street,[4] he was subsequently signed on a two-year contract.[9] He returned to the Caribbean following the 2010 season, where he played a Twenty20 match for the Combined Campuses and Colleges against Guyana in the 2010 Caribbean Twenty20,[11] taking one wicket, that of Christopher Barnwell for the cost of 33 runs from three overs.[12] Returning to England for the 2011 season, he made six appearances in the County Championship and a single one-day appearance in the Clydesdale Bank 40 against Scotland.[4] [6] In 2012, he made three further first-class appearances for Durham, against Durham MCCU, Somerset and Australia A.[4] Having found opportunities to establish himself at Durham limited, he left the county toward the end of the 2013 season,[13] having taken 39 first-class wickets at an average of 23.35.[7]
Toward the end of the 2013 season, he was signed Hampshire,[14] with Brathwaite making three appearances in the 2013 County Championship against Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, and Essex.[4] The following season, he made a single one-day appearance against a touring Sri Lanka A team,[6] and was released at the end of that season alongside wicket-keeper Michael Bates.[15]