Darren Bravo

West Indies|Top order Batter
Darren Bravo
INTL CAREER: 2009 - 2022
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Full Name

Darren Michael Bravo

Born

February 06, 1989, Trinidad

Age

34y 45d

Batting Style

Left hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Medium

Fielding Position

Occasional Wicketkeeper

Playing Role

Top order Batter

RELATIONS

DJ Bravo

(half-brother)

Darren Bravo is living proof that imitation is the best form of flattery and learning. Only he chose to do it with one of the most inimitable masters of the game. To try to imitate is one thing, to pull it off at Test level, to imbibe it so much that it becomes you, is quite another. Brian Lara's cousin and Dwayne Bravo's half-brother, the younger Bravo, used to watch cricket only for Lara. As soon as Lara would get out, Bravo would switch off the TV and go out to bat.

The result was not quite The Prince, but a talented left-hand batsman with the same walk, the same backlift, the same flourish, the same footwork, the same mannerisms. The most incredible part, though, is that none of it seems forced, gratuitous or less than the best that Bravo can do. The man was born to bat this way, right down to the same Lara leap upon reaching a century.

It was that century that eluded Bravo for his first 31 ODIs, nine Tests and four T20Is. The appetite, though, was there. For a stylish and attacking batsman, he is one of the few young stars in world cricket who feel more at home as the length of the format increases. His early century drought might suggest otherwise, but he is a man for long innings, a man who seems to love to bat on and on. His first century arrived in Bangladesh, in his tenth Test, and he made it a big one, falling five short of a double. He scored two more in the series in India immediately after. After 12 Tests his run aggregate and average were identical to that of Lara's after 12. He scored his first ODI century against Zimbabwe in 2013.

Of course Bravo doesn't have to face the quality of bowling Lara did, and he bats a position lower that Lara's No. 3. Like Lara he will soon become the best batsman of a struggling batting line-up. What he does with a team even weaker than the one Lara played in will be Bravo's real test.
Sidharth Monga

Career Averages
Batting & Fielding
FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Test561025353821836.47788644.8681740441510
ODI12211714310912430.18443470.1141825275350
T20I2622340543*21.31379106.8600321450
FC1071859638921836.30--1435--980
List A19118327577912437.04--839--590
T2017415338350894*30.503014116.39019217187570
Bowling
FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Test561620---2.00-000
ODI122------------
T20I26------------
FC1071340721272/183/4230.283.1258.1000
List A1911140---24.00-000
T20174------------
Darren Michael Bravo
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Test
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Recent Matches - Player
MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Trinidad & T vs Guyana15 & 951/32 & 2/2315-Mar-2023TaroubaFC
Trinidad & T vs Leeward Is100 & 100*--08-Feb-2023North SoundFC
Trinidad & T vs Windward Is38 & 230/831-Jan-2023St George'sFC
Trinidad & T vs Jamaica14--19-Nov-2022North SoundList A
Trinidad & T vs Barbados54--16-Nov-2022North SoundList A
Photos
James Vince slapped a cut straight to Darren Bravo
Darren Bravo lost his off stump
Darren Bravo made his first ODI fifty in two years
Shai Hope and Darren Bravo put on a century stand
Darren Bravo scored his fourth ODI century
Darren Bravo is bowled