Adrian Barath is the second youngest West Indian to have scored a century in first-class cricket, after Bruce Pairaudeau.
12 Facts About Adrian Barath
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Adrian Barath played his final test match for West Indies in 2012.
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Adrian Barath became the youngest player in the Caribbean to score a century in first-class cricket since Bruce Pairaudeau in 1947, and he followed that up with a second century in the next game.
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Adrian Barath was part of the West Indies U-19 team for the 2008 World Cup played for the West Indies A team against the touring England side in January 2009, making 132.
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Adrian Barath made his Test debut for the West Indies against Australia at the Gabba on 26 November 2009.
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Adrian Barath fell early in the first innings with a score of 15 but led the West Indies in the second innings scoring 104 runs when following on.
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Adrian Barath became the first West Indian to score a century on debut since Dwayne Smith.
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The West Indies toured Bangladesh in October 2011 and during the opening ODI Adrian Barath incurred an injury to his hamstring and did not play again during the tour and was replaced by the in-form Lendl Simmons.
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Adrian Barath recovered in time to be selected for the squad to tour India the following month, taking over from Simmons who was omitted.
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Adrian Barath fell out of the West Indies test team after the series against England in the 2012 English summer.
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In 2014, Adrian Barath took a break from cricket to prioritise his Jehovah's Witness faith.
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Adrian Barath was aged 24 at the time of what turned out to be his final first class game, a very early end to a once promising international career.