34 Facts About Andre Fletcher

Andre Fletcher was born on 28 November 1987 and is a Grenadian cricketer who plays internationally for the West Indies.

Andre Fletcher is a right-handed batsman and often keeps wicket.

Andre Fletcher played domestic cricket for Windward Islands and Grenada.

Andre Fletcher was one of the few international cricketers to have come from Grenada.

Andre Fletcher made his first-class debut for Windward Islands against Trinidad and Tobago on 30 January 2004 in the Carib Beer Cup.

Andre Fletcher played for the West Indian U19 cricket team in the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup which was in Sri Lanka.

Andre Fletcher made his T20 debut in the inaugural edition of the Stanford Super Series on 14 July 2006 and won player of the match on his debut after scoring unbeaten 47 opening the batting for Grenada in a low scoring chase against Dominica.

Andre Fletcher went onto become a regular feature in the Stanford Super Series where he played for the Stanford Superstars.

Andre Fletcher continued his form into the US$20 million showdown against England by scoring 32 not out, to earn himself US$1 million.

Andre Fletcher paid an attitude of gratitude to American investor Allen Stanford whom he revealed as a person to have changed his career with the introduction of Stanford Super Series.

Andre Fletcher admitted that he accepted investment advice from Stanford's people before the commencement of the 2008 Stanford Super Series.

Andre Fletcher was bought by St Lucia Zouks for the inaugural edition of the Caribbean Premier League in 2013.

Andre Fletcher revealed that former West Indies legendary batsman Brian Lara had instilled confidence in him and helped to unleash his batting prowess through a phone call, at a time when Fletcher was struggling for consistency and a lean patch of form with the bat for Melbourne Stars averaging 12.43 after first seven innings.

Andre Fletcher was later replaced by Sikandar Raza as a concussion substitute during the match and Fletcher as soon rushed to the hospital for scans.

Andre Fletcher earned the maiden international call-up to the West Indies team for the home limited overs series against Australia in 2008 on the back of an impressive domestic level performance.

Andre Fletcher scored his maiden first-class century playing for Windward Islands against Jamaica and his performances impressed the selectors and he was included in the final squad.

Andre Fletcher made his senior international debut in a Twenty20 match against Australia at Bridgetown on 20 June 2008.

Andre Fletcher made his ODI debut against Australia on 24 June 2008 just roughly four days after making his T20I debut against the same opposition.

Andre Fletcher was run out by Brad Haddin on his ODI debut for 26 runs.

Andre Fletcher was picked for the 2009 ICC World Twenty20.

Andre Fletcher made good start with the bat for West Indies in their opening encounter against Australia by scoring 53 off just 32 balls at a strike rate of 165.62 which ensured a comfortable victory for West Indies in a high scoring run chase.

Andre Fletcher was named in a depleted West Indies squad which headed to South Africa without most of their first-choice players for the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy.

Andre Fletcher was included in the national squad for the home T20 World Cup tournament in 2010 as a backup wicketkeeper for misfiring Denesh Ramdin.

Andre Fletcher kept wickets in few group stage matches of the tournament.

Andre Fletcher featured in the West Indies squad for the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 where West Indies reached semi-finals.

Andre Fletcher was an integral member of the West Indies team which won the 2016 ICC World Twenty20.

Andre Fletcher came in as injury replacement for Chris Gayle in the match against Sri Lanka but was later pushed down the order in the remaining group stage matches to accommodate Gayle in the top order.

Andre Fletcher was replaced by Lendl Simmons ahead of the T20 World Cup semi-final against India.

Andre Fletcher was named in the West Indies squad for the one off Hurricane Relief T20 Challenge against the World XI which was held on 31 May 2018.

In September 2021, Andre Fletcher was named in the West Indies' squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.

Andre Fletcher forced his way back into contention for a place in West Indies T20 World Cup squad on the back of an impressive 2021 Caribbean Premier League where he ended up scoring 229 runs in 12 matches.

Andre Fletcher is the younger brother of Grenadian Sprinter Sherry Fletcher.

Andre Fletcher was later fined EC $2000 after appearing before the magistrate in Dominica.

Andre Fletcher himself admitted and took full responsibility for the incident but revealed that he had no idea on how he had the package in his possession.