Ian David Russell Bradshaw was born on 9 July 1974 and is a former Barbadian cricketer who played for the West Indies cricket team as a left-arm fast bowler.
25 Facts About Ian Bradshaw
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Ian Bradshaw captained West Indies under-19s during their 1993 tour of England, playing three youth Tests and two youth ODIs.
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Ian Bradshaw played only six first class games for Barbados before he was named the side's new captain in December 2000.
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Ian Bradshaw later picked up six wickets in the 2004 Carib Beer Cup Challenge final, which Barbados won against Jamaica.
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In January 2004, Ian Bradshaw was named in West Indies' 15-man ODI squad for the upcoming one day series against South Africa.
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Ian Bradshaw was kept in the side for the 2004 7 match ODI series, against England.
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Ian Bradshaw wasn't selected for the series' first four games, then took two wickets as the Windies won the fifth match by five wickets at Saint Lucia's Beausejour Stadium.
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Ian Bradshaw won the Man of the Match award in the first ODI with figures of 2 for 11 off 10 overs and scoring 12 not out at the end as the Windies won by one wicket.
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Ian Bradshaw eventually claimed four wickets at an average of 9.60 for the series, ending up as the' third highest wicket taker behind Tino Best and Tapash Baisya.
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West Indies played 11 ODIs in England in 2004, and Ian Bradshaw played in every single one save for a rained off match at Southampton against New Zealand.
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Ian Bradshaw opened with no wickets in a no result against New Zealand, then removed both England openers with his first seven balls at Trent Bridge in a seven-wicket win, before failing to take a wicket through the 32 overs in the remaining four matches.
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Ian Bradshaw was retained for the 2004 Champions Trophy, taking three wickets in the opening group, which West Indies won by beating Bangladesh and South Africa.
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Ian Bradshaw removed Salman Butt for a two-ball duck in the seven-wicket semi-final win over Pakistan.
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However, it was in the final that he, along with wicket-keeper Courtney Browne, made headlines West Indies had bowled England out for 217, with Bradshaw taking the wickets of Vikram Solanki and Michael Vaughan, but conceding the most runs of all West Indian bowlers with 54.
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However, though Ian Bradshaw took three for 47 from his ten overs, Pakistan totalled 307 for eight, and Ian Bradshaw was called in to bat with 51 required off 37 balls.
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Ian Bradshaw's innings was not a repeat of the Champions Trophy effort as he was bowled by Naved-ul-Hasan for a four-ball duck; West Indies lost by 30 runs as they were bowled out with eleven balls to spare.
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Ian Bradshaw continued to be an ODI specialist, playing all eight home ODIs during May 2005, and being on the losing side in all eight.
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Ian Bradshaw was then selected for the 13-man Test squad to face Pakistan, and was "expected to make his Test debut", but suffered a viral infection and missed the first Test before being selected in the squad for the second match.
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Ian Bradshaw thus got a break from international cricket until February 2006, as West Indies' November 2005 tour of Australia only included Tests.
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Once again, Ian Bradshaw was West Indies' leading wicket-taker in the ODI series, this time shared with Dwayne Smith, but with a better economy rate than Smith.
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Ian Bradshaw then made his Test debut at Eden Park, taking six wickets for 156 runs in the match, the second best bowling figures behind Chris Gayle, but New Zealand still prevailed by 27 runs after West Indies lost their way from 148 for nought to 263 all out, Ian Bradshaw making 10 in an hour-long innings that was ended by him giving a catch to Stephen Fleming off Daniel Vettori.
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Ian Bradshaw was not in the XI for the final game, but still held a catch as substitute fielder.
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Ian Bradshaw then featured in the first two Tests against India, recording two wickets for 271 in two drawn games.
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Brian Lara said Bradshaw "[had] been good" during the series in the aftermath of the third Test at St Kitts, where Bradshaw had been left out in favour of an extra batsman.
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Ian Bradshaw was selected in the West Indies squad for the 2007 Cricket World Cup.