19 Facts About Samuel Badree

Samuel Badree was born on 8 March 1981 and is a former Trinidadian cricketer and cricket coach who played international cricket for the West Indies.

Samuel Badree was a member of the West Indies team that won both the 2012 T20 World Cup and the 2016 T20 World Cup, and was one of the highest wicket takers of the 2016 tournament.

Samuel Badree was born to a mixed Indo-Trinidadian and Afro Trinidadian family in Barrackpore, a town in Trinidad's Penal-Debe region.

Samuel Badree attended San Fernando's Naparima College, and played cricket from a young age.

Samuel Badree took seven wickets in five matches, which was behind only Guyana's Narsingh Deonarine overall.

Samuel Badree subsequently represented the team in the 2008 Stanford Super Series, and later made appearances in the Champions League Twenty20 and the Caribbean Twenty20.

In 2013, Samuel Badree signed with the Red Steel franchise for the inaugural edition of the Caribbean Premier League.

Samuel Badree remained with the Red Steel for the 2014 season, and improved upon his performance from the previous season, taking 11 wickets from nine matches.

Samuel Badree finished the 2015 CPL season with 12 wickets from 13 games, which was again the second-most for the Red Steel, and the equal third-most amongst spinners.

Samuel Badree first played for an overseas Twenty20 franchise in January 2013, when he played for the Khulna Royal Bengals in the 2013 Bangladesh Premier League season.

Samuel Badree went on to play four matches for the team during the 2014 season, but took only two wickets, with Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravi Jadeja being the preferred spin options.

Samuel Badree struggled for form early in the season, going wicketless in his first three games, but eventually bounced back to finish as his team's leading wicket-taker, with nine wickets from eight matches.

Samuel Badree became the 15th bowler to do so in the Indian Premier League history.

Later in the year, Samuel Badree was selected in the West Indian squad for the 2012 World Twenty20.

Later in 2013, Samuel Badree appeared for the West Indies against Pakistan, while in early 2014 he played in series against New Zealand, Ireland, and England.

Samuel Badree was named in the 'Team of the Tournament' for the 2014 T20 World Cup by the ICC.

Samuel Badree was selected in the 2nd XI of the 2014 ICC World T20 Cup by Cricinfo.

Samuel Badree struggled with a shoulder injury throughout the second half of 2014, which eventually required surgery, and in 2015 contracted dengue fever, which forced him to miss a series against Sri Lanka.

Samuel Badree was named in the 'Team of the Tournament' for the 2016 T20 World Cup by the ICC, Cricinfo and Cricbuzz.