Craig Braithwaite played 100 Test matches for West Indies (Photo- David Rogers/Getty Images)
West Indies veteran opener Craig Brathwaite has created history in the second Test match against Australia. Craig Braithwaite has played 100 Test matches for his team. Not only this, he has become the 10th West Indies batsman to achieve this achievement. Craig Braithwaite has been one of the important players of the West Indies Test team and their performance has always been strong in this format.
Craig Braithwaite created history
Craig Brathwaite is the second youngest player from the West Indies who has done this record. Before that, this achievement was achieved by Shivnarayan Chandrapal. Let me tell you, Craig Braithwaite made a Test debut for the West Indies in 2011. Apart from the great batsman, there are only 9 players who have played 100 or more Test matches for the West Indies team. The first name in this list is that of former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd, who has played 110 Test matches from 1966 to 1985. Sir Vivian Richards played 121 Test matches from 1974 to 1991.
For West Indies, Gordon Grnaz has played 108 Test matches from 1974 to 1991 while Desmond Hens has participated in 116 Test matches from 1978 to 1994. Former player Curtian Walsh has played 132 Test matches from 1984 to 2001. In this list, Brian Lara is also named who has performed a bang in 131 Tests from 1990 to 2006.
Carl Hooper has played 102 Test matches from 1987 to 2002. Shivnarayan Chandrapal has batted strongly for the West Indies team in the 164 Tests from 1994 to 2015. Chris Gayle made his debut in 2000 and took part in 103 Tests by 2014. Now Craig Brathwaite has also been included in this list.
Craig Braithwaite Figures
Craig Brathwaite has scored 5943 runs in 100 Tests at an average of 32.83. He has 12 centuries and 31 half -centuries. The highest individual score of Brathwaite is 212 runs. Talking in ODIs, he has scored 278 runs in 10 matches at an average of 27.80. His name is only one half -century. Craig Braithwaite has the best score of 78 runs in ODIs.
