Darren Bravo
- Date of Birth 1989-2-6
- Role top-order batter
- Batting Style left-hand bat
- Bowling Style right-arm medium
Debut Matches
| Format | Match | Date |
|---|---|---|
| TEST | WI vs SL | 2010-11-15 |
| ODI | IND vs WI | 2009-06-26 |
| T20 | ZIM vs WI | 2010-02-28 |
Recent Performances
Batting Statistics
Matches
56
Innings
102
Runs
3538
Average
36.47
Strike Rate
44.86
Highest Score
218
100s
8
50s
17
Fours
404
Sixes
41
Catches
51
Bowling Statistics
Matches
56
Innings
1
Wickets
0
Average
-
Economy
2
Strike Rate
-
Best Figure
-
4 Wickets
0
5 Wickets
0
Balls Bowled
6
Runs Conceded
2
Batting Statistics
Matches
122
Innings
117
Runs
3109
Average
30.18
Strike Rate
70.11
Highest Score
124
100s
4
50s
18
Fours
252
Sixes
75
Catches
35
Bowling Statistics
Matches
122
Innings
-
Wickets
-
Average
-
Economy
-
Strike Rate
-
Best Figure
-
4 Wickets
-
5 Wickets
-
Balls Bowled
-
Runs Conceded
-
Batting Statistics
Matches
26
Innings
22
Runs
405
Average
21.31
Strike Rate
106.86
Highest Score
43*
100s
0
50s
0
Fours
32
Sixes
14
Catches
5
Bowling Statistics
Matches
26
Innings
-
Wickets
-
Average
-
Economy
-
Strike Rate
-
Best Figure
-
4 Wickets
-
5 Wickets
-
Balls Bowled
-
Runs Conceded
-
Batting Statistics
Matches
200
Innings
191
Runs
6195
Average
38.47
Strike Rate
Highest Score
139*
100s
9
50s
42
Fours
Sixes
Catches
60
Bowling Statistics
Matches
200
Innings
1
Wickets
0
Average
-
Economy
24
Strike Rate
-
Best Figure
-
4 Wickets
0
5 Wickets
0
Balls Bowled
1
Runs Conceded
4
Batting Statistics
Matches
181
Innings
158
Runs
3586
Average
29.88
Strike Rate
115.67
Highest Score
94*
100s
0
50s
19
Fours
223
Sixes
190
Catches
60
Bowling Statistics
Matches
181
Innings
-
Wickets
-
Average
-
Economy
-
Strike Rate
-
Best Figure
-
4 Wickets
-
5 Wickets
-
Balls Bowled
-
Runs Conceded
-
Darren Bravo is living proof that imitation is the best form of flattery and learning. Growing up, he followed cricket only to watch Brian Lara, his cousin. As soon as Lara got out, Bravo would switch off the TV and go out to bat.
The player he eventually became was not quite the Prince, but a talented left-hand batter with the same walk, the same backlift, the same flourish, the same footwork, the same mannerisms, and incredibly, for a while, the same stats as well - their runs and batting average were identical after their first 12 Tests.
But Bravo's career hasn't been as prolific thereafter, partly due to disagreements with the West Indies board (not that Lara didn't have his fair share of those).
For all his talent, Bravo, who is the half-brother of West Indies' legendary allrounder Dwayne Bravo, took a while to get to his first international hundred. But once he got going, two years after his debut, he reeled off three Test centuries in the space of a month, starting with 195 in Mirpur, followed by 136 in Kolkata and 166 in Mumbai in 2011.
He scored his first ODI hundred against Zimbabwe in 2013. Later that year, he made a Test double in Dunedin, batting for over nine and a half hours to save the Test after West Indies were forced to follow on.
But when he pulled out of part of the white-ball leg of the New Zealand series, a tour of South Africa in 2014, and later, the 2016 T20 World Cup, it looked unlikely that he would succeed Shivnarine Chanderpaul as West Indies' batting mainstay.
In 2016, he was sent home from an ODI tri-series in Zimbabwe after he referred to board chairman Dave Cameron as a "big idiot" for suggesting that Bravo was offered a grade C contract due to his slipping batting average. Bravo's contract was revoked, and in response, he launched a damages claim against the WICB. He returned to international cricket in 2018, and scored a Test half-century in a ten-wicket win over England in Antigua early the following year.