Dominic Drakes
Dominic Conneil Drakes (born 6 February 1998) is a Barbadian cricketer.[1] He plays for Barbados in domestic cricket and for the St Kitts & Nevis Patriots in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL). Drakes is the son of Vasbert Drakes, who played international cricket for the West Indies.[2] CareerDrakes made his first-class debut for Barbados in the 2017–18 Regional Four Day Competition on 18 January 2018.[3] He made his List A debut for Barbados in the 2017–18 Regional Super50 on 9 February 2018.[4] Ahead of the 2018 Caribbean Premier League, Drakes was named as one of five players to watch in the tournament.[5] He made his Twenty20 debut for Barbados Tridents in the tournament on 4 September 2018.[6] In October 2019, he was named in the West Indies Emerging Team for the 2019–20 Regional Super50 tournament.[7] In July 2020, Drakes was named in the St Kitts & Nevis Patriots squad for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League.[8][9] On 15 September 2021, Drakes scored an unbeaten 48 runs off 24 balls in the final of the 2021 Caribbean Premier League (CPL), which helped St Kitts & Nevis Patriots to register their first CPL title. He was also named the man of the match.[10] The following month, he was added to the Chennai Super Kings' squad for the 2021 Indian Premier League, replacing Sam Curran, who was ruled out due to injury.[11] In November 2021, Drakes was named in the West Indies' Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Pakistan.[12] He made his T20I debut on 13 December 2021, for the West Indies against Pakistan.[13] In February 2022, he was bought by the Gujarat Titans in the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament.[14] In July 2022, he was signed by the Colombo Stars for the third edition of the Lanka Premier League.[15] In May 2023, he was named in West Indies One Day International (ODI) squad for the series against United Arab Emirates.[16] He made his ODI debut in the first ODI of the series, on 4 June 2023.[17] References
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