Brandon Jeremy Bess (born 13 December 1987) is a former international

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er who made his debut for the West Indies cricket team in June 2010 as a late replacement for Nelon Pascal, who was injured pre-match. A right-arm fast-medium bowler and lower order right-handed batsman, he plays

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for

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Cricket career

Early cricket

Bess made his debut for

in January 2008, playing in a

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match against

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. He played only one further match in the 2007–08 season. He played more regularly in 2008–09, and appeared for West Indies A against the touring England XI, claiming a solitary wicket. The season also saw him make his first appearances in

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, playing two matches for Guyana in November 2008. His best bowling figures came early in the 2009–10 season, when he claimed four wickets in the first innings against

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. He completed 2009–10 with a

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of 33.69, his best season average. His performances saw him appear for the West Indies A against the Zimbabweans in April 2010.

Test call-up

During the 2010 home series against South Africa, Bess made a surprise debut. Nelon Pascal, himself in the team for the missing

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, suffered a neck injury during the pre-match warm-up exercises. Bess, who was training at the High Performance Centre in

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was rushed to the ground, not arriving until the second over of the match. Bess, who came into the game with a first-class bowling average of 48.80, opened the bowling for the West Indies, but saw opposition captain

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score three boundaries off his first over. He was taken off after his second over as

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turned to spinner

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. He returned in the twentieth over, and claimed the wicket of nightwatchman Paul Harris. He continued to bowl expensively, with 65 runs coming off the 9 overs that he bowled in the first innings.

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's Siddhartha Talya was unimpressed with his performance:

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bess, Brandon 1987 births Living people People from Mahaica-Berbice West Indies Test cricketers Guyanese cricketers Guyana cricketers