Andre Russell Biography Wiki Wife Family Age Net Worth

Andre Dwayne Russell (born 29 April 1988) is a Jamaican cricketer. Russell plays for the West Indies internationally and for Jamaica in West Indian domestic cricket, as an all-rounder. He bats predominantly in the middle order for the West Indies. Widely regarded as the biggest hitter of the cricket ball, Russell once scored a century in 42 balls (3 fours and 11 sixes) in CPL against Trinbago Knight Riders. He also took a hat-trick in the same match. Thus he became the only player after Joe Denly to take a hat-trick and score a century in the same match.

Domestic Career

In the season 2010 he played at Barnards Green Cricket Club in Worcestershire, England, helping them secure promotion from Worcestershire Cricket League into Birmingham League cricket. He took 39 wickets at an average of 10.15. He also led the averages with his batting, hitting 799 runs in 11 innings at an average of 99.88 (3 NOs).

On 21 September 2013, in a match against India A he became the first bowler in T20 to take 4 wickets in 4 successive deliveries taking the wickets of Kedar Jadhav, Yuvraj Singh, Naman Ojha and Yusuf Pathan.

International Career

A fast bowling all rounder, Russell made his Test cricket debut against Sri Lanka in November 2010.

He made his ODI debut in the 2011 Cricket World Cup match against Ireland at Mohali. He scored only 3, and was bowled by John Mooney, as his side went through a lower-order collapse to be bowled out for 275 from 267/6. However, he impressed with the ball, taking 1/37 from his 10 overs (2 maidens) and had bowled set Ed Joyce (84 off 106), and breaking a 91-run partnership with Gary Wilson to halt the fluent Irish run-chase. That proved to be the turning-point and West Indies won by 44 runs. He also took 2/46 against India in the 2011 Cricket World Cup at Chennai.

T20 Franchise Career

Indian Premier League

During the 2012 Indian Premier League Players Auction, he was bought by the Delhi Daredevils for a sum of $450,000.

He was picked up by Kolkata Knight Riders for IPL 2014 auction for 60 Lakhs INR.

Pakistan Super League

In the 2016 Pakistan Super League he played for Islamabad United.He was drafted in by United For US$140,000 during initial player draft that took place on 21–22 Dec 2015.His side won the inaugural Edition of PSL He was an important member of the side as he finished the tournament as leading wicket-taker (16)

Other T20 leagues

On August 6, 2016, Russell scored the fastest Caribbean Premier League century, when he completed the milestone in 42 balls. His blitzkrieg contained as many as 11 sixes.

In May 2018, he was named as one of the ten marquee players for the first edition of the Global T20 Canada cricket tournament.

In September 2018, he was named as the Icon Player for Nangarhar’s squad in the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament. The following month, he was named in the squad for the Dhaka Dynamites team, following the draft for the 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League.

Andre Russell Biography Wiki Wife Family Age Net Worth