Sam Skeete, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Sam Skeete

cricketer

Date of Birth: 19-Jan-1967

Place of Birth: Saint Michael, Barbados

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: South Africa

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Sam Skeete

  • Samuel McDonald "Sam" Skeete (born 3 August 1981) is a former Barbadian cricketer who represented the Barbadian national team in West Indian domestic cricket.
  • He also played three seasons of South African domestic cricket, representing Easterns. A right-arm fast bowler, Skeete represented the West Indies under-19s at the 1988 Youth World Cup in Australia.
  • He took 13 wickets from eight matches (including 4/20 against Sri Lanka and 3/25 against Pakistan), finishing as his team's leading wicket-taker and fifth overall.
  • Skeete made his first-class debut for Barbados in January 1990, in a Red Stripe Cup match against the Leeward Islands.
  • He went on to play a total of five seasons for Barbados, including in the regional limited-overs competition and against touring international teams.
  • In total, Skeete took 52 first-class wickets from 18 matches for Barbados, with a best of 6/44 against Guyana in January 1991.In 1993, Skeete signed with Eastern Transvaal (later known as simply Easterns), a team in South African domestic cricket.
  • He made his first-class debut for the team in October 1993, in the UCB Bowl.
  • Later in the 1993–94 season he also played two games for the Impalas (a team of players from smaller provincial boards) in the limited-overs Benson and Hedges Series.
  • Skeete spent a total of three seasons as Easterns' overseas player, leaving midway through the 1995–96 season.
  • In the 1994–95 UCB Bowl, he took 23 wickets from six matches, behind only Corrie Jordaan overall, and also scored 314 runs, which was the second-most for his team (behind Craig Norris).
  • Against Border B, he scored his one and only first-class century.
  • This was an innings of 119 from 93 balls made from eighth in the batting order, and including ten fours and nine sixes.

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