Marlon Samuels, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Marlon Samuels

Jamaican cricketer

Date of Birth: 05-Feb-1981

Place of Birth: Kingston, Surrey County, Jamaica

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Marlon Nathaniel Samuels (born 5 February 1981) is a Jamaican cricketer who plays internationally for the West Indies in all three formats, and a former ODI captain.
He is a right-handed middle order batsman and an off-spinner.
He was a key member of the West Indies team that won the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 and 2016 ICC World Twenty20, and was named man of the match in the final of both tournaments, becoming first man to achieve the feat. Samuels made his Test debut in Australia in 2000, and his One Day International debut against Sri Lanka in Nairobi during the ICC Knockout Trophy in the same year. In 2013 he was named one of the Wisden cricketers of the year.
He was one of the franchise players for the inaugural Caribbean Premier League.
In 2016 the West Indies Cricket Board named Samuels as the ODI Player of the Year and the Cricketer of the Year.