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{{Short description|Former West Indian cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Samuel Badree
| image =
| full_name = Samuel Badree
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1981|3|9}}
| birth_place = [[Barrackpore, Trinidad and Tobago]]
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[leg spin]]
| role = [[Bowling (cricket)|Bowler]]
| country = West Indies
| international = true
| internationalspan = 2012-2018

| T20Idebutdate = 30 June
| T20Idebutyear = 2012
| T20Idebutagainst = New Zealand
| T20Icap = 56
| lastT20Idate = 5 August
| lastT20Iyear = 2018
| lastT20Iagainst = Bangladesh
| T20Ishirt = 77

| club1 = [[Trinidad and Tobago national cricket team|Trinidad and Tobago]]
| year1 = 2002–2013
| club2 = [[Khulna Royal Bengals]]
| year2 = 2013
| club3 = [[Rajasthan Royals]]
| year3 = 2013
| club4 = [[Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel]]
| year4 = 2013–2015
| club5 = [[Chennai Super Kings]]
| year5 = 2014
| club6 = [[Brisbane Heat]]
| year6 = {{nowrap|2015/16–2016/17}}
| club7 = [[Islamabad United]]
| year7 = 2016–2017
| club8 = [[St Kitts and Nevis Patriots]]
| year8 = 2016–2017
| club9 = [[Royal Challengers Bangalore]]
| year9 = 2017
| club10 = [[Rangpur Riders]]
| year10 = 2017
| club11 = [[Jamaica Tallawahs]]
| year11 = 2018
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[Twenty20 International|T20I]]
| matches1 = 52
| runs1 = 43
| bat avg1 = 7.16
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 14[[not out|*]]
| deliveries1 = 1,146
| wickets1 = 56
| bowl avg1 = 21.07
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 4/15
| catches/stumpings1 = 7/–
| date = 11 August
| year = 2018
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/51433.html ESPNcricinfo
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport|Men's [[Cricket]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{cr|WIN}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[ICC Men's T20 World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[2012 ICC World Twenty20|2012 Sri Lanka]]|}}
{{Medal|W|[[2016 ICC World Twenty20|2016 India]]|}}
}}

'''Samuel Badree''' (born 9 March 1981) is a Trinidadian cricket commentator, cricket coach, and former cricketer who played international cricket for the [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://trinidadexpress.com/sports/local/bishop-badree-brathwaite-on-commentary-team-for-t20-wc/article_10f4594c-e147-49ce-a763-e329fe64d8aa.html|title=Bishop, Badree, Brathwaite on commentary team for T20 WC|date=6 February 2026|website=Trinidad Express}}</ref>

Badree made his [[first-class cricket|first-class]] debut for [[Trinidad and Tobago national cricket team|Trinidad and Tobago]] in 2002, but played only sporadically at that level, instead concentrating on the [[Limited-overs cricket|limited-overs]] forms of the game. After good form at domestic level, he was selected to make his Twenty20 International debut for the West Indies in June 2012, against [[New Zealand national cricket team|New Zealand]]. Badree was a member of the West Indies team that won both the [[2012 T20 World Cup]] and the [[2016 T20 World Cup]], and was one of the highest wicket takers of the 2016 tournament.

Outside of his international appearances, he has also played in several domestic Twenty20 competitions, including the [[Caribbean Premier League]], the [[Bangladesh Premier League]], the [[Indian Premier League]], the [[Pakistan Super League]], and Australia's [[Big Bash League]].

==Early life==
Badree was born to a mixed [[Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian|Indo-Trinidadian]] family in [[Barrackpore, Trinidad and Tobago|Barrackpore]], a town in Trinidad's [[Penal-Debe]] region. He attended [[San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago|San Fernando]]'s [[Naparima College]], and played cricket from a young age.<ref>Yvonne Baboolal (8 November 2009). [http://www.guardian.co.tt/archives/features/life/2009/11/08/badree-we-won-hearts-india "Badree: We won hearts in India"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512074612/http://www.guardian.co.tt/archives/features/life/2009/11/08/badree-we-won-hearts-india |date=12 May 2016 }} – ''[[Trinidad and Tobago Guardian]]''. Retrieved 31 January 2016.</ref> Before playing cricket professionally, Badree worked as a secondary-school physical education teacher.<ref>Siddarth Ravindran (1 October 2011). [http://www.espncricinfo.com/champions-league-twenty20-2011/content/story/534523.html "Badree finds hope in Twenty20 cricket"] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2016.</ref>

==Domestic career==

Badree made his [[first-class cricket|first-class]] debut for [[Trinidad and Tobago national cricket team]] in January 2002, aged 20, playing against the [[Leeward Islands cricket team|Leeward Islands]] in the [[2001–02 Busta Cup]].<ref name="fc">[https://cricketarchive.com/Players/45/45112/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Samuel Badree] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 January 2016.</ref> His [[List A cricket|List A]] debut came at the end of the same year, in the [[2002–03 Red Stripe Bowl]]. Badree established himself in Trinidad and Tobago's limited-overs line-up a few seasons later, playing every match in the [[2004–05 Regional One-Day Competition]]. He remained a fixture in the team for almost a decade, but retired after the [[2012–13 Regional Super50]] to concentrate on his Twenty20 career.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Players/45/45112/List_A_Matches.html List A matches played by Samuel Badree] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 January 2016.</ref> At first-class level, Badree never played a full season, with his last matches for Trinidad and Tobago coming during the [[2008–09 Regional Four Day Competition]], aged 27.<ref name="fc"/> In 12 first-class appearances, he took only 14 wickets, and never more than two in an innings.<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/51433.html Players / West Indies / Samuel Badree] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2016.</ref>

In 2006, Badree was a key member of the Trinidad and Tobago team that made the final of the inaugural [[Stanford 20/20]] tournament.<ref name="t20">[https://cricketarchive.com/Players/45/45112/Twenty20_Matches.html Twenty20 matches played by Samuel Badree] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 January 2016.</ref> He took seven wickets in five matches (including 3/6 against the [[Cayman Islands national cricket team|Cayman Islands]]),<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/99/99959.html Cayman Islands v Trinidad and Tobago], Stanford Twenty20 2006 (First Round) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 January 2016.</ref> which was behind only [[Guyana national cricket team|Guyana]]'s [[Narsingh Deonarine]] overall.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/5/Stanford_Twenty20_2006/Bowling_by_Wickets.html Bowling in Stanford Twenty20 2006 (ordered by wickets)] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 January 2016.</ref> Badree had less personal success in the 2008 edition of the tournament, but did take 1/12 from four overs in the final against [[Jamaica national cricket team|Jamaica]], which his team won.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/124/124459.html Jamaica v Trinidad and Tobago], Stanford Twenty20 2007/08 (Final) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 January 2016.</ref> He subsequently represented the team in the [[2008 Stanford Super Series]], and later made appearances in the [[Champions League Twenty20]] (established [[2009 Champions League Twenty20|in 2009]]) and the [[Caribbean Twenty20]] (established [[2010 Caribbean Twenty20|in 2010]]).<ref name="t20"/>

In 2013, Badree signed with the [[Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel|Red Steel]] franchise for [[2013 Caribbean Premier League|the inaugural edition]] of the [[Caribbean Premier League]] (CPL). His seven matches yielded five wickets, and against the [[St Lucia Zouks]] he was named man of the match after taking 2/18 from four overs.<ref>[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/caribbean-premier-league-2013/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=8012;type=tournament Caribbean Premier League, 2013 / Records / Most wickets] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2016.</ref> Badree remained with the Red Steel for the [[2014 Caribbean Premier League|2014 season]], and improved upon his performance from the previous season, taking 11 wickets from nine matches. This was the most of any spinner, and second only to [[Kevon Cooper]] for his team.<ref>[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/caribbean-premier-league-2014/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=9153;type=tournament Caribbean Premier League, 2014 / Records / Most wickets] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2016.</ref> Badree finished the [[2015 Caribbean Premier League|2015 CPL season]] with 12 wickets from 13 games, which was again the second-most for the Red Steel (behind [[Dwayne Bravo]]), and the equal third-most amongst spinners (behind [[Sunil Narine]] and [[Robin Peterson]], and equal with [[Devendra Bishoo]]).<ref>[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/caribbean-premier-league-2015/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=9903;type=tournament Caribbean Premier League, 2015 / Records / Most wickets] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2016.</ref>

===T20 franchise cricket===
Badree first played for an overseas Twenty20 franchise in January 2013, when he played for the [[Khulna Royal Bengals]] in the [[2013 Bangladesh Premier League]] (BPL) season.<ref name="t20"/> Later in the year, he signed with the [[Rajasthan Royals]] for the [[2013 Indian Premier League]] (IPL), although he played only a single game (against the [[Delhi Daredevils]]). In the [[2014 IPL auction]], Badree was bought by the [[Chennai Super Kings]] for [[United States dollar|US$]]50,000.<ref>(12 February 2014). [http://www.trinidadexpress.com/sports/Five-West-Indians-pick-up-IPL-contracts-245308901.html "Five West Indians pick up IPL contracts"] – ''[[Trinidad Express]]''. Retrieved 31 January 2016.</ref> He went on to play four matches for the team during the [[2014 Indian Premier League|2014 season]], but took only two wickets, with [[Ravichandran Ashwin]] and [[Ravi Jadeja]] being the preferred spin options.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/22/Indian_Premier_League_2014/Chennai_Super_Kings_Bowling.html Bowling for Chennai Super Kings in Indian Premier League 2014] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 January 2016.</ref> Later in 2014, Badree signed with the [[Brisbane Heat]] for the [[2014–15 Big Bash League season]] in Australia. He was unable to play any matches due to a shoulder injury,<ref>(17 December 2014). [http://www.espncricinfo.com/big-bash-league-2014-15/content/story/811039.html "Badree out of BBL with shoulder issue"] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2016.</ref> but re-signed for the [[2015–16 Big Bash League season|2015–16 season]].<ref>(12 May 2015). [http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/story/874133.html "Badree signs with Brisbane Heat"] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2016.</ref> He struggled for form early in the season, going wicketless in his first three games, but eventually bounced back to finish as his team's leading wicket-taker, with nine wickets from eight matches. This included 5/22 in the final game of the season, against the [[Melbourne Stars]].<ref>[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/big-bash-league-2015-16/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=10273;type=tournament Big Bash League, 2015/16 / Records / Most wickets] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2016.</ref>

On 14 April 2017 Badree played his first match for [[Royal Challengers Bangalore]] and picked a [[hat-trick#Cricket|hat-trick]] in his second over against [[Mumbai Indians]] at [[M.Chinnaswamy stadium]], [[Bangalore]]. He became the 15th bowler to do so in the [[Indian Premier League]] history. On the same day [[Andrew Tye]] of [[Gujarat Lions]] also took a hat-trick in the Indian Premier League. This was the first time in the IPL that two different bowlers took a hat-trick in two different matches on a single day.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/ipl/top-stories/two-hat-tricks-in-a-day-tye-badree-make-ipl-history/articleshow/58184834.cms|title=Two hat-tricks in a day: Tye, Badree make IPL history - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=15 April 2017}}</ref>

In October 2018, he was named in [[Cape Town Blitz]]'s squad for the [[2018 Mzansi Super League|first edition]] of the [[Mzansi Super League]] T20 tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sport24.co.za/Cricket/live-mzansi-super-league-player-draft-20181017 |title=Mzansi Super League - full squad lists |work=Sport24 |access-date=17 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iol.co.za/sport/cricket/domestic/mzansi-super-league-player-draft-the-story-so-far-17521199 |title=Mzansi Super League Player Draft: The story so far |work=Independent Online |access-date=17 October 2018}}</ref>

==International career==

In November 2011, Badree played two Twenty20 matches for [[West Indies A cricket team|West Indies A]] against [[Bangladesh A cricket team|Bangladesh A]], taking 2/11 in the first and 1/11 in the second. The following year, in June 2012, he also played for the team in a two-match Twenty20 series against [[India A cricket team|India A]].<ref name="t20"/> Badree made his full international debut at the end of that month, playing two [[Twenty20 International]] games [[New Zealand cricket team in the West Indies in 2012|against New Zealand]]. He was 31 years old at the time.<ref>(25 June 2012). [http://www.espncricinfo.com/west-indies-v-new-zealand-2012/content/story/569910.html "Uncapped Samuel Badree picked for T20s in USA"] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2016.</ref> Later in the year, Badree was selected in the West Indian squad for the [[2012 ICC World Twenty20|2012 World Twenty20]]. He finished the tournament, which the West Indies won, with four wickets in four games, including 1/24 in the final against [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lanka]].<ref>[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2012/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=6856;type=tournament ICC World Twenty20, 2012/13 / Records / Most wickets] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2016.</ref>

After the 2012 World Twenty20, Badree next played for the West Indies in March 2013, against [[Zimbabwean cricket team in the West Indies in 2012–13|the touring Zimbabweans]].<ref name="it">[https://cricketarchive.com/Players/45/45112/International_Twenty20_Matches.html International Twenty20 matches played by Samuel Badree] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 January 2016.</ref> In the second game of the series, he took 3/17 from four overs, and was named man of the match.<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/west-indies-v-zimbabwe-2013/content/story/623363.html "All-round WI crush listless Zimbabwe"] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2016.</ref> Later in 2013, Badree also appeared for the West Indies [[Pakistani cricket team in the West Indies in 2013|against Pakistan]], while in early 2014 he played in series against [[West Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 2013–14|New Zealand]], [[Irish cricket team in the West Indies in 2013–14|Ireland]], and [[English cricket team in the West Indies in 2013–14|England]].<ref name="it"/> In the [[2014 ICC World Twenty20|2014 World Twenty20]] in Bangladesh, he took 11 wickets from just five games, which was the most for the West Indies and behind only [[Imran Tahir]] and [[Ahsan Malik]] overall. His tournament included figures of 4/15 against [[Bangladesh national cricket team|Bangladesh]] and 3/10 against [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]].<ref>[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/world-t20/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=8083;type=tournament World T20, 2013/14 / Records / Most wickets] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2016.</ref>

In April 2014, following the group stages of the World Twenty20, Badree moved to number one in the [[ICC Player Rankings]] for Twenty20 International bowlers, passing his teammate [[Sunil Narine]].<ref>(2 April 2014). [http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2014/media-releases/79911/badree-becomes-the-number-one-ranked-t20i-bowler "Badree becomes the number-one ranked T20I bowler"] – ICC. Retrieved 31 January 2016.</ref> He was named in the 'Team of the Tournament' for the 2014 T20 World Cup by the ICC.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/180042|title=ICC announces men's ICC World Twenty20 BD 2014 Team of the Tournament}}</ref> He was selected in the 2nd XI of the 2014 ICC World T20 Cup by ESPNcricinfo.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/world-t20/content/story/735589.html|title=Power, pace and spin: The team of the tournament}}</ref>

Commentator [[Martin Crowe]] described him as "easily the best opening bowler in town", and praised his "gutsy and resilient display".<ref>[[Martin Crowe]] (5 April 2014). [http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/734639.html "The hand of the leggie"] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2016.</ref> although he has played only one subsequent series (against New Zealand in July 2014).<ref name="it"/> He struggled with a shoulder injury throughout the second half of 2014, which eventually required surgery, and in 2015 contracted [[dengue fever]], which forced him to miss [[West Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2015–16|a series against Sri Lanka]].<ref>Andrew Fidel Fernando (5 November 2015). [http://www.espncricinfo.com/sri-lanka-v-west-indies-2015-16/content/story/936883.html "Badree out of Sri Lanka T20s with dengue fever"] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2016.</ref>

He was named in the 'Team of the Tournament' for the 2016 T20 World Cup by the ICC,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/icc-world-t20-team-of-the-tournament-india-roy-de-kock-kohli-root-buttler-watson-russell/2016-04-04|title = ICC names WT20 Teams of the Tournament}}</ref> ESPNcricinfo<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/content/story/995203.html|title=ESPNcricinfo's team of the 2016 World T20|work=ESPNcricinfo|date=4 April 2016}}</ref> and Cricbuzz.

In August 2017, he was named in a [[List of World XI Twenty20 International cricketers|World XI]] side to play three Twenty20 International matches against Pakistan in the [[2017 Independence Cup (cricket)|2017 Independence Cup]] in [[Lahore]].<ref name="WXI">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/1117616.html |title=Faf du Plessis named captain of World XI to travel to Pakistan |access-date=24 August 2017 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

==Coaching career==
For the [[2020 IPL]], Badree was appointed as the spin bowling coach for [[Delhi Capitals]].{{citation needed|date=August 2025}}

==References==
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==External links==
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