Former West Indies Star Marlon Samuels Visits Sports Commission

Former Jamaican and West Indies batting star, Marlon Samuels (second left), took time from his vacation in the Turks and Caicos Islands to pay a visit to the office of the Sports Commission in Providenciales recently.

Samuels who was a key member of the West Indies team that won the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 and 2016 ICC World Twenty20 Tournament and was named man of the match in the final of both tournaments, met with Sports Director Jarrett Forbes (left), Deputy Director Alvin Parker (right) and Jonathan Ramraj (second right), CFO. Cricket is the national sport of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

 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 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.

On 4 November 2020, Samuels announced his retirement from professional cricket.