The 30-year-old received his Test cap No. 343 from veteran player Daren Sammy.
West Indies batter Brandon King was handed his maiden Test cap on Wednesday, ahead of the first Test match against Australia at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados. The 30-year-old received cap No. 343 from veteran player Daren Sammy.
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With his debut during the WI vs AUS Test, King has entered a unique list of records, alongside India’s Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina. Ahead of his Test debut, King has played 115 International games across the ODI and T20 formats. He joined the other stalwarts who have played more than 100 international games in the limited-overs format before representing their country in Test cricket.
India’s former Test skipper, Rohit, stands at the top of the list with 144 matches. Australia’s former ODI and T20I skipper Aaron Finch waited 135 games before donning the whites. Zimbabwe’s Chamu Chibhabha is also on the list with 126 games. Suresh Raina and England’s Jason Roy are next up with 116 matches each, quickly followed by King with 115 games.
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The Jamaican made his ODI and T20I debuts against Afghanistan in 2019. While he’s still an active part of the 50-over format, he played his last T20I game in December 2024.
In 52 ODIs so far, King has amassed 1,458 runs at an average of 29.16 and a strike rate of 83.60. After eight half-centuries and three centuries, he holds the top score of 112. In the shorter format, King has made 1,499 runs in 61 innings. His average goes up close to 27 while striking at 134.07. Though he has completed 11 fifties in T20Is, he is yet to hit a century. His best score so far has been 85 not out.
The WI vs AUS 1st Test marks King’s debut Test match in a seven-year-long career for the West Indies so far. His addition comes after multiple changes in the lineup under the new captaincy of Roston Chase. King is expected to bat at No.4 for the Caribbean and handle the middle-order responsibilities of anchoring the innings.
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