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| Full name | Robert George Samuels | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 March 1971 Kingston, Jamaica | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Opening batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Marlon Samuels (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 211) | 19 April 1996 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 1 February 1997 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 79) | 6 December 1996 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 18 January 1997 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 19 January 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Robert George Samuels (born 13 March 1971) is a former Jamaican cricketer and coach. He played, from 1996 to 1997, in six Test matches and eight One Day Internationals for the West Indies cricket team. He was born at Kingston, Jamaica in 1971.
Samuels has since coached Jamaica at both the U-19 and senior levels.
He also served as an assistant coach and later an interim coach of the West Indies women's cricket team. In 2022 Samuels coached the Trinbago Knight Riders Women's side to the inaugural Women's Caribbean Premier League title.[1][2][3]