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Samuel Badree (born 9 March 1981) is a former Trinidadian cricketer and cricket coach who played international cricket for the West Indies. He is a right-arm leg-spin bowler.
Badree made his first-class debut for Trinidad and Tobago in 2002, but played only sporadically at that level, instead concentrating on the 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. 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.
In 2006, Badree was a key member of the Trinidad and Tobago team that made the final of the inaugural Stanford 20/20 tournament. Twenty20 matches played by Samuel Badree – CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 January 2016. He took seven wickets in five matches (including 3/6 against the Cayman Islands), Cayman Islands v Trinidad and Tobago, Stanford Twenty20 2006 (First Round) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 January 2016. which was behind only Guyana's Narsingh Deonarine overall. Bowling in Stanford Twenty20 2006 (ordered by wickets) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 January 2016. 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, which his team won. Jamaica v Trinidad and Tobago, Stanford Twenty20 2007/08 (Final) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 January 2016. He subsequently represented the team in the 2008 Stanford Super Series, and later made appearances in the Champions League Twenty20 (established in 2009) and the Caribbean Twenty20 (established in 2010).
In 2013, Badree signed with the Red Steel franchise for 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. Caribbean Premier League, 2013 / Records / Most wickets – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2016. Badree remained with the Red Steel for the 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. Caribbean Premier League, 2014 / Records / Most wickets – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2016. Badree finished the 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). Caribbean Premier League, 2015 / Records / Most wickets – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
On 14 April 2017 Badree played his first match for Royal Challengers Bangalore and picked a 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.
In October 2018, he was named in Cape Town Blitz's squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament.
After the 2012 World Twenty20, Badree next played for the West Indies in March 2013, against the touring Zimbabweans. International Twenty20 matches played by Samuel Badree – CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 January 2016. In the second game of the series, he took 3/17 from four overs, and was named man of the match. "All-round WI crush listless Zimbabwe" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2016. Later in 2013, Badree also appeared for the West Indies against Pakistan, while in early 2014 he played in series against New Zealand, Ireland, and England. In the 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 and 3/10 against Pakistan. World T20, 2013/14 / Records / Most wickets – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
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.(2 April 2014). "Badree becomes the number-one ranked T20I bowler" – ICC. Retrieved 31 January 2016. He was named in the 'Team of the Tournament' for the 2014 T20 World Cup by the ICC. He was selected in the 2nd XI of the 2014 ICC World T20 Cup by ESPNcricinfo.
Commentator Martin Crowe described him as "easily the best opening bowler in town", and praised his "gutsy and resilient display".Martin Crowe (5 April 2014). "The hand of the leggie" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2016. although he has played only one subsequent series (against New Zealand in July 2014). 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 a series against Sri Lanka.Andrew Fidel Fernando (5 November 2015). "Badree out of Sri Lanka T20s with dengue fever" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
He was named in the 'Team of the Tournament' for the 2016 T20 World Cup by the ICC, ESPNcricinfo and Cricbuzz.
In August 2017, he was named in a World XI side to play three Twenty20 International matches against Pakistan in the 2017 Independence Cup in Lahore.
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