| There are a few cricketers who can be considered | | | | Zimbabwe. |
| fortunate to have ever played international cricket, | | | | In his second ODI, Brown's right-arm, military |
| regardless of how brief their stint was. Darryl Brown, | | | | medium-pace bowling was despatched to all parts of |
| the former West Indies and Trinidad and Tobago | | | | the ground at Colombo. He conceded 72 runs from |
| all-rounder was as ordinary as his name is common. | | | | 10 overs, but managed to take the wicket of Kumar |
| On the West Indies' 2001 tour of Sri Lanka, Brown | | | | Sangakkara. In his final ODI early in 2002- against |
| was a surprise selection. His unanticipated selection | | | | Pakistan in Sharjah- Brown took 1 wicket for 31 runs |
| was further evidence of the West Indies selectors' | | | | from 5 overs. From his three ODIs, he managed 5 |
| desperation in their search for a genuine all-rounder. | | | | wickets from 3 matches at a good average of 24.80. |
| Born in Central Trinidad on December 18th, 1973, | | | | His economy rate was a decent 4.96 over his short |
| Brown had to wait for 26 years to make his debut | | | | ODI career as well. |
| for Trinidad and Tobago in the West Indies' domestic | | | | An assessment of Brown's First Class record |
| competition. Although his career began later than | | | | demonstrates why he was such a surprise selection |
| sooner and his right-handed batting and bowling were | | | | to the West Indies team. From 11 First-class |
| unspectacular, Brown made his debut for the West | | | | matches, Darryl Brown scored 226 runs at a poor |
| Indies in an ODI tri-series that included Sri Lanka and | | | | average of 11.89. His bowling was not much better, |
| Zimbabwe in 2001. His ODI career lasted only three | | | | as he scalped only 17 wickets at a mediocre average |
| matches- likely a result of a back injury that | | | | of 37.35. |
| prevented him from bowling, which was his strength | | | | Although injury ended his First-class cricket career in |
| as a cricketer. | | | | the 2002/2003 season, Brown continued to play club |
| On his ODI debut, Brown had an impressive match | | | | cricket. He played English club cricket at one point and |
| against Zimbabwe. In a bowling effort where no | | | | also in Melbourne, Australia, where he sought |
| bowler conceded more than 30 runs, Brown was the | | | | residency. After 2002, Brown transformed himself |
| most economical bowler in that innings with 3 wickets | | | | into a batting specialist at club level, to accommodate |
| for 21 runs from his allotment of 10 overs. He even | | | | his severe back injury. While Brown has a modest |
| took the wicket of Zimbabwe's Andy Flower- | | | | record in the game, he can certainly consider himself |
| arguably the only genuinely world-class batsman from | | | | lucky to have played international cricket. |