Dominic Conneil Drakes (born 6 February 1998) is a Barbadian

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er. He plays for

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in domestic cricket and for the St Kitts & Nevis Patriots in the

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(CPL). Drakes is the son of

Vasbert Drakes Vasbert Conniel Drakes (born 5 August 1969 in Springhead, Saint Andrew, Barbados) is a former West Indian cricketer, who played Tests and ODIs. He was a right-arm medium-fast bowler and handy right-hand lower order batsman. Drakes featured f ...

, who played international cricket for the

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Career

Drakes made his first-class debut for

in the

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on 18 January 2018. He made his

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debut for Barbados in the 2017–18 Regional Super50 on 9 February 2018. Ahead of the 2018 Caribbean Premier League, Drakes was named as one of five players to watch in the tournament. He made his

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debut for

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in the tournament on 4 September 2018. In October 2019, he was named in the West Indies Emerging Team for the

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tournament. In July 2020, Drakes was named in the St Kitts & Nevis Patriots squad for the

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. On 15 September 2021, Drakes scored an unbeaten 48 runs off 24 balls in the final of the

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(CPL), which helped St Kitts & Nevis Patriots to register their first CPL title. He was also named the man of the match. The following month, he was added to the

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' squad for the

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, replacing

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, who was ruled out due to injury. In November 2021, Drakes was named in the West Indies'

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(T20I) squad for their series against Pakistan. He made his T20I debut on 13 December 2021, for the West Indies against

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. In February 2022, he was bought by the

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in the

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for the

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tournament. In July 2022, he was signed by the

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for the third edition of the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Drakes, Dominic 1998 births Living people West Indies Twenty20 International cricketers Barbadian cricketers Barbados cricketers Barbados Royals cricketers West Indies Emerging Team cricketers Place of birth missing (living people)