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Wesley Barresi (born 3 May 1984) is a South African born first-class and Netherlands international cricketer.[1] He is a right-handed wicket keeper-batsman and also bowls right-arm offbreak. In February 2021, Barresi announced his retirement from all forms of cricket,[2] but returned to the national team in August 2022.

Wesley Barresi

Personal information
Full name	Wesley Barresi
Born	(1984-05-03) 3 May 1984 (age 38) Johannesburg, South Africa
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Role	Wicket-keeper
International information
National side	Netherlands (2009–present)
ODI debut (cap 45)	1 July 2010 v Scotland
Last ODI	18 August 2022 v Pakistan
ODI shirt no.	34 (formerly 2)
T20I debut (cap 21)	13 March 2012 v Canada
Last T20I	25 June 2019 v Zimbabwe
T20I shirt no.	34
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2004–2005	Easterns
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 32 42 22 115 Runs scored 927 799 676 2,923 Batting average 35.65 22.82 16.09 29.52 100s/50s 1/6 0/4 0/3 2/19 Top score 137* 75* 81 137* Balls bowled 30 – 60 30 Wickets 0 – 3 0 Bowling average – – 16.00 – 5 wickets in innings – – 0 – 10 wickets in match – – 0 – Best bowling – – 3/42 – Catches/stumpings 17/8 26/1 37/4 86/16
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 18 August 2022

Career

Wesley became the 100th victim to Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh, when he was dismissed in the 2011 World Cup game against India.[3]

In July 2018, he was named in the Netherlands' One Day International (ODI) squad, for their series against Nepal.[4] Ahead of the ODI matches, the International Cricket Council (ICC) named him as the key player for the Netherlands.[5]

In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Amsterdam Knights in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament.[6][7] However, the following month, the tournament was cancelled.[8]

References

External links

• Wesley Barresi at ESPNcricinfo

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