Jonathan Lewis, who proceeded to invite Brathwaite to play for Durham for the remaining few weeks of the 2010 season, during which he made a single first-class appearance against Somerset in the County Championship, taking 4 wickets in the match. Following to 2010 season, Brathwaite signed a two-year deal with Durham. Returning to the West Indies following the 2010 English season, he proceeded to make his Twenty20 debut for the Combined Campuses and Colleges against Guyana in the 2010 Caribbean Twenty20. In this match, he claimed the wicket of Christopher Barnwell for the cost of 33 runs from 3 overs, while with the bat he was dismissed for a duck by Lennox Cush. Returning to Durham for the 2011 season, Brathwaite made his first List A appearance for the county against Scotland in the Clydesdale Bank 40, as well as playing six first-class matches. He has so far taken 26 first-class wickets in 2011, coming at an average of 27.38, with two five-wicket hauls and best figures of 5/56. He has stated his desire not to qualify to potentially play for England, but to return to the West Indies to get into the Barbados team and to play for the West Indies. In 2012, he made just a single appearance for Durham in a first-class match against the touring Australia A team. References External links Ruel Brathwaite at ESPNcricinfo Ruel Brathwaite at CricketArchive 1985 births Living people Cricketers from Bridgetown People educated at Dulwich College Alumni of Loughborough University Alumni of the University of Cambridge Barbadian cricketers Loughborough MCCU cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Cambridge University cricketers Durham cricketers Combined Campuses and Colleges cricketers Hampshire cricketers British Universities cricketers Cambridge MCCU cricketers