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Marlon Samuels, an Uncommon card
Marlon Nathaniel Samuels is a Jamaican former cricketer who played internationally for the West Indies in all three formats, and a former ODI captain.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 77
- DEF
- 75
- Power
- 152
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 34,000
Power 152 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Marlon Samuels quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Marlon Samuels card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He is a right-handed middle order ______ and off-spinner.
Answer
batsman. He is a right-handed middle order batsman and off-spinner. From the Marlon Samuels article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Samuels made his Test debut in Australia in ____, and his One Day International debut against Sri Lanka in Nairobi during the ICC Knockout Trophy the same year.
Answer
2000s. Samuels made his Test debut in Australia in 2000, and his One Day International debut against Sri Lanka in Nairobi during the ICC Knockout Trophy the same year. From the Marlon Samuels article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
1989 Brazilian presidential election. 1989 Brazilian presidential election 80 · Marlon Samuels 77 · History of Delhi 74 · Bahram Chobin 71 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He is a right-handed middle order batsman and off-spinner.
- He was a key member of the West Indies team that won the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 and 2016 ICC World Twenty20, and was named man of the match in the final of both tournaments, becoming the first, and to-date the only, man to achieve the feat.
- Samuels made his Test debut in Australia in 2000, and his One Day International debut against Sri Lanka in Nairobi during the ICC Knockout Trophy the same year.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Marlon Samuels article was read about 34,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 77 and blocks with 75: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
How to get Marlon Samuels
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Marlon Samuels (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Evadb, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
