A right arm pacer, who hits the deck hard, Daren Powell made his Test debut in June 2002. He put up an average performance against New Zealand before failing horribly in India. Powell showed signs of control in Bangladesh but was jettisoned.
He orchestrated his second coming in 2005 for the home series against South Africa, albeit in eerie circumstances when the senior players and the board were at loggerheads over contractual disputes. Struggling for consistency, Powell was chopped in and out of the side thereafter.
