Famous Cricketers No 73 - Sonny Ramadhin

1952/53 When India made their first trip to the Caribbean in 1952/53, Ramadhin opposed them on five occasions. He represented Trinidad for the first time since 1950 (and was destined never to do so again), and played for the West Indies in the first four Tests. Injury kept him out of the last. For him personally, it was a disappointing season. He claimed only 15 expensive wickets and was not very effective after the second Test at Bridgetown. There, however, he made a significant contribution to the West Indian victory with match figures of 7/85. On the featherbed pitches then available throughout the Caribbean, the bowlers on both sides were simply incapable of taking all the necessary wickets and only one first-class match produced a positive result. With Everton Weekes and Clyde Walcott scoring prolifically, the West Indies won the series 1-0. At Bridgetown, in his first Test there, Ramadhin equalled his previous highest innings with a score of 16 not out. In his 60th match, the first Test against India at Port-of-Spain, he claimed his 300th wicket in first-class cricket when he had Subhash Gupte caught by Walcott. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 59. Trinidad v Indians, Port-of-Spain, January 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 (Match drawn) c P.R.Umrigar b G.S.Ramchand 0 280 44 15 84 2 D.H.Shodhan c R.A.Legall 322 C.V.Gadkari c R.P.Tang Choon - - - - 81-0 60. WEST INDIES v INDIA, Port-of-Spain, January 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28 (Match drawn) not out 5 438 37 13 107 1 G.S.Ramchand c J.B.Stollmeyer 417 did not bat - 142-0 24.5 7 58 3 M.H.Mankad b 294 D.H.Shodhan b S.P.Gupte c C.L.Walcott 61. WEST INDIES v INDIA, Bridgetown, February 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 (West Indies won by 142 runs) not out 16 296 30 13 59 2 V.L.Manjrekar lbw 253 G.S.Ramchand b b D.G.Phadkar 12 228 24.5 11 26 5 V.S.Hazare b 129 P.R.Umrigar b G.S.Ramchand b D.G.Phadkar c A.L.Valentine S.P.Gupte lbw 62. WEST INDIES v INDIA, Port-of-Spain, February 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25 (Match drawn) c V.L.Manjrekar b D.G.Phadkar 1 315 21 7 61 0 279 did not bat - 192-2 28 13 47 0 362-7d 63. WEST INDIES v INDIA, Georgetown, March 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17 (Match drawn) not out 6 364 41 18 74 2 M.L.Apte lbw 262 P.G.Joshi lbw 26 14 38 0 190-5 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 4 5 3 40 16* 20.00 - - - Other matches 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - - Season 5 6 3 40 16* 13.33 - - - Career 63 54 24 210 19 7.00 - - 14 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Test matches 232.4 96 471 13 5-26 36.23 1 - Other matches 44 15 84 2 2-84 42.00 - - Season (6 ball) 276.4 111 555 15 5-26 37.00 1 - Career (6 ball) 2501 911 } 5852 309 8-15 18.93 22 7 (8 ball) 324.3 76 19