Famous Cricketers No 73 - Sonny Ramadhin

1953 - Commonwealth XI in England Ramadhin played in one match during the summer of 1953 when he represented the Commonwealth in a game against an England XI at Kingston-upon-Thames. He took this opportunity to hit his highest score to date (24) and to take two catches in a match for the first time. He also captured 6 wickets in the first innings to play a huge part in his team’s victory by 177 runs. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 64. Commonwealth XI v An England XI, Kingston-upon-Thames, September 9, 10, 11 (Commonwealth XI won by 177 runs) c D.Brookes b J.C.Laker 24 319 17.3 3 52 6 H.Gimblett c G.S.Ramchand 172 D.Brookes c A.L.Dowding J.F.Crapp c G.S.Ramchand P.A.Gibb c C.L.Walcott J.C.Laker c J.R. Reid F.S.Trueman b not out 9 206-9d - - - - 176 2 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Other matches 1 2 1 33 24 33.00 - - 2 Career 64 56 25 243 24 7.83 - - 16 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Other matches (6 ball) 17.3 3 52 6 6-52 8.66 1 - Career (6 ball) 2518.3 914 } 5904 315 8-15 18.74 23 7 (8 ball) 324.3 76 1953/54 - Commonwealth XI in India Led by B.A. Barnett, this Commonwealth squad was by no means as powerful as its predecessors who had toured India with such great success in 1949/50 and 1950/51. It won only 3 of its 21 first-class matches and lost 5. It also lost the unofficial Test series 2-1. Ramadhin, like Worrell, had to leave after the second unofficial Test to take part in the West Indian series against England. He appeared in 11 games, captured 29 wickets (ave 27.62) and scored 74 runs (ave 10.57). In other words, he met with only moderate success on the whole and was completely futile (0/157) in the two unofficial Tests. The most that can be said is that his bowling was steady throughout. Only in his very last match, against Bengal at Calcutta, did Ramadhin appear menacing. He took 10/91 on that occasion. At Jamshedpur in December, he made his highest score to date when he struck a useful 27* against the Governor of Bihar’s XI. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 65. Commonwealth XI v Cricket Club of India, Bombay, October 10, 11, 12 (Match drawn) b A.Abraham 0 367 23 7 68 3 G.S.Ramchand c D.G.W.Fletcher 326 R.S.Modi c B.A.Barnett M.H.Mankad c D.W.Barrick 6 1 18 0 120-5 1 66. Commonwealth XI v Baroda, Baroda, October 20, 21, 22 (Match drawn) not out 1 345 30 9 57 2 C.G.Joshi st P.A.Gibb 303-9d C.D.Patel b - - - - 93-3 67. Commonwealth XI v Indian XI, Ahmedabad, October 24, 25, 26, 27 (Indian XI won by three wickets) not out 9 315 14 2 44 0 269 b S.P.Gupte 9 170 19 8 35 2 D.K.Gaekwad c G.M.Emmett 220-7 J.Shodhan c B.A.Barnett 20