Famous Cricketers No 73 - Sonny Ramadhin

68. Commonwealth XI v Holkar, Indore, October 31, November 1, 2 (Match drawn) did not bat - 417-5d 36 16 71 2 S.Mushtaq Ali b 352 1 B.B.Nimbalkar b did not bat - 168-3 69. Commonwealth XI v India, New Delhi, November 19, 20, 21, 22 (India won by an innings and 15 runs) b S.P.Gupte 4 198 45 13 101 0 387 st N.S.Tamhane b S.P.Gupte 2 174 70. Commonwealth XI v Jaipur, Jaipur, November 24, 25, 26 (Match drawn) st Raghubirsingh b Raja of Jath 9 196 24 7 33 1 Chanchal Singh c P.A.Gibb 124 did not bat - 141-4d 14 5 21 1 Raghubirsingh lbw 115-5 71. Commonwealth XI v Bombay, Bombay, November 28, 29, 30 (Match drawn) did not bat - 510-7d 10 2 35 0 338 1 3 1 7 1 Y.K.Rele c R.T. Simpson 132-7 1 72. Commonwealth XI v India, Bombay, December 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 (Match drawn) did not bat - 504-6d - - - - 153 27 9 56 0 447-5 73. Commonwealth XI v Bihar Governor’s XI, Jamshedpur, December 18, 19, 20 (Match drawn) not out 27 282 23 9 51 4 B.Frank c F.M.M.Worrell 127 S.N.Banerjee b S.K.Girdhari c F.M.M.Worrell S.Patel b did not bat - 135-6 25 8 76 1 S.K.Girdhari c P.J.Loader 346-7d 74. Commonwealth XI v Assam Governor’s XI, Jorhat, December 22, 23, 24 (Commonwealth XI won by an innings and 121 runs) c sub b S.K.Girdhari 8 393-7d 17 4 37 0 121 3 3 0 2 S.Roy lbw 151 S.N.Banerjee b 75. Commonwealth XI v Bengal, Calcutta, December 26, 27, 28 (Commonwealth XI won by an innings and 80 runs) lbw b S.P.Gupte 5 434 26.2 7 62 4 V.L.Manjrekar c R.E.Marshall 277 S.K.Khanna b P.K.Chatterjee lbw N.R.Chowdhury st P.A.Gibb 16 7 29 6 S.Bose lbw 77 A.Majumdar st P.A.Gibb N.Chatterjee b S.K.Khanna b P.K.Chatterjee lbw S.P.Gupte c R.E.Marshall SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Other matches 11 10 3 74 27* 10.57 - - 4 Career 75 66 28 317 27* 8.34 - - 20 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Other matches (6 ball) 361.2 118 801 29 6-29 27.62 1 1 Career (6 ball) 2879.5 1032 } 6705 344 8-15 19.49 24 8 (8 ball) 324.3 76 1953/54 When the MCC visited the West Indies in the winter of 1953/54, Ramadhin reasserted his claims as one of the finest spin bowlers in the world by taking 23 wickets in the five Tests at reasonable cost (24.30) when all other bowlers on either side were struggling on unresponsive pitches. For the first time in a Test series, he out-bowled his partner Valentine, who fell far below his previous standards. Playing with greater confidence against the ‘Spin Twins’, the English batsmen, ably assisted by Brian Statham and Trevor Bailey with the ball, held the West Indies to a drawn series (2-2). Clyde Walcott and Everton Weekes batted splendidly, but the failure of Valentine and Frank Worrell had much to do 21