Famous Cricketers No 73 - Sonny Ramadhin

the inability of the hosts to press home their advantage after having won the first two Tests handily. Ramadhin was again at his best in Barbados (7/121 from 90 overs), where he had bowled so effectively against the Indians the year before. He was also very steady at Georgetown in the third Test, taking 6/113 from 67 searching overs. That effort, however, was insufficient as England won the match by nine wickets. At the end of the series, Ramadhin (with 88) had become only the second West Indian bowler, following Valentine (100), to exceed 75 wickets in Test cricket. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 76. WEST INDIES v ENGLAND, Kingston, January 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21 (West Indies won by 140 runs) lbw b F.S.Trueman 7 417 35 14 65 4 P.B.H.May c G.A.Headley 170 T.W.Graveney lbw G.A.R.Lock b J.B.Statham b did not bat - 209-6d 35.3 12 88 2 D.C.S.Compton b 316 J.B.Statham lbw 77. WEST INDIES v ENGLAND, Bridgetown, February 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 (West Indies won by 181 runs) b J.B.Statham 1 383 53 30 50 4 W.Watson st C.A.McWatt 181 2 P.B.H.May c F.M.King T.W.Graveney c and b C.H.Palmer c C.L.Walcott did not bat - 292-1d 37 17 71 3 L.Hutton c F.M.M.Worrell 313 T.G.Evans b J.C.Laker lbw 78. WEST INDIES v ENGLAND, Georgetown, February 24, 25, 26, 27, March 1, 2 (England won by nine wickets) b J.C.Laker 0 251 67 34 113 6 W.Watson b 435 L.Hutton c F.M.M.Worrell T.W.Graveney b J.H.Wardle b T.E.Bailey c E.DeC.Weekes G.A.R.Lock b b J.B.Statham 1 256 4 0 7 0 75-1 79. WEST INDIES v ENGLAND, Port-of-Spain, March 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23 (Match drawn) did not bat - 681-8d 34 13 74 1 D.C.S.Compton c and b 537 1 did not bat - 212-4d 7 4 6 1 R.T.Spooner c W.Ferguson 98-3 80. WEST INDIES v ENGLAND, Kingston, March 30, 31, April 1, 2, 3 (England won by nine wickets) lbw b F.S.Trueman 4 139 29 9 71 2 P.B.H.May c sub (B.H.Pairaudeau) 414 T.G.Evans c F.M.M.Worrell c and b J.C.Laker 10 346 3 0 14 0 72-1 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 5 6 0 23 10 3.83 - - 3 Career 80 72 28 340 27* 7.72 - - 23 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Test matches (6 ball) 304.3 133 559 23 6-113 24.30 1 - Career (6 ball) 3184.2 1165 } 7264 367 8-15 19.79 25 8 (8 ball) 324.3 76 1954 - Commonwealth XI in England Ramadhin participated in a single first-class game this summer, the Hastings Festival in September. He again represented the Commonwealth in what had almost become an annual fixture against an England XI. As usual, he made a fine contribution to his team’s triumph by bowling effectively in both innings. It was a close contest in which Bruce Dooland shone both with the bat and the ball and Frank Worrell batted well. 22