Famous Cricketers No 73 - Sonny Ramadhin

Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 81. Commonwealth XI v An England XI, Hastings, September 1, 2, 3 (Commonwealth XI won by 22 runs) not out 0 261 20 6 46 3 N.H.Rogers c G.E.Tribe 236 D.W.Barrick c R.E.Marshall A.J.Watkins c G.S.Ramchand did not bat - 199-5d 12 2 31 3 D.Kenyon c F.M.M.Worrell 202 M.Tompkin c F.M.M.Worrell G.A.R.Lock b SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Other matches 1 1 1 0 0* - - - - Career 80 73 29 340 27* 7.72 - - 23 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Other matches (6 ball) 32 8 77 6 3-31 12.83 - - Career (6 ball) 3516.2 1173 } 7341 373 8-15 19.68 25 8 (8 ball) 524.3 161 1954/55 The Australians undertook their first tour of the Caribbean in the spring of 1955 and carried all before them. They outplayed the West Indies in all five Tests and won the series 3-0. Like the rest of his colleagues, Ramadhin was totally ineffective on the featherbed pitches and his record suffered accordingly. Missing one Test because of injury, he was restricted to 5 wickets at prohibitive cost. Despite the extraordinary heroics of Clyde Walcott who scored 827 runs (ave 82.70) in the five Tests, the hosts were simply overwhelmed. For the first time in his career, Ramadhin’s overall bowling average rose above 20 runs per wicket and his career Test average also exceeded 30 for the first time. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 82. WEST INDIES v AUSTRALIA, Kingston, March 26, 28, 29, 30, 31 (Australia won by nine wickets) not out 12 259 46 12 112 1 R.R.Lindwall lbw 515-9d c R.R.Lindwall b R.G.Archer 3 275 - - - - 20-1 83. WEST INDIES v AUSTRALIA, Port-of-Spain, April 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 (Match drawn) b R.R.Lindwall 0 382 32 8 90 2 W.J.Watson lbw 600-9d R.Benaud c C.L.Walcott did not bat - 273-4 84. WEST INDIES v AUSTRALIA, Georgetown, April 26, 27, 28, 29 (Australia won by eight wickets) c R.G.Archer b R.Benaud 0 182 26 9 55 2 R.N.Harvey c J.K.Holt 257 1 W.J.Watson c and b st G.R.A.Langley b I.W.Johnson 2 207 9 1 29 0 133-2 85. WEST INDIES v AUSTRALIA, Bridgetown, May 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 (Match drawn) c and b R.Benaud 10 510 24 3 84 0 668 did not bat - 234-6 2 0 10 0 249 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 4 6 1 27 12* 5.40 - - 1 Career 85 79 30 367 27* 7.48 - - 24 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Test matches (6 ball) 139 33 380 5 2-54 76.00 - - Career (6 ball) 3355.2 1206 } 7721 378 8-15 20.42 25 8 (8 ball) 324.3 76 23