Famous Cricketers No 73 - Sonny Ramadhin

Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Test matches 184.4 76 316 20 6-23 15.80 2 - Other matches 190.4 84 340 20 5-21 17.00 1 - Tour (6 ball) 375.2 160 656 40 6-23 16.40 3 - Career (6 ball) 3789.4 1374 } 8571 424 8-15 20.21 28 8 (8 ball) 324.3 76 1955/56 Ramadhin returned to the West Indies in time to take part in a match between the E.W.Swanton touring team and a West Indian XI. His contribution to the West Indian victory was a haul of 7 wickets for 140 runs. Conrad Hunte, Gary Sobers and Everton Weekes were the main stars with the bat. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 96. West Indies XI v E.W.Swanton’s XI, Port-of-Spain, April 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 (West Indies XI won by eight wickets) not out 0 392 47 18 68 5 M.J.Stewart c C.C.Hunte 277 1 T.W.Graveney c A.Reid G.H.G.Doggart b A.C.D.Ingleby-Mackenzie c O.G.Smith S.Singh b did not bat - 107-2 38 17 72 2 M.C.Cowdrey b 221 G.H.G.Doggart c R.B.Kanhai SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Season 1 1 1 0 0* - - - 1 Career 96 93 33 550 44 9.16 - - 26 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Season (6 ball) 85 35 140 7 5-68 20.00 1 - Career (6 ball) 3874.4 1409 } 8711 431 8-15 20.21 29 8 (8 ball) 324.3 76 1956 - Commonwealth XI in England In the summer of 1956, Ramadhin again took part in the Hastings Festival, representing the Commonwealth in its annual fixture against an England XI. The rain, however, dominated the proceedings, restricting the actual playing time to just a few hours. Ramadhin therefore did not get the opportunity either to bat or to bowl. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 97. Commonwealth XI v An England XI, Hastings, September (5), 6, (7) (Match drawn) did not bat - 171-4 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Other matches 1 - - - - - - - - Career 97 93 33 550 44 9.16 - - 26 1957 - West Indians in England This tour of England proved very much different from Ramadhin’s first in 1950. By this time England’s cricket had improved tremendously and he himself appeared to have lost some of his 26