Famous Cricketers No 73 - Sonny Ramadhin

126. West Indians v South Zone, Bangalore, January 16, 17, 18 (West Indians won by 278 runs) did not bat - 373-7d 7 3 27 1 V.V.Kumar st F.C.M.Alexander 136 did not bat - 178-3d - - - - 137 127. West Indians v Hyderabad, Hyderabad, January 30, 31, February 1 (West Indians won by ten wickets) absent ill - 315-9 24 11 45 4 Venkat Rao b 232 M.K.Nausheer c J.L.Hendriks M.L.Jaisimha b M.P.Sriram b did not bat - 57-0 - - - - 137 128. West Indians v Central Zone, Bahawalpur, February 27, 28, March 1 (Match drawn) did not bat - 461-7d 22 12 26 3 Alimuddin c R.B.Kanhai 185 Shakoor Ahmed b Yawar Saeed c W.W.Hall - - - - 213-7 129. WEST INDIES v PAKISTAN, Dacca, March 6, 7, 8 (Pakistan won by 41 runs) not out 0 76 23.3 6 45 3 Imtiaz Ahmed b 145 Fazal Mahmood c F.C.M.Alexander Mahmood Hussain b not out 4 172 15 9 10 2 Ijaz Butt b 144 Saeed Ahmed lbw 130. West Indians v Commander-in-Chief’s XI, Rawalpindi, March 13, 14, 15 (West Indians won by nine wickets) st Anis Ahmed b Iftikhab Masood 19 267 18 4 41 2 Alimuddin b 176 Ifkitab Masood lbw did not bat - 83-1 13 3 29 1 Alimuddin b 172 131. West Indians v President’s XI, Peshawar, March 20, 21, 22 (West Indians won by ten wickets) not out 22 268 24 5 57 2 Rashid Fasihudin b 253 Shahid Mahmood lbw did not bat - 62-0 12 4 18 3 Ikram Elahi b 76 Muhammad Munaf lbw Haseeb Ahsan st R.B.Kanhai 132. WEST INDIES v PAKISTAN, Lahore, March 26, 28, 29, 30, 31 (West Indies won by an innings and 156 runs) not out 4 469 22 9 41 0 209 10 4 25 4 Wallis Mathias c F.C.M.Alexander 104 1 Shuja-ud-Din c and b Wazir Mohammad c F.C.M.Alexander Mushtaq Mohammad b SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 4 4 3 17 9 17.00 - - 1 Other matches 11 6 2 57 22* 14.25 - - 2 Tour 15 10 5 74 22* 14.80 - - 3 Career 132 125 42 729 44 8.78 - - 31 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Test matches 115.2 43 212 11 4-25 19.27 - - Other matches 225.4 76 425 30 4-27 14.16 - - Tour (6 ball) 341 119 637 41 4-25 15.53 - - Career (6 ball) 5152.5 1889 } 11012 591 8-15 18.63 41 14 (8 ball) 324.3 76 1959/60 Ramadhin played in four Tests against the English team which toured the Caribbean in the winter of 1959/60. He was no longer as menacing as he was ten years before, but he bowled so steadily and intelligently that none of the batsmen could take any liberties with him. Just over a third of his overs 31