Famous Cricketers No 73 - Sonny Ramadhin

Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Test matches 37 4 138 3 1-21 46.00 - - Other matches 133.3 13 493 21 5-37 23.47 3 1 Tour (8 ball) 170.3 17 631 24 5-37 26.29 3 1 Career (6 ball) 5401.2 1972 } 12134 632 8-15 19.19 44 15 (8 ball) 494.6 70 1961 in England Ramadhin was invited in the summer of 1961 to represent the MCC in a match against Oxford University at Lord’s. Displaying some unusual all-round skills in this drawn game, he took 8/169 and scored 47 in his two innings. His 41 in the first was his highest individual innings in England and the second best of his career. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 144. MCC v Oxford University, Lord’s, June 14, 15, 16 (Match drawn) c and b C.D.Drybrough 41 378 39 10 100 4 D.R.Worsley b 329-7d A.A.Baig b D.M.Green b C.D.Drybrough b c Nawab of Pataudi b D.B.Pithey 6 130-6 37 15 69 4 D.B.Pithey c D.M.Sayer 217 A.A.Baig st C.B.Howland D.M.Green b C.D.Drybrough c C.B.Howland SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Other matches 1 2 0 47 41 23.50 - - - Career 144 143 43 910 44 9.10 - - 31 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Other matches (6 ball) 76 25 169 8 4-69 21.12 - - Career (6 ball) 5477.2 1997 } 12303 640 8-15 19.22 44 15 (8 ball) 494.6 70 1961/62 - International XI World Tour Ramadhin took part in an interesting expedition which involved 25 players, including 19 Test cricketers. They played 17 matches (of which 8 were first-class) in places as far apart as Hong Kong, Kenya, New Zealand and Rhodesia. Ramadhin played in 6 of the first-class matches but did not distinguish himself. He scored only a handful of runs while capturing 21 expensive wickets. Curiously, for the very first time (in his 149th game), the number of Ramadhin’s innings exceeded the number of first-class matches in which he played. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 145. International XI v Rhodesian XI, Nkana, February 17, 18, 19 (Match drawn) run out 0 234 28 4 59 1 P.A.C.Halkett c H.W.Stephenson 247 did not bat - 123-3 146. International XI v Rhodesian Invitation XI, Salisbury, March 3, 4, 5 (Rhodesian Invitation XI won by five wickets) c G.E.Lawrence b D.J.McGlew 7 294 15 5 40 1 P.N.F.Mansell c and b 232 2 not out 0 154 13.4 4 52 3 D.J.McGlew lbw 217-5 R.A.Gripper b D.T.Lindsay c N.Gifford 34