Famous Cricketers No 73 - Sonny Ramadhin

each did so thrice. Johnston, who was the twentieth bowler to claim Ramadhin’s wicket, was actually the first to do so more than once (in Ramadhin’s 51st match). Batting - Modes of Dismissal (b) Tests Ct B LBW RO St HW NO Total 16 21 3 2 2 0 14 58 Ramadhin’s high percentage of not outs (24.13%) is partly the result of his batting most often at the end of the order. His percentage of lbws (5.17%) is surprisingly low for a tail-end batsman. His other statistics in this category are unexceptional. Twenty-six different bowlers captured Ramadhin’s wicket at least once during his Test career. Trueman (5 times) claimed it most often. Statham did so 4 times, while Benaud, Johnston and Laker each did so 3 times. Alan Davidson, Ted Dexter, Ray Lindwall and Phadkar each did so twice. Bowling - Modes of Dismissal (a) First-Class Ct B C&B LBW St HW Total 267 319 15 103 53 1 758 After trapping one opponent (Neville Bonitto of Jamaica) hit wicket in his very first match, Ramadhin never got another batsman out in that fashion. His proportion of c and b dismissals seems extremely low (only 1.97%), but for a spinner to bowl as many as 42.08% of his victims is most remarkable. Of the 267 catches which Ramadhin’s bowling generated, the most were held by Everton Weekes (14), Frank Worrell (14), Gerry Alexander (13), Ken Grieves (11), Gary Sobers (10) and Clyde Walcott (10). The batsmen who suffered most often at Ramadhin’s hands were Godfrey Evans (8), Tom Graveney (8), Ray Illingworth (7), Doug Insole (7), Gulabrai Ramchand (7), Neil Harvey (6), Vinoo Mankad (6) and John Reid (6). He also removed Colin Cowdrey, Hubert Doggart, Bert Sutcliffe, Maurice Tremlett and Fred Trueman 5 times each. Bowling - Modes of Dismissal (b) Tests Ct B C&B LBW St HW Total 55 64 5 29 5 0 158 Ramadhin captured 62.02% of his Test wickets without any help from his fieldsmen or wicketkeeper. This seems somewhat high, but it is also most unusual for a slow bowler to dismiss only 3.16% of his victims by way of the c and b route. For a spin bowler who is famous for having bamboozled opposing batsmen for many years, the ratio of stumpings (3.16%) is also very low. The batsman whose wicket Ramadhin claimed most often in Test cricket was Godfrey Evans (7 times). He also dismissed Tom Graveney, Neil Harvey, Ray Illingworth, Doug Insole, Peter May, Bert Sutcliffe and Fred Trueman 4 times each. Five Wickets in an Innings (51) 16 4 39 5 Trinidad v Jamaica Port-of-Spain 1949/50 24 8 42 5 West Indians v Glamorgan Cardiff 1950 19.1 4 57 6 West Indians v Somerset Taunton 1950 29.5 6 98 5 West Indians v Somerset Taunton 1950 17.3 8 25 5 West Indians v Sussex Hove 1950 43 27 66 5 WEST INDIES v ENGLAND Lord’s 1950 72 43 86 6 WEST INDIES v ENGLAND Lord’s 1950 15 7 27 6 West Indians v Leicestershire Leicester 1950 81.2 25 135 5 WEST INDIES v ENGLAND Trent Bridge 1950 6.4 2 15 8 West Indians v Gloucestershire Cheltenham 1950 19 6 36 5 West Indians v Gloucestershire Cheltenham 1950 43.3 22 67 7 West Indians v South of England Hastings 1950 50