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Sonny Ramadhin West Indies (WI)

Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling type	Right-arm off break
	Tests	First-class
Matches	43	184
Runs scored	361	1092
Batting average	8. The West Indian cricket team, also known colloquially as The Windies or The West Indies, is a multi-national Cricket team representing Mike Powell cricketerjpg\|thumb\|200px\| Warwickshire batsman Mike Powell]] A batsman in the sport of Cricket is depending on context Any In the sport of Cricket there are two broad categories of bowlers: pace bowlers and spin bowlers An off break is a type of delivery in the Sport of Cricket. It is the stock delivery of an Off spin bowler. Test cricket is the longest form of the Sport of Cricket. It has long been considered the ultimate test of playing ability between cricketing nations First-class cricket refers to the class of Cricket matches of three or more days scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players and officially adjudged first-class by Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 20	8. 66
100s/50s	-/-	-/-
Top score	44	44
Balls bowled	13939	44937
Wickets	158	758
Bowling average	28. In the sport of Cricket the word wicket has several distinct meanings Meanings of wicket Set of stumps Primarily the wicket Bowling average is a Statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the Sport of Cricket. 98	20. 24
5 wickets in innings	10	51
10 wickets in match	1	15
Best bowling	7/49	8/15
Catches/stumpings	9/-	38/-
Test debut: June 8, 1950 Last Test: December 30, 1960 Source: [1]

Sonny Ramadhin (born May 1, 1929) was a West Indian cricketer, and a dominant bowler of the 1950s. An inning, or innings, is a fixed-length segment of a game in any of a variety of Sports &ndash most notably Cricket and Baseball during For other uses see Stump (disambiguation Stump is a term used in the Sport of Cricket where has three different meanings Events 68 - The Roman Senate accepts emperor Galba. 536 - St Silverius becomes Pope (probable Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1816 - The Treaty of St Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The West Indian cricket team, also known colloquially as The Windies or The West Indies, is a multi-national Cricket team representing Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive He was the first (of many) West Indian cricketers of Indian origin, and was one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1951. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country The Wisden Cricketers of the Year are Cricketers selected for the honour by the annual publication Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, based primarily on their Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January

Biography and career

Ramadhin was born in Esperance Village, Trinidad and Tobago in 1929. The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (ˈtrɪnɪdæd ən təˈbeɪgoʊ is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying northeast of the South American His birth certificate had no first name, simply the descriptive "Boy". This easily turned into Sonny, giving rise to his "official" name. He was introduced to cricket at the Canadian Mission School in Duncan Village, Trinidad but did not bowl while in school. He later played for the Palmiste Club and the Trinidad Leaseholds team where he showed remarkable bowling prowess. His trials for the West Indian team were two first-class matches bowling for Trinidad versus Jamaica where he took 12 wickets at an average of 19. The Jamaica cricket team is the representative First class cricket team of Jamaica. 25 [2], [3]. This amazing performance led to his selection for the 1950 tour to England at the age of 20. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

His debut series was in 1950 England. He and fellow spinner Alf Valentine dominated the English batting, taking 59 wickets between them. Alfred Louis Valentine ( April 28, 1930 – 11 May, 2004) was a West Indian cricketer in the 1950s and 1960s West Indies won this series by three matches to one; this was their first series victory in England. When England returned to the West Indies in early 1954, Ramadhin took 13 wickets in the first two Tests and was instrumental in West Indies' victory.

The 1950 triumph by the West Indies led Lord Beginner to write a the first in a deluge of calypsos celebrating West Indian cricketers, giving rise to calypso cricket. Lord Beginner (born Egbert Moore) was a popular exponent of the Caribbean musical form Calypso, helping to spark a renaissance of the genre in the 1940s Calypso is a style of Afro-Caribbean Music which originated in Trinidad and Tobago at about the start of the 20th century

Though a wrist-spinner, his leg-break hardly turned; hence the description of him as an "off-spinner".

He has lived in England since coming over to play league cricket in the 1950's. In 1964 and 65 he played for Lancashire, terminating his contract abrubtly when he lost form. ^[1]From 1968 until 1972, he represented Lincolnshire in the Minor Counties Championship.

References

^ Cricketer 1965

External links

Player Profile: Sonny Ramadhin from Cricinfo

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