Sonny Ramadhin
Cricketer, born in Trinidad. With Valentine he formed a devastating spin attack in the West Indies Test sides of the 1950s helping them win their first series in England (1950). In 43 Tests he took 188 wickets, on one occasion taking 10 wickets in a match. At Birmingham in 1957 he bowled more balls (774) in a match than any other bowler in the history of Test cricket. In later years he played county cricket with Lancashire, and ran a pub in the county.
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Sonny Ramadhin West Indies (WI) |
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| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |
| Bowling type | Right-arm off break | |
| Tests | First-class | |
| Matches | 43 | 22 |
| Runs scored | 361 | 184 |
| Batting average | 8.20 | 8.66 |
| 100s/50s | -/- | -/- |
| Top score | 44 | 44 |
| Balls bowled | 13939 | 44937 |
| Wickets | 158 | 758 |
| Bowling average | 28.98 | 20.24 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 10 | 51 |
| 10 wickets in match | 1 | 15 |
| Best bowling | 7/49 | 8/15 |
| Catches/stumpings | 9/- | 38/- |
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Test debut: June 8, 1950 |
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Sonny Ramadhin (born May 1, 1929) was a West Indian cricketer, and a dominant bowler of the 1950s.
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