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Irfan Pathan
India (Ind)

Batting style Left hand bat
Bowling type Left arm medium fast
Tests ODIs
Matches 25 73
Runs scored 835 1006
Batting average 27.83 25.15
100s/50s -/6 -/5
Top score 93 83
Balls bowled 5078 3555
Wickets 91 115
Bowling average 30.79 25.91
5 wickets in innings 7 1
10 wickets in match 2 n/a
Best bowling 7/59 5/27
Catches/stumpings 8/- 12/-
As of February 1, 2007
Source: Cricinfo.com

Irfan Khan Pathan pronunciation (helpinfo) (born October 27, 1984 in Baroda, Gujarat, India) is an Indian cricketer who has been a member of the Indian national cricket team since late 2003. Beginning his career as a left-arm fast-medium swing bowler (evoking comparisons with Pakistan's Wasim Akram), Pathan improved his batting skills to become a bowling allrounder, even opening the batting on occasions. This led to critics comparing him with former Indian allrounder Kapil Dev.[1] The improvement in his batting also coincided in a steady loss of pace and bowling form. After opening both the batting and bowling in late 2005 and early 2006, Pathan was dropped from the team in both Test and One-day International (ODI) forms of the game.

Contents [hide]
1 Early years
2 Early international career
3 Chappell era
4 International omission
5 Awards
6 References



[edit] Early years
Pathan grew up with his brother Yousuf in a mosque in Baroda, in an impoverished family. His father served as the muezzin. Although their parents wished them to become Islamic scholars, Pathan and his brother took an interest in cricket. Their games on the grounds off and inside the mosque often necessitated apologies from their father to Muslim worshippers who visited it. In the beginning his deliveries did not reach the other end of the cricket pitch, but rigorous six-hour training sessions in blazing heat and his family's sense of discipline saw him through progress steadily. Under the guidance of former Indian captain Datta Gaekwad, Pathan rose to get selected in the Under-14 Baroda cricket team, and when he was selected at Under-15 level to represent Baroda in a national tournament, he was finally presented with a full set of cricket equipment, having before been restricted to second-hand gear due to his family's poverty.[1][2]

Pathan made his first-class debut in the 2000-01 season, after fellow left-arm paceman Zaheer Khan was selected for the national team, helping Baroda to win the Ranji Trophy. This saw Baroda qualify for the following Irani Trophy, where Pathan's performance reminded V. V. S. Laxman of Zaheer. Pathan further honed his bowling at the MRF Pace Foundation in Chennai, after being referred by Indian selector Kiran More.[1] In early 2002, he was selected for the Under-19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand, where he took six wickets.[3] In 2003 he was selected for the India A team which travelled to England and played in the domestic Challeger Series.[2][4]

In late 2003, he was selected for the India Under-19 team to compete in an Asian ODI competition in Pakistan, where he was the leading bowler with 18 wickets. This was more than twice that of the second leading wicket-taker. His bowling average of 7.38 was also the best of the tournament and he was named as the player of the tournament.[5] Pathan was featured on the headlines when he claimed 9/16 against Bangladesh and helped India to emerge victorious over Sri Lanka in the final, taking 3/33.[6] This resulted in him being selected for the Indian national squad for the 2003-04 Border-Gavaskar Trophy series in Australia.[2]


[edit] Early international career

Pathan batting against Australia in 2004 at BangalorePathan made his Test debut in the Second Test against Australia at the Adelaide Oval in December 2003. At the age of 19, he opened the bowling following an injury to the Baroda left-armer Zaheer Khan in a high scoring match. He took the wicket of Matthew Hayden while giving away 150 runs in a single game.[7] He was dropped for the following Test upon the return of Zaheer, but was recalled for the Fourth Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground after Zaheer was reported being unfit. On another flat pitch, Pathan took the wickets of Steve Waugh, Adam Gilchrist and Ricky Ponting to claim 3/106.[8] In the ODI tri-nation tournament against Australia and Zimbabwe that followed, Pathan was the leading wicket-taker with 16 wickets at an average of 31.[9] In addition to two three-wicket hauls against Australia, he earned his first international man of the match award in the tournament, after taking 4/24 against Zimbabwe at the WACA Ground in Perth.[10][11][12] However, his tour ended on a bad note after he was reprimanded by match referees for mocking the Australian batsman Damien Martyn after his dismissal in the second final.[13]

Pathan subsequently led the pace attack again on the 2004 Test tour to Pakistan, taking 12 wickets and bowling a higher proportion of maiden overs than any other bowler to help secure India's first series victory over Pakistan in two decades.[1] He also showed prowess with the bat, scoring 49 in the Second Test in Lahore after a batting collapse of the top order.[8] He also took eight wickets at 17.8 in three ODIs, including three top-order wickets in the deciding fifth ODI in Lahore.[10][14] His ability to swing the ball both ways and his innings in Lahore lead to speculation that he could become an all rounder.[15] This saw him named as the ICC Emerging Player of the Year at its 2004 Awards ceremony.[16] Pathan continued his productive form in ODIs at the 2004 Asian Cup in Sri Lanka, where he was the leading wicket-taker with 14 wickets at 16.28 with three three-wicket hauls. This continued during India's brief campaign at the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy, where he claimed 5 wickets at an average of 9.[14][17]

Pathan continued to improve his batting with a defiant 31 and 55 against Australia in October 2004 in Bangalore. This was his first half-century after the specialist batsmen had failed in the First Test. However, his career was put on hold after he suffered a side strain in the following Test in Chennai, causing him to miss the Tests in Nagpur and Mumbai.[18][19] After being overlooked for the First Test as selectors opted for three spinners,[20] he returned in the Second Test against South Africa in Kolkata, before making his name on the December tour to Bangladesh. Swinging the ball both ways, Pathan took 5/45 and 6/51 including several LBW decisions in the First Test in Dhaka to claim his first ten-wicket haul and his first Test man of the match award as India claimed a commanding innings victory.[21] He followed this with a match haul of 7/118 in the following match in Chittagong to take 18 wickets at 11.88 to be named as man of the series.[8][22][23]

In late 2004, the Board of Control for Cricket in India introduced central contracts for international players for the first time, and Pathan was given a B-grade contract.

Year 2005 began for Pathan rather poorly. He could take only 6 wickets at 68.33 in the home Test series against Pakistan after losing pace and accuracy.[24] He was subsequently dropped for the ODI series, playing in only one match in which he conceded 67 runs without success in 8 overs. However, he did manage to post his first ODI half-century, scoring 64.[10] Greg Chappell became the coach of the Indian team following the Pakistan series and subsequently identified Pathan as a potential all-rounder. He started to hone Pathan's batting skills, which had up to this point yielded 275 Test runs at 19.64.[22] Pathan was subsequently signed by Middlesex County Cricket Club for the English country season, where he attempted to regain his form.[25]


[edit] Chappell era
Pathan was recalled to the ODI team for the 2005 Indian Oil Cup in Sri Lanka in August. This was Chappell's first series in charge as a coach, in which Pathan played in all matches and took 6 wickets. He showed further signs of returning to peak form in the Videocon Triangular Series in Zimbabwe, taking 10 wickets at 16.1 in four matches as well as scoring a half-century. This included his ODI career best of 5/27 against Zimbabwe in Harare.[10][14][11] He was subsequently the leading wicket-taker as India took a 2-0 clean sweep of an away Test series against Zimbabwe. In the First Test in Bulawayo, Pathan took 5/58 and 4/53 as well as scoring 52 in a man of the match performance to help India to an innings victory. He followed this with 7/59 haul, his Test career best, and 5/67 in the final Test in Harare, his second ten-wicket match haul to set up a ten wicket victory. He was again named man of the match, and his 21 wickets at 11.29 runs saw him named man of the series. This made him only the third bowler after Anil Kumble and Johnny Briggs to take 21 wickets in a two-match series.[8][22][23][26]

Upon the team's return to India, Chappell experimented with Pathan by using him as an opening batsman in the Limited Overs Challenger Series prior to the late 2005 series against Sri Lankan cricket team. Pathan was subsequently used at No. 3 in the batting lineup in the First ODI against Sri Lanka in Nagpur, where he scored 83 runs from 70 balls to help India post a total of 6/350.[10] Pathan also took 4/37 and 3/38 in Mohali and Baroda respectively to win two man of the match awards, taking ten wickets at 25.6 for the whole series.[14] Pathan continued his strong ODI form with another man of the match performance of 3/23 and a knock of 37 runs against South Africa in Bangalore.[11] After scoring two consecutive ducks in the Test series against Sri Lanka, Pathan was elevated to opening in the second Test in Delhi, after regular opener Virender Sehwag was down with illness. Pathan scored 93 runs to help set up a winning target. In the following match in Ahmedabad, he scored 82 runs and combined in a century stand with V. V. S. Laxman to revive India after an early batting collapse. He also took seven wickets at an average of 26 runs in the series, which India won 2-0.[8][22] Pathan later admitted that he had been disappointed in failing to score a Test century.[27]

Following his strong performances in 2005, Pathan was promoted in December to an A-grade contract by the Board of Control for Cricket in India.[28]

Pathan had another difficult start to the new year in 2006 on the Test tour to Pakistan. In the first two Test matches played on flat surfaces in Lahore and Faisalabad, he had little success against the Pakistani batsmen, taking a total of two wickets while conceding 319 runs. However, he made use of the good batting conditions himself and scored 90 in a double century partnership with wicket-keeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni in Faisalabad. Pathan found success with the ball in the Third Test in Karachi, where he became the first person to claim a hat-trick in the first over of a Test match and the first Indian to take a hat-trick in an away Test. It was also the highest in terms of total averages of the batsmen dismissed (130.18: Salman Butt 34.27, Younis Khan 46.04, Mohammad Yousuf 49.86).[29] He finished with a haul of 5/61 but was punished in the second innings, taking 1 wicket while conceding 106 runs as Pakistan set a target which was beyond India's reach.[8] Despite his Test travails, Pathan continued to perform strongly in the ODI arena, scoring 65 in the top order in the first ODI against Pakistan in Peshawar before making three consecutive three wicket hauls in the following matches. This included a man of the match performance that included a haul of 3 wickets for 43 runs at Rawalpindi as he claimed nine wickets at 18.88 for the series.[11][10][14]

Pathan had a quiet series against England following his return to India, taking 8 wickets at an average of 39.37 runs and scoring 121 runs at an average of 24.2 runs in three Tests.[22] Again his ODI form was unaffected, taking eleven wickets at 15.63, which also included a a stacking up 4/51 at Goa and scoring 123 runs with the bat as India easily claimed the series 6-1.[10][14]


[edit] International omission
Pathan began to suffer loss of form during the tour of the West Indies in May 2006, when he managed only 24 runs at a batting average of 6 runs and averaging 6 wickets at 29.83 while bowling in the ODI arena. After a poor display in a first-class tour match, he was dropped from the Test team as Vikram Singh became the third pace bowler and captain Rahul Dravid scrapped the five bowler strategy. Pathan only played once in the Second Test, after Shanthakumaran Sreesanth was sidelined due to injury. Chappell stated that Pathan was fatigued and had been overworked but was confident that Pathan "would recover from his slump and rise to further heights, asserting that he was still young and learning."[30] Former India paceman Javagal Srinath expressed concern about Pathan's dwindling pace, but expressed that swing was the first priority in backing Pathan's return to international cricket.[31] These concerns were further magnified in late 2006, when Pathan was demoted from the position of an opening bowler in ODIs during the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy, and was later dropped from some matches altogether; and afterwards limited to sporadic ODI appearances on the November ODI tour to South Africa.[10][14] Since the West Indies tour in May 2006, Pathan has only been taking wickets at 41.33. He subsequently fell out of the Top 10 of the ICC bowling rankings and the Top 5 of the All rounder rankings after having spent the previous year in the list. Despite this, Indian captain Rahul Dravid remained optimistic about Pathan's prospects, stating "The number of Man-of-the-Matches that Irfan has won is a testimony to the fact that he's a proven matchwinner for us. He takes wickets early, contributes with the bat, is good in the field."[32] Despite top scoring in both innings of a first-class warm-up match in Potchefstroom whilst many specialist batsmen failed to cope with the bouncy conditions, he was overlooked by the selectors for the First Test in Johannesburg. This indicated that although he had scored 560 runs at 35 under Chappell's coaching, they saw bowling, which had been steadily declining, as his primary responsibility.[33][34] After a poor bowling display in the subsequent tour match in which he conceded 74 runs in 11 overs, Pathan became the first player to be sent home by the BCCI during a tour. It was later revealed by Kiran More that it was a mutual agreement so that Pathan could play for Baroda in the final two rounds of Ranji Trophy in an attempt to regain form via match practice instead of watching the final two Tests from the sidelines.[35][36] He subsequently led Baroda to the semi-finals after scoring 82* to help defeat Uttar Pradesh, but his bowling remained ineffective.[37] Former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar attributed Pathan's situation to mismanagement, asserting that Pathan has been "messed about" as well as insinuating foul play.[38]

Pathan was initially dropped for the ODI series hosted by India against the West Indies, but was recalled for the final match in his home town after claiming seven wickets against Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy semi-final.[39] His performance was regarded as lacklustre, taking 1/43 from seven overs.[10][40]2007 Cricket World Cup.[10] The selectors persisted and named him in the squad for the 2007 Cricket World Cup,[41] but injury stopped him from playing in the ODI series against Sri Lanka, denying him an opportunity to regain form.[10][42]

Kapil Dev
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Kapil Dev
India (Ind)

Batting style Right hand bat
Bowling type Right arm fast medium
Tests ODIs
Matches 131 225
Runs scored 5,248 3,783
Batting average 31.05 23.79
100s/50s 8/27 1/14
Top score 163 175*
Overs bowled 4,623.2 1,867
Wickets 434 253
Bowling average 29.64 27.45
5 wickets in innings 23 1
10 wickets in match 2 n/a
Best bowling 9-83 5-43
Catches/stumpings 64/0 71/0
As of 4 July 2005
Source: Cricinfo.com

Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj[1] (???? ???) (pronunciation (helpinfo)) (born 6 January 1959, Chandigarh), better known as Kapil Dev, is a former Indian cricketer regarded as one of the greatest all-rounders to have played Cricket. Kapil Dev was named by Wisden as the Indian Cricketer of the Century in 2002 [2] for captaining India to their maiden and only Cricket World Cup in 1983 and holding the record for the most Test match wickets between 1994 and 1999. Kapil Dev had a rather prosaic stint as India's national cricket coach for 10 months between October 1999 and August 2000.

Kapil was a right-arm pace bowler noted for his graceful action and potent outswinger, and was India's main strike bowler throughout most of his career. He also developed a fine inswinging yorker during the 1980s which he used very effectively against tailenders. As a batsman he was a natural striker of the ball who could hook and drive effectively. A naturally aggressive player, he often helped India in difficult situations by taking the attack to the opposition. His nickname was The Haryana Hurricane[3]. - he used to represent the Haryana cricket team, although he is himself a Punjabi.He was also called Desh ka Rattan[citation needed] - The Jewel of India by his fans.

Contents [hide]
1 Personal Life
2 Domestic Performance
2.1 Haryana - 1990/91 Ranji Trophy Champions
3 International Career
3.1 Early Years (1978 - 1982)
3.2 Captain: 1983 Cricket World Cup Champions (1982 - 1984)
4 Difficult captaincy
5 Records in Test cricket
6 Records in ODI cricket
7 Always an entertainer
8 Acheivements
8.1 Awards
8.2 Test Match Awards
8.3 ODI Match Awards
9 India's National Cricket Coach
9.1 Match Fixing Allegation and Resignation
10 Business Interests
10.1 Sports
10.2 Business
10.3 Endorsments
11 References



[edit] Personal Life
Kapil Dev was born to Ram Lal Nikhanj and Raj Kumari Lajwanti (maiden name) on January 6, 1959. He was the sixth of seven siblings. Kapil's parent emigrated from a village near Rawalpindi during Partition. Ram Lal Nikhanj settled in Chandigarh and settled into a prosperous building and timber business. Kapil Dev was a student at D.A.V School and in 1971 joined as a pupil to Desh Prem Azad. He was introduced to Romi Bhatia by a common friend in 1979 and proposed to her in 1980[4]. Kapil Dev married Romi in 1980 and the couple have a daughter Amiya Dev who was born in 1996.


[edit] Domestic Performance
Kapil Dev made his debut for Haryana in November 1975 against their neighbours Punjab and impressed with a debut 6-39 innings haul, restricting Punjab to just 63 runs and helping Haryana to a victory. However Kapil finished the season with only 12 wickets in 3 matches.

In the 1976/77 season opener against J&K, he had a match haul of 8-36 to win the match for his team. While his contributions for the rest of the season was ordinary, Haryana qualified for the pre quarterfinals. Kapil Dev achieved his then best innings haul of 7-20 in just 9 overs in the second innings to skittle Bengal for 58 runs in under 19 overs. Facing powerhouse Bombay (Now Mumbai) in the quarter finals, Haryana was exposed as pretenders with future team mate Karsan Ghavri taking 7 wickets in the first innings. Haryana lost the match when Bombay's batting piled up the pressure by scoring over 500 runs. However the season made the nation sit up and notice the speedster from Haryana.

Kapil Dev didn't disappoint his growing legion of fans when he improved on his bowling record by taking 8-38 in the first innings against Services in the 1977/78 season. With 3 wickets in the second innings, he took his maiden 10-wicket haul in first class cricket, a feat he would achieve twice in Test Cricket. With 23 wickets in 4 matches, he was named for his maiden Irani Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Wills Trophy matches though he did not have a stand-out performance.

Career record First-class List A
Matches 275 309
Runs scored 11,356 5,461
Batting average 42.91 24.50
100s/50s 18/56 2/23
Top score 193 175*
Balls bowled 48,853 14,947
Wickets 835 335
Bowling average 27.09 27.34
5 wickets in innings 39 2
10 wickets in match 3 N/A
Best Bowling 9/83 5/43
Catches/Stumpings 192 99
As of 13 January 2006
Source: [1]
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For the 1978/79 season, Haryana had a repeat encounter with Bengal in the pre quarterfinal match after a lackluster bowling season from Kapil Dev (12 wickets from 4 matches), riding on the performance of season leading wicket taker - Rajinder Kaul. Kapil Dev however scored 2 half-centuries in the group stage matches. In the pre quarterfinal match, he showed his big match attitude by taking a 5 wicket haul in the first innings. Poor batting by Haryana in the second innings meant Bengal could avenge their loss from 2 seasons back by scoring the required 161 runs for the loss of just 4 wickets. Kapil Dev stood out in the Irani Trophy match scoring 62 runs coming in at number 8. He also took 5 matches in the game where Karnataka was defeated by the Rest of India XI. Kapil Dev arrived in the national spotlight with a trademark standout performance in the finals of the Duleep Trophy taking a first innings haul of 7-65 in 24 overs. Kapil Dev was included in the North Zone squad for Deodhar Trophy and Wills Trophy for the first time. Kapil played his first test match in the season against Pakistan

In the 1979/80 season, Kapil Dev showed his batting talent with a maiden century against Delhi when he scored his career best 193. In the pre quarterfinal match, where he captained Haryana for the first time against Uttar Pradesh, he took a five wicket haul in the second innings to advance to quarter finals where they lost to Karnataka. With Kapil Dev cementing his place in the Indian national squad, his appearances in the domestic matches dwindled.


[edit] Haryana - 1990/91 Ranji Trophy Champions
In the 1990/91 Ranji season, Haryana rode into the semi finals on the back of the bowling performance of Chetan Sharma and the batting performance of Amarjit Kaypee. Kapil Dev took center stage in the semi finals against Bengal cricket team where he led his team to a mammoth score of 605 runs by scoring 141 as well as taking 5 wickets. The finals of the 1991 season will be remembered for the number of International cricketers who were part of the match with Kapil Dev, Chetan Sharma, Ajay Jadeja and Vijay Yadav turning up for Haryana and Bombay (now Mumbai) represented by Sanjay Manjrekar, Vinod Kambli, Sachin Tendulkar, Dilip Vengsarkar, Chandrakant Pandit, Salil Ankola and Abey Kuruvilla. Deepak Sharma (199), Ajay Jadeja (94) and Chetan Sharma (98) helped Haryana to a score of 522 while Yogendra Bhandari (5 Wickets) and Kapil Dev (3 Wickets) restricted Bombay to 410 runs in the first innings. A crucial 41 from Kapil and top scorer Banerjee (60) along with other cameos took Haryana to 242 runs, setting Bombay 355 runs. Kapil's team did not falter even when Dilip Vengsarkar (139) and Sachin Tendulkar (96) were taking Bombay closer to the target. With the dismissal of Tendulkar, Haryana took the final 6 wickets for 102 runs and Dilip Vengsarkar and Bombay were stranded 3 runs short of the target. Haryana's favourite son - Kapil Dev had inspired his team to their maiden Ranji Trophy championship.


[edit] International Career

[edit] Early Years (1978 - 1982)
Kapil Dev made his Test Cricket debut in Faisalabad, Pakistan on October 16, 1978 and though his match figures are unimpressive, the numbers don't convey any measure of Kapil's contribution in the match. With his speed and bounce, he bought glee to the Indian players when Pakistani batsmen were startled with bouncers that clanged the helmet on more than one occassion.[5] Kapil Dev also picked his maiden wicket of Sadiq Mohammad with his trademark outswinger.[6] Kapil Dev showcased his all-rounder talent when he scored India's fastest test half-century off 33 balls and 2 sixes in each of the innings during the 3rd Test Match at National Stadium, Karachi[7], though India lost the match and the series 2-0. In the ensuring series against a visiting West Indies team, he scored his maiden test century (126) at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi in just 124 balls[8] and had a steady bowling performance (17 Wickets at 33.00). Ominous Signs of Kapil Dev's liking for England showed up in the ensuring series, Kapil's first outside the sub-continent. Kapil Dev picked up his first 5-wicket haul and all of England's wickets, though it came at a huge cost (48 overs and 146 runs conceded) as England scored a mammoth 633 and won the match comfortably[9]. Kapil Dev finished the series with 16 wickets though his batting haul of 45 runs (Average: 7.5) was unimpressive. Kapil Dev's debut in ODI Cricket happened in the earlier tour of Pakistan where his individual performance was ordinary and it stayed the same as both Kapil Dev and India had a poor campaign at the 1979 Cricket World Cup.

Kapil Dev established himself as India's premier fast bowler when he took two 5 Wicket hauls and ended the home series against Australia with 28 wickets (Average: 22.32) and also 212 runs that included a half-century.[10] Kapil Dev gained fame in the 6-Test home series against Pakistan in the 1979/80 season when he led India to 2 victories against the visitors - once with the bat (69) at Wankhede Stadium, Bombay (Now Mumbai)[11] and the second time with bat and ball (10 Wicket Haul in Match - 4/90 in first innings and 7/56 in second innings, 84 in 98 balls with his bat) at Chepauk, Madras (Now Chennai).[12] Kapil Dev rates his all-round performance in this match as his best bowling effort in his career and his second innings figure of 7/56 was his best to-date.[5] During the series, he also became the youngest test player to achieve the all-round double of 100 Wickets and 1000 Runs and in 25 matches, though Ian Botham took just 21 matches and finished the series with 32 wickets (Ave: 17.68) and 278 runs that included 2 fifties. [13]

India's tour of Australia in 1980/81 had the looks of the familiar Indian series as India was down 1-0 and were defending a meagre 143 runs and Kapil Dev virtually ruled out with a groin injury. When Australia finished the fourth day at 3-18, Kapil willed himself to play the final day with pain-killing injections and removed the dangerous Australia middle order. Kapil won the match for India with the inning's bowling performance of 16.4-4-28-5, a bowling performance that figures in his five best bowling performance[5]. During the Australian tour, he scored his first fifty in ODI Match against New Zealand at Brisbane. Somehow India's test cricket sensation was unable to adjust to ODI cricket and had a career start of 278 runs (Ave: 17.38) and 17 Wickets after 16 ODI matches.

A dismal New Zealand tour later,[14] Kapil Dev was ready for the 1981/82 home series against England where his five-wicket haul won the first test at Wankhede Stadium, Bombay (Now Mumbai). Kapil Dev scored 318 runs (Ave:53, 1 Century, 1 Fifty) and took 22 wickets (2 5-Wicket in Inning Hauls) and walked away with the Man of the Series honours.[15] England saw more of Kapil in the ensuing series at home against the Indian cricket team in 1982 season when Kapil opened with a 5 wicket haul and 130 runs in a losing cause at Lords.[16] Kapil Dev finished the 3-match series with 292 runs (Ave: 73, 3 fifties) and 10 Wickets and bagged the Man of the Series again.[17]

Facing Sri Lanka for the first time, Kapil Dev helped himself to a five wicket haul to kick start the 1982/83 season. In the following tour to Pakistan, Kapil Dev along with Mohinder Amarnath were the only bright spots in a series dominated by rival all-rounder Imran Khan (40 Wickets and 1 Century).[18] Kapil Dev took a 5-Wicket haul in the second test at National Stadium, Karachi, 7 wicket in inning haul in the third test at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad and his to-date bowling performance 8-wicket in innings haul at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore while he received little support from other team members. After this disastrous tour, Kapil Dev was made the Captain of the Indian cricket team in place of Sunil Gavaskar.


[edit] Captain: 1983 Cricket World Cup Champions (1982 - 1984)
Kapil Dev led India to the World Cup win of 1983. His best bowling analysis of 9/83 came the same year against West Indies at Ahmedabad.


Kapil Dev receiving the Cricket World Cup in 1983
[edit] Difficult captaincy
Kapil lost the captaincy in early 1984 to Sunil Gavaskar. He regained it in March 1985 and guided India on a Test series win over England on their tour in 1986. This period saw one of the most famous matches played during his reign, the second Tied Test in which he was named joint-man of the match with Dean Jones. In the 1987 Cricket World Cup he faced the blame for India's loss to England in the semi-final, as he holed out to deep mid-wicket triggering a collapse that led to the unexpected loss. He did not captain India again.

The captaincy period was on the whole a difficult one for him as it was mired with reports of differences with Gavaskar, as well as his own inconsistent form as a bowler. However, both men have since insisted that these reports were exaggarated [19].


[edit] Records in Test cricket

Kapil Dev's career performance graph.By the end of 1983, Kapil already had about 250 Test wickets in just five years and looked well on his way to becoming one of the most prolific wicket-takers ever. However, following knee surgery in 1984, his bowling declined as he lost some of his majestic jump at the crease. He continued to be effective, if not devastating, for another ten years and became the second bowler ever to take 400 wickets in Test cricket in 1991-92. In early 1994, he became the highest Test wicket-taker in the world, breaking the record held by Sir Richard Hadlee. Kapil's record was broken by Courtney Walsh in 1999.

Kapil is the only player to have achieved the all-rounder's double of 4,000 Test runs and 400 Test wickets.


[edit] Records in ODI cricket
In 1988, Kapil overtook Joel Garner to become the highest wicket-taker in ODI cricket. His final career tally of 253 wickets remained a record until it was broken by Wasim Akram in 1994 [20].

According to the ICC cricket ratings for all-rounders in ODI cricket [21], Kapil's peak rating of 631 is the highest rating ever achieved. He reached this mark on 22 March 1985 after a World Series final against Pakistan in Australia.


[edit] Always an entertainer
At his best, Kapil was one of the world's most destructive batsmen. During the Test match series against Pakistan in 1982-83, he demolished Abdul Qadir's leg spin, which the English and Australian batsmen had great difficulty in reading earlier in the same year.

He was also fearless in attacking the world's best fast-bowlers. During a World Cup match against the West Indies in 1983, he drove Michael Holding straight over his head for a six, a shot that would have been considered unimaginable by most against a bowler of Holding's pace.

In a match on route to the World Cup final of 1983, Kapil smashed a captain's knock of 175 not out against Zimbabwe helping India recover from an extremely poor start. India had collapsed to 9/4 when Kapil came in to bat, and were reduced further to 17/5. His 175 not out turned the game completely in India's favour and was at the time the highest-ever individual score in ODI cricket. It was also the first ODI century by an Indian. Surprisingly, it was also Kapil's only ODI hundred.

Another memorable incident relates to a Test match against England in 1990. When India needed 24 runs to save the follow-on with only one wicket remaining, Kapil met that target by hitting four consecutive sixes off Eddie Hemmings. This proved to be the right decision, as in the next over itself, the number 11 batsman Narendra Hirwani was dismissed with no further addition to the score.

A further example of his competitive spirit was during a match against West Indies at Sharjah in November 1986, when he tried to cajole Viv Richards into bowling the last over of the match with India needing 36 runs to win. Unsurprisingly, Richards did not give in to his request.[citation needed]

Kapil's batting talent and competitive spirit were evident until as late as 1992, when during a Test match against South Africa, he counter-attacked Allan Donald and the rest of the South African pace attack on his way to his final Test century, an outstanding 129 out of a total of 215. The next highest score was only 17 and none of the top six batsmen got into double figures.


[edit] Acheivements

[edit] Awards
1979-80 - Arjuna Award
1982 - Padma Shri
1983 - Wisden Cricketer of the Year[22]
1991 - Padma Bhushan
2002 - Wisden Indian Cricketer of the Century[2]

[edit] Test Match Awards
Man of Series Awards

# Series Season Series Performance
1 England in India 1981/82 318 Runs (6 Matches, 8 Innings, 1x100, 1x50); 243.1-40-835-22 (2x5WI); 3 Catches
2 India in England 1982 292 Runs (3 Matches, 3 Innings, 3x50); 133-21-439-10 (1x5WI)
3 West Indies in India 1983/84 184 Runs (6 Matches, 11 Innings); 203.-43-537-29 (2x5WI, 1x10WM); 4 Catches
4 India in Australia 1985/86 135 Runs (3 Matches, 3 Innings, 1x50); 118-31-276-12 (1x5WI); 5 Catches

Man of the Match Awards

S No Opponent Venue Season Match Performance
1 England Wankhede, Mumbai 1981/82 1st Innings: 38 (8x4); 22-10-29-1
2nd Innings: 46 (5x4); 13.2-0-70-5
2 England Lord's, London 1992/93 1st Innings: 41 (4x4); 43-8-125-5
2nd Innings: 89 (13x4, 3x6); 10-1-43-3
3 Pakistan Gadafi, Lahore 1982/93 1st Innings: 30.5-7-85-8
4 Australia Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 1985/86 1st Innings: 38 (8x4); 38-6-106-8
2nd Innings: 3-1-3-0
5 England Lord's, London 1986 1st Innings: 1 Run; 31-8-67-1; 1 Catch
2nd Innings: 23*(4x4, 1x6); 22-7-52-4
6* Australia Chepauk, Chennai 1986/87 1st Innings: 119 (21x4);18-5-52-0; 2 Catches
2nd Innings: 1 Run; 1-0-5-0
7 Sri Lanka Barabati, Cuttack 1986/87 1st Innings: 60 Runs; 26-3-69-4; 2 Catches
2nd Innings: 16-4-36-1
8 Pakistan National Stadium, Karachi 1989/90 1st Innings: 55 (8x4); 24-5-69-4
2nd Innings: 36-15-82-3

*-Joint MoM Award with Dean Jones in the tied Test Match

[edit] ODI Match Awards
Man of the Series Awards

# Series (Opponents) Season Series Performance
1 Texaco Trophy (India in England ODI Series) 1982 107 (2 Matches & 2 Innings, 1x50); 20-3-60-0
2* Benson & Hedges World Series Cup (Australia, New Zealand) 1985/86 202 Runs (9 Innings); 20/391; 7 Catches

*-Preliminary Games
Man of the Match Awards

S No Opponent Venue Season Match Performance
1 New Zealand Woolloongabba, Brisbane 1980/81 75 (51b, 9x4, 3x6); 10-0-37-1; 1 Catch
2 West Indies Albion Sports Complex, Berbice, Guyana 1982/83 72 (38b, 7x4, 3x6); 10-0-33-2; 2 Catches
3 Zimbabwe Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells 1983 175* (138b, 16x4, 6x6); 11-1-32-1; 2 Catches
4 England VCA Ground, Nagpur 1984/85 54* (41b, 3x4, 4x6); 10-1-42-1
5 New Zealand Woolloongabba, Brisbane 1985/86 54* (53b, 5x4); 10-1-28-1
6 England Sharjah 1986/87 64* (54b, 5x4, 1x6); 8-1-30-1
7 New Zealand Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore 1987/88 72* (580b, 4x4, 1x6); 10-1-54-0
8 Zimbabwe Gujarat Stadium, Ahmedabad 1987/88 41* (25b, 2x4, 3x6), 10-2-44-2
9 West Indies Sharjah 1989/90 41 (50b, 2x4, 1x6); 7.4-1-19-2
10 New Zealand Basin Reserve, Wellington 1989/90 46 (38b, 4x4, 1x6); 9.5-1-45-2
11 South Africa Kingsmead, Durban 1992/93 30 (37b, 5x4); 10-4-23-3


[edit] India's National Cricket Coach
Kapil Dev was appointed coach of the Indian national cricket team in 1999 succeeding Anshuman Gaekwad [23].

Kapil Dev's first day in office as India's Coach got off to a bad start with the team crashing to 83 all out against the visiting New Zealand in Mohali. Thanks to inspired bowling by Javagal Srinath, the lead was managed to 132 runs. India's second innings made the coach proud as India piled on 505 runs with all the top 5 batmen crossing fifty and Dravid and Tendulkar scoring centuries. India won the second test match due to the bowling of Anil Kumble at Lucknow. The third test match meandered to a draw, but not before Tendulkar recorded his first double-century in Test Cricket. In the ensuing ODI Series, India won 3-2 and the highlight was the setting of the still standing world record ODI partnership of 331 runs between Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar. Tendulkar also recorded the highest score by an Indian batsman in ODI Cricket with an innings of 186* Runs. The series against New Zealand would be Kapil's most successful series as National Coach.

India followed the NZ tour with a trip 'down under' to Australian cricket team. India lost the test series 3-0 and the margin of defeat was heavy in each of these matches - 285 Runs[24], 180 Runs[25], Innings and 141 runs[26]. The only positive aspect of the test series came in the final match when VVS Laxman scored 167 in SCG and came for much praise from the media[27]. VVS Laxman would later produce more match winning performances against the Aussies in India and Australia. India's ODI series performance matched the test series in failure as India managed to win just 1 match against Pakistan and Kapil had to come out in defense of his team[28].

India had not lost a home test series since 1987 (against Pakistan) and when South Africa toured India in February - March 2000, that record was erased as India lost the home series 2-0. However events outside the field had a major role in the score line: Sachin Tendulkar relinquished Captaincy before start of the series, Mohammad Azharuddin and Nayan Mongia were recalled to the team, controversy over Azhar's injury leading to his exclusion from the first test, Sourav Ganguly made the captain of the Indian team from the second test match. Talks in the media about no way but 'UP'[29] were not unfounded when India took a 3-0 lead in the ODI Series and finishing the series at 3-2, after South Africa won the last two matches. The result was tainted when it was learnt later that Hansie Cronje was involved in betting and there were attempts to buy-off South African players by Cronje and bookies. At the end of the series, it was felt at that time that Ganguly's attitude and captaincy was heartening[30]. In March 2000, India participated in a triangular series with South Africa and Pakistan. With the travails of the season, it was no surprise that India won only 1 match of the four played and was knocked out of the contention for the finals.

Before Kapil Dev could chalk out the strategy with the new captain Ganguly, he and the nation will go through some rough times


[edit] Match Fixing Allegation and Resignation
As the 1999/00 season was winding up and the players thinking of some time outside the game, Delhi Police rocked the calm of the Cricket world when they announced that Hansie Cronje was involved in a "Cricket Match-fixing and Betting Racket"[31]. To say that the cricket fraternity was shocked that a highly-regarded leader like Hansie Cronje was involved in match-fixing, is an understatement. UCBSA released terse statements denying these allegations[32][33] as well as kickstarted a diplomatic row[34]. As the din of match-fixing was raised, former Indian player Manoj Prabhakar went public stating that his ex-captain wanted to throw away a match against Pakistan[35].Delhi Police was relentless and started mounting the evidence, Hansie Cronje admitted to accepting money for throwing away games in a phone call with UCBSA's chief Dr. Ali Bacher[36]. Cronje was sacked and replaced by Shaun Pollock[37].

Prabhakar's allegations against an unknown team member was not new. He had made these allegations to a magazine The Outlook in 1997[38] based on which BCCI instituted the Chandrachud Inquiry, a man commission headed by retired Chief Justice of India Honorable Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud. Manoj Prabhakar did not reveal the name of the person who asked him to throw the match and hence the honorable justice threw out all the charges laid by Manoj Prabhakar (Match Fixing and Phone Tapping allegation on then Cricket Manager Ajit Wadekar)[39]. When the match fixing controversy resurfaced in 2000, BCCI released the Chandrachud Report to the media. The fury of the Indian public translated in PILs and International Cricket Council and BCCI were called to respond in Delhi High Court[40] and Calcutta High Court[41]. In response to the crisis, the Indian Government initiated CBI inquiry on April 28, 2000[42].

Former BCCI President Inderjit Singh Bindra revealed on May 4, 2000 that the person who offered match-fixing money to Manoj Prabhakar was Kapil Dev[43]. During the ensuing exchanges between various parties, Kapil Dev breaking down in an interview on BBC's Hard Talk with Karan Thapar is forever etched in the memory of people[44]. Kapil Dev was not allowed to resign[45] or take leave of absence[46] through these times by BCCI. As the weeks progressed and as public discontent mounting on inaction in the match-fixing scandal and in no small measure the pressure from the then Union Sport Minister Shukdev Singh Dhindsa[47], Kapil Dev resigned from his position of Indian Cricket Coach on September 12, 2000 vowing farewell to the game of cricket[48].

CBI after extensive investigation and interviews of various cricketers submitted it's report to Union Sports Minister on November 1, 2000[49]. The report on match-fixing found no credible evidence against Kapil Dev[50]. BCCI's anti-corruption officer K Madhavan (former Joint Director of CBI) submitted his report [51] on November 28, 2000 in which he elaborated on players who were found to have links with the match-fixing syndicate. Madhavan concluded that Kapil Dev did not attempt to bribe Manoj Prabhakar and none of the players collaborated with Manoj's version of the events[52][53][54][55].

India's prodigal son had come through his ordeal unscathed. However his term as Indian cricket team's national coach will not be considered a success for the poor on-field performances[56].


[edit] Business Interests

[edit] Sports
After retirment from Cricket in 1994, Kapil Dev took to Golf[57].
Kapil Dev was the only Asian founding members of Laureus Foundation in 2000. Ian Botham and Vivian Richards were the other two cricketers on the founding member council of 40. Steve Waugh was added to the Academy members in 2006 when it was expanded from 40 to 42.

[edit] Business
In 2005, Kapil Dev picked up 5% stake in Zicom Electronics[58]
Kapil Dev released his autobiography, titled Straight to the Heart, was published in 2004 (ISBN 1403-92227-6) [59].
Kapil Dev owns Kapil's Eleven (2006) restaurant [60] and Kaptain's Retreat Hotel(1983; renovated and reopened in 2002)[61] - both in Chandigarh, India
Kapil Dev made a cameo appearance in the Nagesh Kukunoor's move Iqbal[62]

Chetan Chauhan
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Chetan Chauhan
India (Ind)

Batting style Right-handed batsman (RHB)
Bowling type Right arm off-break
Tests ODIs
Matches 40 7
Runs scored 2084 153
Batting average 31.57 21.85
100s/50s 0/16 0/0
Top score 97 46
Overs bowled 29 -
Wickets 2 -
Bowling average 53.00 -
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a
Best bowling 1/4 -
Catches/stumpings 38/0 -
As of 6 November 2005


Chetan Pratap Singh Chauhan (???? ?????? ???? ?????) pronunciation (helpinfo) (born July 21, 1947, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh) is a former cricketer who played 40 Test matches for India. He played most of his international cricket in the late 1970s and was the regular opening partner of Sunil Gavaskar during that period.

He was twice a Member of Parliament, elected to the Lok Sabha from Amroha in Uttar Pradesh (now in Uttarakhand).

Contents [hide]
1 Early days
2 Test cricket
3 The comeback
4 Later years
5 Notes
6 References
7 External links



[edit] Early days
Chauhan was born in Uttar Pradesh but moved to Poona in Maharashtra in 1960 where his father, an army officer, was transferred. He took his bachelor's degrees at Wadia College in Poona. There he was coached by the former Maharashtra player Kamal Bhandarkar. Chauhan represented Poona University in the Rohinton Baria trophy in 1966-67 and was selected to represent West Zone for the interzonal Vizzy Trophy in the same season. He scored 103 against North Zone and 88 & 63 against South Zone in the final. His opening partner in the second innings was Sunil Gavaskar.

More success in the Vizzy trophy in 1967 led to his selection in the Maharashtra Ranji team. Chauhan's first hundred came next year when he was first in and last out against Bombay on a rain affected wicket where the first six wickets fell for 52. He scored 103 against South Zone in the Duleep Trophy final against five Test bowlers and was selected to play for India in 1969-70.


[edit] Test cricket
Chauhan made his Test debut against New Zealand at the Bombay. His first scoring stroke was a square cut for four, the second a flick for six. He was dropped after two Tests, made an appearance against Australia later in the season, failed, and was dropped again for three years.

Chauhan scored 873 runs in the 1972-73 Ranji season for Maharashtra which was then the second highest aggregate for a season. This included double hundreds in consecutive matches against Gujarat and Vidarbha. Chauhan and Madhu Gupte shared an opening stand of 405 in the latter match. In between the double hundreds, he played two Tests against England. He failed and did not play a Test for another five years.

He moved to Delhi and the North Zone in 1975. One appearance against Sri Lanka in an unofficial Test ended in failure. In 1976-77, he scored 158 against Haryana (with a fractured jaw), 200 v Punjab, 147 v Karnataka and 150 against the Central Zone. Another Duleep trophy hundred early in the next season found him a place in the team to Australia.


[edit] The comeback
Career record First-class List A
Matches 179 26
Runs scored 11,143 617
Batting average 40.22 24.68
100s/50s 21/59 0/4
Top score 207 90
Balls bowled 3,554 36
Wickets 51 1
Bowling average 34.13 26.00
5 wickets in innings 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 N/A
Best Bowling 6/26 1/26
Catches/Stumpings 189 6
As of 6 November 2005
Source: [1]
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Chauhan scored 157 against Victoria in his first match of the tour. It took him 516 minutes and included just two fours. Paul Hibbert of Victoria had scored a hundred earlier in the match without a single boundary. Chauhan returned to the Indian team for the second Test at Perth and hit 88 in his very first innings. From then he missed only one Test till the end of his career and, except for one occasion, opened with Gavaskar every time. At Lahore against Pakistan they added 192, and 117 & 153 against West Indies at Bombay.

In England in the 1979, they put on 213 in the second innings at The Oval when India missed the target of 438 by nine runs. Against Australia in 1980-81, Chauhan scored 249 runs in three Tests to Gavaskar's 118. He missed a hundred by three runs in Adelaide. At Melbourne in the next Test, he scored 85 and added 165 with Gavaskar before the latter was given out lbw to Dennis Lillee. Gavaskar, the captain, disputed the decision on the way out and ordered Chauhan to leave the field with him. An embarrassing situation was avoided when the Indian manager Wing Cmdr. Shahid Durrani persuaded Chauhan to return. Touring New Zealand after the trip to Australia, Chauhan scored 78 in the second Test and 36 & 7 in the third.


[edit] Later years
Chauhan was surprisingly dropped after the tour and never selected for another Test match. He added 3022 runs with Gavaskar in their 59 opening stands, ten of which were over 100. He scored 2084 runs in his career with 16 fifties but without a century. His last first class match was the Ranji final against Bombay in 1985 where he scored 98 and 54 with a fractured finger.

Chauhan was a member of the Lok Sabha (lower house of the parliament) from Amroha in 1991 and 1998. He lost the elections from the same constituency in 1996, 1999 and 2004, finishing fourth on the last occasion. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Chauhan received the Arjuna award in 1981.


[edit] Notes
Chauhan is the second Test cricketer to complete 2000 runs without a century. The first was South Africa's Trevor Goddard, when he reached 22 in the second innings against England at Johannesburg in 1964-65[2]. But Goddard extended the same innings to 112. As of January 5, 2007, the batsmen who have scored more than 2000 runs in Tests and never scored a hundred are Shane Warne (3154), Chaminda Vaas (2554*), Anil Kumble (2049*) and Chauhan (2084). Goddard (2516 with one hundred) and Alistair Campbell (2858 with two hundreds) reached their first hundred after scoring more than 2000 runs.
Chauhan had 11 century stands with Gavaskar but one of them was for the fourth wicket. At Bombay against the West Indies in 1978-79 they opened together, but Chauhan retired early in the innings and came back at the fall of the third wicket.[3]
The Who's who section of Indian Cricket usually records Chauhan's complete name as Chetan Pratap Singh Navratan Singh Chauhan.

Rudra Pratap Singh

India

Player profile

Full name Rudra Pratap Singh
Born December 6, 1985
Current age 21 years 275 days
Major teams India, India A, India Under-19s, Leicestershire, Rajasthan Cricket Association President's XI, Uttar Pradesh
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm fast-medium

Statsguru Test player, ODI player

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	7	7	2	36	17	7.20	106	33.96	0	0	4	0	3	0
ODIs	29	11	6	38	12*	7.60	83	45.78	0	0	1	0	7	0
First-class	32	41	10	279	41*	9.00			0	0			13	0
List A	66	32	11	212	35	10.09	320	66.25	0	0			19	0
Twenty20	3	3	2	7	4*	7.00	7	100.00	0	0			1	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
Tests	7	1305	822	27	5/59	7/117	30.44	3.77	48.33	1	1	0
ODIs	29	1302	1059	35	4/35	4/35	30.25	4.88	37.20	2	0	0
First-class	32	5885	3167	127	5/33		24.93	3.22	46.33	6	7	1
List A	66	2978	2442	87	5/30	5/30	28.06	4.92	34.22	3	2	0
Twenty20	3	72	99	1	1/44	1/44	99.00	8.25	72.00	0	0	0

Career statistics
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Test debut	Pakistan v India at Faisalabad - Jan 21-25, 2006 scorecard
Last Test	England v India at The Oval - Aug 9-13, 2007 scorecard
ODI debut	Zimbabwe v India at Harare - Sep 4, 2005 scorecard
Last ODI	England v India at Manchester - Aug 30, 2007 scorecard
First-class span	2003/04 - 2007
List A span	2004/05 - 2007
Twenty20 span	2006/07

Rudra Pratap Singh first made the headlines in the Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh in 2004, taking eight wickets at 24.75 apiece and bowling well in the slog overs at the end of the innings. Later that year he joined the conveyor belt of Indian left-arm seamers, taking 34 wickets in six Ranji Trophy games for Uttar Pradesh, the joint-highest for the summer. He made the national one-day squad at the end of 2005, and took two wickets in his second over of international cricket, against Zimbabwe at Harare in September. He took four wickets (and the match award) against Sri Lanka in his third game, and three more in his fourth, before a run of four wicketless matches cost him his place after the first match of the West Indies tour in May 2006. He also won a couple of Test caps, winning the match award on his debut for some persistent bowling on a shirtfront at Faisalabad, where Pakistan ran up 588. He drifted out of contention after that, but he is still young, and well respected in the Indian set-up, as Virender Sehwag confirmed: "RP is a very talented bowler - his specialty is that he can bring the ball into the right-handers and swing it both ways." He was recalled for the tours of Bangladesh and England in 2007.
Siddhartha Vaidyanathan June 2007

Owais Shah

England

Player profile

Full name Owais Alam Shah
Born October 22, 1978, Karachi, Sind, Pakistan
Current age 28 years 320 days
Major teams England, Middlesex
Nickname Ace
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Height 6 ft 1 in
Education Isleworth & Syon School

Statsguru Test player, ODI player

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	2	4	0	136	88	34.00	304	44.73	0	1	19	1	1	0
ODIs	25	25	3	581	107*	26.40	782	74.29	1	3	44	5	6	0
Twenty20 Int.	2	2	1	62	55*	62.00	41	151.21	0	1	8	0	0	0
First-class	181	306	29	11913	203	43.00			32	60			139	0
List A	243	231	29	6770	134	33.51			11	40			82	0
Twenty20	26	26	6	700	79	35.00	481	145.53	0	6			6	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
Tests	2	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
ODIs	25	24	19	1	1/19	1/19	19.00	4.75	24.00	0	0	0
Twenty20 Int.	2	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
First-class	181	1814	1235	21	3/33		58.80	4.08	86.38		0	0
List A	243	633	611	16	2/2	2/2	38.18	5.79	39.56	0	0	0
Twenty20	26	13	11	1	1/10	1/10	11.00	5.07	13.00	0	0	0

Career statistics
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Test debut	India v England at Mumbai - Mar 18-22, 2006 scorecard
Last Test	England v West Indies at Lord's - May 17-21, 2007 scorecard
ODI debut	England v Australia at Bristol - Jun 10, 2001 scorecard
Last ODI	England v India at The Oval - Sep 5, 2007 scorecard
Twenty20 Int. debut	England v West Indies at The Oval - Jun 28, 2007 scorecard
Last Twenty20 Int.	England v West Indies at The Oval - Jun 29, 2007 scorecard
First-class span	1996 - 2007
List A span	1995 - 2007
Twenty20 span	2003 - 2007

NBC Denis Compton Award 1997

After a see-saw career threatened to usher in early oblivion, Owais Shah finally got a chance at redemption in March 2006, making his Test debut against India in the final match at Mumbai. Following Michael Vaughan's return home due to injury early in the tour, Shah was drafted in as a replacement and made a composed and vital 88 in a memorable victory. A stylish and classical batsman who seemed to have the world at his feet as a teenager, he was compared in ability to the young Mark Ramprakash. Shah made his first-class debut in 1996, and at the end of the promising summer, Wisden praised his "abundant promise". His county cap followed, but back-to-back seasons with averages in the mid 20s ended with him being dropped by Middlesex in 2000. He bounced back in 2001 in fine form, and was drafted into England's one-day side in the NatWest Series where he looked at ease, especially when making 62 against Pakistan at Lord's. Even though he toured as part of England's one-day squad to Zimbabwe and New Zealand that winter, his chances were limited. He was overlooked in 2002, but again played a few one-dayers the following winter in the ICC Knock-out Trophy and in the VB Series, but he found it almost impossible to forge a place in the side. Another solid season followed, but others edged ahead of him in the pecking order, and there was talk that his fielding was not helping his cause. His international ambitions suffered a further blow when he was relieved of the vice-captaincy at Middlesex in June 2004 after a string of bad results. However, a feast of runs in 2005 (1728 runs at a healthy average of 66.46) led to his inclusion in the England A tour of the Caribbean in 2006, and ultimately his Test debut. Further opportunities were thin on the ground, however. He had to wait 18 months for his second Test - another one-off appearance, this time at Lord's against West Indies where he failed twice - but a series of eyecatching performances followed in the one-day series, as England rebuilt after another disappointing World Cup campaign.
Will Luke July 2007

Dimitri Mascarenhas

England

Player profile

Full name Adrian Dimitri Mascarenhas
Born October 30, 1977, Chiswick, Middlesex
Current age 29 years 312 days
Major teams England, Hampshire
Nickname Dimi
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Height 6 ft 1 in
Education Trinity College, Perth

Statsguru ODI player

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
ODIs	6	5	1	98	52	24.50	84	116.66	0	1	1	10	1	0
Twenty20 Int.	2	2	1	20	18*	20.00	20	100.00	0	0	1	0	3	0
First-class	156	236	26	5258	131	25.03			7	19			60	0
List A	198	175	33	3316	79	23.35			0	21			51	0
Twenty20	24	24	9	404	52	26.93	336	120.23	0	1			12	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
ODIs	6	276	191	3	2/55	2/55	63.66	4.15	92.00	0	0	0
Twenty20 Int.	2	42	71	2	2/39	2/39	35.50	10.14	21.00	0	0	0
First-class	156	22367	10223	364	6/25		28.08	2.74	61.44		14	0
List A	198	8325	5849	234	5/27	5/27	24.99	4.21	35.57	8	1	0
Twenty20	24	443	550	30	5/14	5/14	18.33	7.44	14.76	1	1	0

Career statistics
Statsguru One-Day Internationals filter
ODI debut	England v West Indies at Lord's - Jul 1, 2007 scorecard
Last ODI	England v India at The Oval - Sep 5, 2007 scorecard
Twenty20 Int. debut	England v West Indies at The Oval - Jun 28, 2007 scorecard
Last Twenty20 Int.	England v West Indies at The Oval - Jun 29, 2007 scorecard
First-class span	1996 - 2007
List A span	1996 - 2007
Twenty20 span	2003 - 2007

With a name like Dimitri Mascarenhas, and an Aussie twang thrown into the mix, 'Dimi' was never going to be your run-of-the-mill county pro. And so it has proved. Born in Middlesex to Sri Lankan parents, but brought up in Perth, Western Australia, Mascarenhas returned to these shores in 1996 to play for Hampshire, making an immediate impact whilst taking 6 for 88 against Glamorgan on debut. At his most effective in one-day cricket, he has made a habit of producing big performances in vital games, including a Man of the Match performance in the 1998 NatWest trophy semi-final when he took 3 for 28 and scored 73. He also featured in Hampshire's victorious C&G campaign in 2005. He scored the first century at the Rose Bowl, against Worcestershire in 2001, and also took the first hat-trick recorded in Twenty20 cricket, amongst his 5 for 14 against Sussex at Hove in 2004. A regular in England's Hong Kong sixes team, it is his allround pedigree - he is an excellent fielder - which has made him so effective in domestic one-day cricket. After being awarded a benefit year by his club in 2007, he was given his chance to shine for England when called up to their one-day squad in June - a long overdue selection as Hampshire supporters will attest to.
Will Luke June 2007

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Stuart Broad
England
Personal information
Full name Stuart Christopher John Broad
Nickname Broady
Born June 24, 1986 (1986-06-24) (age 21)
Nottingham, England
Height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Role Bowler
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Right-arm fast medium
International information
ODI debut (cap 197) 30 August 2006: v Pakistan
Last ODI 5 September 2007: v India
ODI shirt no. 39
Domestic team information
Years Team
2008– Nottinghamshire
2005–2007 Leicestershire (squad no. 16)
Career statistics
ODIs IT20 FC LA
Matches 15 3 33 30
Runs scored 126 1 643 155
Batting average 31.50 – 22.17 22.14
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/4 0/0
Top score 45* 1* 91* 45*

Balls bowled 752 66 5253 1468
Wickets 19 4 112 41
Bowling average 34.36 24.50 28.40 31.60
5 wickets in innings 0 0 6 0
10 wickets in match n/a n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 4/51 2/35 5/67 4/51
Catches/stumpings 4/– 2/– 8/– 6/–
As of 5 September 2007
Source: cricketarchive.com

Stuart Christopher John Broad (born 24 June 1986 in Nottingham, England) is an English cricketer who plays for Leicestershire County Cricket Club and has made thirteen ODI appearances for the England national cricket team. He is the son of former England cricketer and ICC match referee Chris Broad. In August 2006 he was voted the Cricket Writer's Club Young Cricketer of the Year.

Early life
Although Broad has started making waves as a fast bowler, he originally started his career following in the footsteps of his father, as an opening batsman. It wasn't until he was 17 and had a growth spurt that he started to consider being a genuinely quick bowler. It has recently been revealed that Broad, already 6 foot 5, could be on course to reach 6 foot 9.

Broad had been associated with Leicestershire since he was 8 years old having represented them at Under 9 level. He was awarded with the Leicestershire Young Cricketers Batsman Award in 1996. Broad was also a pupil at Oakham School.

Stuart Broad learned most of his adult cricket at Melton Mowbray club Egerton Park. He played for the club from the ages of 9-19 where in his final 2 seasons he opened the batting with fellow Leicestershire player Matthew Boyce and spearheaded the attack. Broad maintained the Club's tradition of providing International seam bowlers as Egerton Park were the first club of former Warwickshire, Derbyshire and England seamer Tim Munton.

Leicestershire career
Broad played his first game for Leicestershire 2nd XI in 2004 just before his 18th birthday and impressed enough to be given a full contract for the following season. Broad continued to impress Director of Cricket James Whitaker and made his first class debut early in the 2005 season against Durham University Centre of Cricketing Excellence. He returned credible figures of 1/40 from 15 overs. His maiden first class wicket was that of Nick Lamb.

Stuart followed this appearance with his first County Championship appearance against Somerset at the familiar location of Oakham. Broad impressed yet again when, against a batting line up which included Graeme Smith and Sanath Jayasuriya, he finished with figures of two for 61 in a game ruined by the rain. By the end of the season Broad had become a regular fixture in Leicestershire's first-class side, playing their last four Championship fixtures and getting his one-day debut in the very final National League fixture of the season, taking two for 40 against Kent Spitfires.

The 2006 season has been a kind one for Broad. He took his first 5 wicket haul against championship favourites Surrey and scored his first championship 50 against Derbyshire. His most eye catching performances have been in the Twenty20 Cup, where his economy of 4.50 was the second-best of the season of bowlers with more than 15 overs bowled.[1] In the County Championship Broad played twelve of Leicestershire's 13 matches until called up for England, and his 44 wickets at an average of 31.38 meant he led his county both in terms of wickets and bowling average.[2]

On 23rd August 2007 it was announced that Broad would be leaving Leicestershire at the end of the season to join Nottinghamshire after choosing not to re-new his contract and return to his home county.[3]


England career
Broad played for the England Under-19 squad in 2005, facing the Sri Lankan U-19 squad, and took five for 17 in the first test. He was named in the ECB National Academy squad for winter 2005-06. He was then called up to the England 'A' squad touring the West Indies, as a replacement for James Anderson who had been drafted into the Test side touring India. In April 2006, Broad was again called up to the England A squad, facing the touring Sri Lankan team.

Broad has also been included in the ECB's 25 man development squad for the 2006 season. David Graveney the chairman of selectors said that "The squad essentially enables the England Head Coach (Duncan Fletcher) working with his support staff and the National Academy staff to monitor more closely the development of international players and better prepare them for the demands of the international game."


England ODI career
On 23 August 2006, Broad was included in the England one-day squad for the One-day Internationals against Pakistan, and a couple of days later he was named Young Cricketer of the Year by the Cricket Writers' Club.[4] On 28 August 2006, Broad made his first England appearance, in the Twenty20 International against Pakistan. Broad bowled four overs for 35 runs, and took two wickets in two balls, Shoaib Malik and Younis Khan, and narrowly missed out on a hat-trick, after a lofted shot from Shahid Afridi fell just short of Kevin Pietersen. [5]

On 30 August 2006, he made his One-day International debut, taking a wicket in his first over, as well as being involved in a last-wicket partnership of 29 with Darren Gough. In the 3rd ODI on 5 September 2006, Broad once again found himself on a hat-trick with the wickets of Abdul Razzaq and Kamran Akmal. He bowled 10 overs and ended with figures of 3-57 with one maiden.

Broad was left out of the squad for the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy and the 2006-07 Commonwealth Bank Series. However, he was called up for the finals in the latter following injuries to Jon Lewis and Chris Tremlett.[6] He was also called into England's squad as a replacement part way through the 2007 World Cup. He finished the tournament by scoring the winning runs in England's final match against the West Indies. [7] Broad also featured in the ODI squad at the end of the West Indies tour of England in summer 2007, taking 3/20 in the first match to lead England to a 1:0 lead in the ODI series.[8]

On 30th August 2007, Broad took career best bowling figures of 4/51 as England bowled out India for 212 in the 4th match of the summer's ODI series. Broad also hit an unbeaten 45 runs to take his first ODI man-of-the-match award. The match-winning unbeaten partnership of 99 runs that Broad shared with Ravi Bopara is a record 8th wicket stand for England in ODIs.[9]


Achievements and honours
Cricket Writer's Club Young Cricketer of the Year 2006
Record 8th wicket partnership for England in One-Day Internationals (with Ravi Bopara v India at Old Trafford, 2007)

One Day International 4-fors
Stuart Broad's One Day International 4-fors
Bowling Match Against City/Country Venue Year
[1] 4/51 13 India Manchester, England Old Trafford 2007

source of information: wikipedia

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