Sonny Ramadhin, Mystifying West Indies Spinner, Dies At 92

Paris, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – twenty seventh Feb, 2022 ) :Sonny Ramadhin, who has died on the age of 92, was one of many West Indies’ best spin bowlers and, in tandem with Alf Valentine, long-established a collection win in England in 1950 which grew to become lodged in calypso folklore.

“They complemented each other perfectly,” stated the late West Indian cricket author, broadcaster and historian Tony Cozier.

“Ramadhin, cap on, sleeves buttoned down to the wrists, presented mysteries which no English batsman unravelled for the entire summer.” Sonny Ramadhin, who took 158 wickets in his 43 Tests, was born in St Charles in Trinidad on Mayday 1929.

Just 19, the 5 foot 4 inch (1.62m) off-spinner was chosen for the 1950 tour on the energy of two matches for Trinidad in opposition to Jamaica through which he took 12 wickets.

When he travelled to England it was his first journey exterior Trinidad and the primary time he had bowled on grass slightly than matting.

Ramadhin and fellow spinner Valentine stunned 1,000 overs every on the tour, taking 258 wickets between them. In the Tests, the left-arm spinner Valentine, a month older than his spin accomplice, took 33 wickets to Ramadhin’s 26.

The highly effective West Indies batting line-up which included the three Ws – Frank Worrell, Everton Weekes and Clyde Walcott – did the remainder.

Ramadhin, who had simply turned 20, was primarily an off-spinner however may additionally bowl a leg-break with no discernible change of motion.

He had a bustling run and was unerringly correct – he conceded simply 1.97 runs per over throughout his Test profession.