Ramnaresh Sarwan

Ramnaresh Ronnie Sarwan (born 23 June 1980) is a cricketer of Indo-Guyanese origin and a former member and former captain of the West Indies cricket team, in all formats.

Ramnaresh Sarwan
Personal information
Full nameRamnaresh Ronnie Sarwan
Born (1980-06-23) 23 June 1980
Wakenaam Island, Guyana
NicknameRamu
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm leg break
RoleBatsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 234)18 May 2000 v Pakistan
Last Test28 June 2011 v India
ODI debut (cap 101)20 July 2000 v England
Last ODI11 June 2013 v India
ODI shirt no.53
T20I debut (cap 20)11 September 2007 v South Africa
Last T20I20 May 2010 v South Africa
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1996–2014Guyana
2005Gloucestershire
2012–2014Leicestershire (squad no. 53)
2013–2014Guyana Amazon Warriors
2016Trinbago Knight Riders (squad no. 53)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 87 181 215 262
Runs scored 5,842 5,804 13,221 8,337
Batting average 40.01 42.67 39.11 40.27
100s/50s 15/31 5/38 33/70 11/48
Top score 291 120* 291 120*
Balls bowled 2,022 581 4,368 1,130
Wickets 23 16 56 35
Bowling average 50.56 36.62 41.98 28.60
5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 4/37 3/31 6/62 5/10
Catches/stumpings 53/– 45/– 152/– 68/–
Source: ESPNCricinfo, 21 September 2017

He was named as captain of the Guyana Amazon Warriors for the 2013 inaugural tournament of the Caribbean Premier League.[1]

Etymology

Sarwan's name is a common Hindu name shared by many of his countrymen who have roots in India.

Domestic career

Having fallen out of international favour, Sarwan signed for English county Leicestershire for the 2012 English season.[2]

International career

Rise in ranks

Sarwan was a member of the West Indies cricket team since his Test debut against Pakistan at Barbados in May 2000 – a match in which he was unbeaten in both innings including a first innings score of 84 not out. He missed scoring his maiden Test century against South Africa in March 2001 when he was run out for 91. His score of 78 in the second Test against India at Chennai in October 2002 was his fourth innings of 75+ that was not converted into a century. His maiden Test century came in his next Test series against Bangladesh at Dhaka. His next Test century came against Australia at St. John's in May 2003. His best innings (291) came against England in February/March 2009. Sarwan is also a part-time leg-break bowler with best bowling figures of 4 for 37.

During the most recent controversy involving the bowling action of Sri Lanka great Muttiah Muralitharan, which led to an International Cricket Council investigation of most of the world's international-class bowlers, Sarwan was found to be the only bowler tested who did not transgress the Laws of Cricket regarding the straightening of the arm during delivery.

On 23 June 2006, on his 26th birthday, while playing against India Sarwan hit six fours in an over off Munaf Patel and emulated Sandeep Patil (off Bob Willis, seven balls), Sanath Jayasuriya (off James Anderson, six balls) and Chris Gayle (off Matthew Hoggard, six balls) playing at Warner Park Sporting Complex.

Sarwan was dropped from the side for the second Test against Pakistan in November 2006. It was the first time in his six-year career that he had missed a game due to poor form. According to captain Brian Lara "It wasn't designed as a drop. We just wanted to make him aware of the situation and come back stronger. We need him and we need him to take control."

Captaincy

On 29 April 2007 it was announced that Sarwan was to succeed the retiring Brian Lara as captain of the West Indies following the side's exit from the 2007 World Cup.[3]

During the second Test in the West Indies tour of England in May 2007, Sarwan injured his shoulder when he collided with the boundary fence while attempting to cut off a boundary. The injury was serious enough to rule him out of the remainder of the tour and for a further ten months.

Post captaincy

Sarwan returned to the West Indies side in 2008 for the home series against Sri Lanka, as vice-captain to the Chris Gayle. Throughout the series Sarwan showed excellent form with the bat, looking very fluent and scoring over 50 in four consecutive innings, including a match-winning century, at an average of 77.75.

In the 2008 Test series against Australia, Sarwan continued his fine batting form by following up with a half century and a matching saving 128 in the second Test in North Sound, Antigua. At the age 28 years, 228 days he became the youngest West Indian to reach the 5,000 runs milestone when he scored a century against England in Jamaica. In the 2009 home series against England, in scoring his 13th Test match century Sarwan equalled the record for the most centuries in the fourth innings – a record he shared until 2017 with Sunil Gavaskar and Ricky Ponting.[4] In the first innings of the fourth test he recorded his personal best of 291 which equalled the highest score for the West Indies of Vivian Richards.

An innings-by-innings breakdown of Sarwan's Test match batting career, showing runs scored (red bars) and the average of the last ten innings (blue line)

Late career

Sarwan did however lose his central contract due to poor fitness and indifferent form. West Indies coach Ottis Gibson stated that leaving Sarwan out was a tough decision but he will make many contributions to the West Indies in the future and that he needs time to regain his form. Therefore, he wasn't selected for the tour of Sri Lanka along with regular wicket-keeper Denesh Ramdin.[5]

He announced his retirement from international cricket in September 2016.[6] He played his last international match as an ODI against India at The Oval on 11 June 2013.

Style of play

For much of his career, Sarwan wore a bandana under his helmet whilst batting, but dropped the practice due to a change in the design of helmet. He shared the habit of his fellow countrymen Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Narsingh Deonarine of marking his guard with a bail.

Career best performances

as of 23 June 2013

Batting Bowling (innings)
Score Fixture Venue Season Figures Fixture Venue Season
Tests 291 West Indies v England Bridgetown 2009 4–37 West Indies v Bangladesh Gros Islet 2004
ODI 120* West Indies v Zimbabwe Grenada 2013 3–31 West Indies v New Zealand Lord's 2004
T20I 59 West Indies v England Port of Spain 2009 2–10 West Indies v Bangladesh Johannesburg 2007
FC 291 West Indies v England Bridgetown 2009 6–62 Guyana v Leeward Islands St. John's 2001
LA 120* West Indies v Zimbabwe Grenada 2013 5–10 Guyana v Bermuda Essequibo 1998
T20 70 Guyana v Southern Redbacks Johannesburg 2010 2–10 West Indies v Bangladesh Johannesburg 2007
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References
  1. Franchise Team Captains CPLT20
  2. "Leicestershire sign Sarwan for 2012 season". Cricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 10 February 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
  3. "Sarwan confirmed as West Indies captaincy". Cricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 1 May 2007. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  4. "Most 4th innings hundreds". Cricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  5. "Dropping Sarwan was tough decision - Gibson". Cricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 21 October 2010. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  6. "Sarwan set to retire from international cricket". Cricinfo. 15 September 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
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