Ramnaresh Sarwan
West Indies
Personal information
Batting style	Right hand bat
Bowling style	Right arm leg break
Career statistics
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	69	125
Runs scored	4614	4134
Batting average	40.12	44.45
100s/50s	10/29	3/26
Top score	261*	115*
Overs	316	80.5
Wickets	23	12
Bowling average	46.73	39.33
5 wickets in innings	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	n/a
Best bowling	4/37	3/31
Catches/stumpings	46/-	34/-
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Ramnaresh Ronnie Sarwan (born June 23, 1980, Wakenaam Island, Guyana) is a West Indian cricketer of Indo-Guyanese ethnicity and member of the West Indies cricket team. is the 174th day of the year (175th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Wakenaam is a large (~17 square miles) island that at the mouth of the Essequibo River of Guyana. ... The Caribbean or the West Indies is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. ... This article is about the sport. ... Guyanese of Indian (Asian Indian) origin. ... Learie Constantine, was one of the first great West Indian players. ...

He has been a member of the West Indies cricket team since his Test debut against Pakistan at Barbados in May 2000 when he remained unbeaten in both innings scoring 84 in the first innings. He missed out on 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 (261 not out) came against Bangladesh in June 2004. He has so far played 69 Test matches scoring at an average of around 40 runs per innings with 10 centuries and 29 fifties. He is also a part-time bowler having mastered the leg-break and taken 23 wickets with best bowling figures of 4/37. For the womens version of the game, see Womens Test cricket. ... The Pakistani cricket team is a national cricket team representing Pakistan. ... The South African cricket team, also known as The Proteas, is a national cricket team representing South Africa. ... Run out is a method of dismissal in the sport of cricket. ... The Indian cricket team is an international cricket team representing India. ... Madras redirects here. ... The Bangladeshi cricket team is a national cricket team representing Bangladesh and is nicknamed the Tigers. ... Dhaka (previously Dacca; Bengali: Ḍhākā; IPA: ) is the capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka District. ... The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of the Commonwealth of Australia. ... St Johns is the capital city of the nation of Antigua and Barbuda, a country located in the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea. ... For the womens version of the game, see Womens Test cricket. ...

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. The Sri Lankan cricket team is a national cricket team representing Sri Lanka. ... Muttiah Muralitharan (born 17 April 1972 in Kandy, Sri Lanka), often referred to as Murali, is a Sri Lankan cricketer who was statistically rated the greatest Test-Match bowler ever by Wisden Cricketers Almanack in 2002. ... ICC logo The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the governing body for international Test match and One-day International cricket. ...

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." Brian Charles Lara (born May 2, 1969) (nicknamed, The Prince of Port-of-Spain or simply The Prince) was a record-breaking cricketer, and considered to be one of the finest batsman in the game. ...

On April 29, 2007 he was announced as the captain of the West Indies, in succession to the retired Lara, following the West Indies' exit from the 2007 Cricket World Cup.^[2] is the 119th day of the year (120th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... The 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup was a mens cricket tournament that took place in the West Indies from 13 March to 28 April 2007, using the sports one-day international format. ...

During the second test of the West Indies tour of England in May of 2007, Sarwan injured his shoulder badly enough to rule him out of the remainder of the tour. When attempting to save a boundary, he rammed his shoulder into the boundary fence. After 10 months out of international cricket due this injury, Sarwan had returned to the West Indies side in 2008 for the home series against Sri Lanka, as vice-captain to the current captain, Chris Gayle. Sarwan returned with excellent form with the bat, looking very fluent in the 4 innings of both Test matches, scoring 4 consecutive half centuries including 1 match-winning century, at an average of 77.75 for the series. For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ...

Trivia

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).

• Sarwan on June 23, 2006 (his 26th birthday) while playing against India hit 6 fours in an over by Munaf Patel and emulated Sandeep Patil (off Bob Willis, seven balls) and Chris Gayle (off Matthew Hoggard, six balls) playing at Warner Park Sporting Complex.
• His name is a common Hindu name shared by many of his countrymen who also have roots from India.
• For much of his career he wore a bandanna under his helmet whilst batting, but has now dropped the practice due to a change of helmet.
• He shares the habit of his fellow Countrymen Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Narsingh Deonarine of marking his guard with a bail.

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External links

• Cricinfo player profile
• Cricket Fans Articles about Ramnaresh Sarwan

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1 Hooper • 2 Jacobs • 3 Chanderpaul • 4 Collins • 5 Collymore • 6 Dillon • 7 Drakes • 8 Gayle • 9 Hinds • 10 Lara • 11 Lawson • 12 McLean • 13 Powell • 14 Samuels • 15 Sarwan • Coach: Harper

v • d • e West Indies squad - 2007 Cricket World Cup
1 Bradshaw • 2 Bravo • 3 Chanderpaul • 4 Collymore • 5 Gayle • 6 Lara • 7 Powell • 8 Pollard • 9 Ramdin • 10 Samuels • 11 Sarwan • 12 Simmons • 13 Dwayne Smith • 14 Devon Smith • 15 Taylor • Coach: King