Ramnaresh Sarwan

For disambiguation, see Sarwan.

Ramnaresh Sarwan

Personal information
Full name	Ramnaresh Ronnie Sarwan
Born	(1980-06-23) 23 June 1980 Wakenaam Island, Guyana
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right arm leg break
Role	Batsman
International information
National side	West Indies
Test debut (cap 234)	18 May 2000 v Pakistan
Last Test	28 June 2011 v India
ODI debut (cap 101)	20 July 2000 v England
Last ODI	6 February 2013 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1996–2014	Guyana
2005	Gloucestershire
2012–2014	Leicestershire (squad no. 53)
2013–2014	Guyana Amazon Warriors
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 n/a 0 n/a Best bowling 4/37 3/31 6/62 5/10 Catches/stumpings 53/– 45/– 152/– 68/–
Source: ESPNCricinfo, 28 September 2013

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

He has been named as the Captain for the Guyana Amazon Warriors for the 2013 inaugural tournament of the Caribbean Premier League

Career

He has been 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 (his 26th birthday) while playing against India Sarwan hit 6 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."

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

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. Sarwan returned to the West Indies side in 2008 for the home series against Sri Lanka, as vice-captain to the current captain, 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 2nd Test in North Sound, Antigua. At the age 28 years, 228 days he became the youngest West Indian to reach the 5000 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 shares with Sunil Gavaskar and Ricky Ponting, 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 the great Sir Vivian Richards.

Sarwan's name is a common Hindu name shared by many of his countrymen who have roots in 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 in the design of helmet. He shares the habit of his fellow Countrymen Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Narsingh Deonarine of marking his guard with a bail.

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 Having fallen out of international favour, he signed for English county Leicestershire for the 2012 English season.

Player statistics

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).

Test Centuries

The following table illustrates a summary of the Test centuries scored by Ramnaresh Sarwan.

• In the column Runs, * indicates being not out.
• The column title Match refers to the Match Number of his career.

Test Centuries of Ramnaresh Sarwan
#	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year	Result
1	119	28	Bangladesh	Dhaka, Bangladesh	Bangabandhu National Stadium	2002	Won
2	105	32	Australia	St. John's, Antigua	Antigua Recreation Ground	2003	Won
3	114	38	South Africa	Durban, South Africa	Kingsmead	2003	Lost
4	119	40	South Africa	Centurion, South Africa	SuperSport Park	2004	Lost
5	261*	46	Bangladesh	Kingston, Jamaica	Sabina Park	2004	Won
6	139	48	England	Birmingham, England	Edgbaston	2004	Lost
7	107*	51	South Africa	Port of Spain, Trinidad	Queen's Park Oval	2005	Lost
8	127	53	South Africa	St. John's, Antigua	Antigua Recreation Ground	2005	Drawn
9	116	62	India	Basseterre, St Kitts	Warner Park	2006	Drawn
10	102	69	Sri Lanka	Port of Spain, Trinidad	Queen's Park Oval	2008	Won
11	128	71	Australia	North Sound, Antigua	Sir Vivian Richards Stadium	2008	Drawn
12	107	75	England	Kingston, Jamaica	Sabina Park	2009	Won
13	106	77	England	St. John's, Antigua	Antigua Recreation Ground	2009	Drawn
14	291	78	England	Bridgetown, Barbados	Kensington Oval	2009	Drawn
15	100	81	England	Chester-le-Street, England	Riverside Ground	2009	Lost

One Day International Centuries

One Day International Centuries of Ramnaresh Sarwan
#	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year	Result
1	102*	28	Bangladesh	Dhaka, Bangladesh	Bangabandhu National Stadium	2002	Won
2	104*	59	England	Bridgetown, Barbados	Kensington Oval	2004	Lost
3	115*	100	India	Basseterre, St Kitts	Warner Park	2006	Won
4	100*	153	Ireland	Kingston, Jamaica	Sabina Park	2010	Won
5	120*	178	Zimbabwe	St. George's, Grenada	National Cricket Stadium	2013	Won

Career Best Performances

as of 23 June 2013

	Batting				Bowling
	Score	Fixture	Venue	Season	Score	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

External links

• Cricinfo player profile