K SRIKKANTH calls it a day
mpj...@tesla.njit.edu
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The 33 year old (b 21 Dec 1959), former Indian skipper and swashbuckling
opener Krishnamachari Srikkanth, announced his retirement from first class
cricket, last night at a press conference in his home town Madras.
He represented India in 43 tests, scored 2061 runs at an average of 29.88.
He led India in 4 tests against Pak in 1989.
He said, the decision was his own, as impetuous as his batting. He did
not consult anyone, including his family and friends, who he was sure
would not have agreed. One of the reasons cited was his business and
also added, that he now does not see any chances of his being recalled
to the Indian team. He was his usual jovial self throughout the conference,
admitting, he enjoyed his cricket thoroughly and was happy with his
decision, saying that all good things come to an end.
The foll. are some of his test statistics:
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Batting:
43 Tests, 72 Inngs, 3n.o., 2061 runs, 128 HS, 2 100s, 29.88(Avg)
Bowling:
216 Balls, 113 runs, 0 wkts
Break up of appearances:
Vs England :
1981-82 4
84-85 2
86 3
Vs Pak:
82-83 2
87 5
89 4
Vs SL:
85 3
86-87 3
Vs Aus:
85-86 3
86 3
91 4
Vs WI :
87 4
Vs NZ:
88 3
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kka :-)
Source: BBC, The Telegraph.
mpj...@tesla.njit.edu
Sorry folks, I missed his one-day stats..here they are ....
ODIs:
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Matches 146, Inngs 145, Runs 4092, HS 123, Avg 29.02
Incidentally, he is the 2nd highest run-getter for India in ODIs; Azhar
being the topper.
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kka :-)
Source: BBC, The Telegraph, The Hindu.
mu
Anyone got his ODI bowling figs? He has had some success there. :-)
Murari Venkataraman
ven...@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
R2...@vm1.cc.uakron.edu
mpj...@tesla.njit.edu writes:
>In article <1993Oct8...@tesla.njit.edu>, mpj...@tesla.njit.edu writes:
>> Oct 8th, 1993 :
>> --------------
>>
>> The 33 year old (b 21 Dec 1959), former Indian skipper and swashbuckling
>> opener Krishnamachari Srikkanth, announced his retirement from first class
>> cricket, last night at a press conference in his home town Madras.
>>
>> He represented India in 43 tests, scored 2061 runs at an average of 29.88.
>> He led India in 4 tests against Pak in 1989.
>>
>> He said, the decision was his own, as impetuous as his batting. He did
>> not consult anyone, including his family and friends, who he was sure
>> would not have agreed. One of the reasons cited was his business and
>> also added, that he now does not see any chances of his being recalled
>> to the Indian team. He was his usual jovial self throughout the conference,
>> admitting, he enjoyed his cricket thoroughly and was happy with his
>> decision, saying that all good things come to an end.
>>
>>
>> The foll. are some of his test statistics:
>> ------------------------------------------
>>
>> Batting:
>> 43 Tests, 72 Inngs, 3n.o., 2061 runs, 128 HS, 2 100s, 29.88(Avg)
>>
>> Bowling:
>> 216 Balls, 113 runs, 0 wkts
>>
>
>ODIs:
>----
>
>Matches 146, Inngs 145, Runs 4092, HS 123, Avg 29.02
>
>Incidentally, he is the 2nd highest run-getter for India in ODIs; Azhar
>being the topper.
>
>===================================
>
>kka :-)
>
>Source: BBC, The Telegraph, The Hindu.
West Indies. The first at Thiruvanthipuram & the second at Sharjah.
Ramasubramanian N.
Venkatesh Sridharan.
> Also , he is one of the few batsman to have scored 2 centuries against the
> West Indies. The first at Thiruvanthipuram & the second at Sharjah.
>
> Ramasubramanian N.
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[VS]:
Both innings were simply brilliant... especially the one at Sharjah, few
batsmen actually manage to treat the WI bowling like that and do it long
enough to get a century... in that innings, he took a slightly short of
length delivery from Patterson on the rise, and sent it into the stands
behind mid wicket, a Richards-esque (tm - Vaibhav :-)) shot...
Win or lose, forever Windies.
Venky (Venkatesh Sridharan).
email: srid...@staff.tc.umn.edu
Vaibhav A. Diwadkar
srid...@maroon.tc.umn.edu writes:
>In <16C62FF...@VM1.CC.UAKRON.EDU> R2...@VM1.CC.UAKRON.EDU writes:
>
>> Also , he is one of the few batsman to have scored 2 centuries
against the
>> West Indies. The first at Thiruvanthipuram & the second at Sharjah.
>>
>> Ramasubramanian N.
>
>-------
>[VS]:
>
>Both innings were simply brilliant... especially the one at Sharjah, few
>batsmen actually manage to treat the WI bowling like that and do it long
>enough to get a century... in that innings, he took a slightly short of
>length delivery from Patterson on the rise, and sent it into the stands
>behind mid wicket, a Richards-esque (tm - Vaibhav :-)) shot...
- Hey, how come I haven't seen any royalties? The best of Krish Srikkanth
I remember was his work in the Victoria Cup of '85. In the finals
against Pak he smote Azeem Hafeez for a stupendous six over long
off. Hafeez was a very good bowler IMO who faded from the scene too
rapidly. Krish had atleast one more long off six in that innings, he
hoisted Wasim Raja, Rameez waiting for the catch dropped it and it
bounced over the boundary and Rameez nearly impaled himself on the
fence. Unpleasant sight that. Krish also had a rather spectacular
innings of 84 against the Windies in the WSC of '91 where he
hammered Patterson (I think) again. Patterson went for 48 in 7
overs if I remember right.
Unfortunately Srikkanth at his worst was a rather dismal sight as
those watching the India/Pak WCup '92 match will attest. He
scored 5 in 39 balls. Anyway great entertainer when he was on song.
- Vaibhav.
sanjay mazumdar
>fence. Unpleasant sight that. Krish also had a rather spectacular
>innings of 84 against the Windies in the WSC of '91 where he
>hammered Patterson (I think) again. Patterson went for 48 in 7
>overs if I remember right.
This was at the Adelaide Oval. I was at this game, which India won by about
10-15 runs. This was an amazing innings. Srikkanth smashed Patterson all over
the place - I guess the faster they come down, the faster they go to the
boundary :-) Two shots are still vivid in my mind - he hit two very flat
sixes (the ball travelled only about 10 feet off the ground) over the
Bradman stand end of the ground - this is probably the longest boundary in
test cricket. The ball just rocketed to the boundary both times. Srikkanth
was one of the best to watch when he was in full flight.
--
Sanjay
E-mail : san...@eleceng.adelaide.edu.au (Sanjay Mazumdar)
Snail-mail: Dept of Electrical & Electronic Eng., The University of Adelaide
South Australia 5005
R2...@vm1.cc.uakron.edu
Ram
mpj...@tesla.njit.edu
writes:
> <mpj...@tesla.njit.edu> wrote:
>>Sorry folks, I missed his one-day stats..here they are ....
>>ODIs:
Batting:
-------
>>Matches 146, Inngs 145, Runs 4092, HS 123, Avg 29.02, 4 100s, 27 50s
Centuries breakup:
102 vs Aus, Jaipur, 1986
123 vs Pak, Calcutta, 86-87
101 vs WI, Trivandrum, 87-88
112 vs WI, Sharjah, 1988
>
> Anyone got his ODI bowling figs? He has had some success there. :-)
>
Ok, here they are:
Bowling:
-------
Balls 712, Runs 641, Wkts 25, Avg 25.64, Runs/over 5.40, Best 5/27
>= 4Wkts/Inngs 2
5/27 vs NZ at Vizag 1988
5/32 vs NZ at Indore 1988
Cheers !
kka :-)
S Govindarajan
>In article <sridh002....@maroon.tc.umn.edu>
>srid...@maroon.tc.umn.edu (Venkatesh Sridharan.) writes:
>
>>In <16C62FF...@VM1.CC.UAKRON.EDU> R2...@VM1.CC.UAKRON.EDU writes:
>>
>>> Also , he is one of the few batsman to have scored 2 centuries against the
>>> West Indies. The first at Thiruvanthipuram & the second at Sharjah.
>>>
>>> Ramasubramanian N.
>>
Make that consequtive ones. The 1st one was at the last one-day match of the
series (which incidentally, India lost 0-5). The next one-day, India played
were against the West Indies at Sharjah (under Srikkanth's captaincy). India
won that one dayer, thus breaking a streak of losses to WI starting with
the series Vs Lloyd's team (back in '83). Apart from Srikkanth's knock, for
India Sanjay Sharma bowled well (5 wkts) and Maninder was brilliant (got
Richard's wicket by tempting him to go for the big one - Result? Caught
behind).
>>-------
>>[VS]:
>>
>>Both innings were simply brilliant... especially the one at Sharjah, few
>>batsmen actually manage to treat the WI bowling like that and do it long
>>enough to get a century... in that innings, he took a slightly short of
>>length delivery from Patterson on the rise, and sent it into the stands
>>behind mid wicket, a Richards-esque (tm - Vaibhav :-)) shot...
In the same innings, he lifted a short one from Ambrose over the deep mid-
wicket - a truly incredible shot.
Many think that Srikkanth was psycologically devastated by that hit from
Akram. I personally don't think so. As VS said, he played WI after the WC'87
with style including two fifties on a crumbling track against Patterson, Davis
Walsh and Benjamin - all bowling at full clip. I think, only Vengsarkar managed
to hit a fifty apart from Srikkanth in the Indian innings. Also, he played
Hadlee with confidence and aggression in the '88 series. He ended the series
as the top scorer in the Indian team (two fifties and 2 ducks!). In that series
he showed that he could play intelligent bowling very well.
I also don't think the hit from Bishop did his psyche any harm either. What
really caused his downfall was, I think, his determination to play "resposi-
bily" during the West Indies and the Pak tour. From time to time, the critics
in India wrote that he should play sensibily until he got his eye in. In the
two tours, he was one of the senior players (others being Kapil, Vengsarkar
and Shastri). In the WI tour, he was the only player, apart from Kapil, who
could attack the bowling. This, I think, made him play a cramped game thru'
out the one day series.
In the Pak tour, he was made the captain. I think, he himself went into a
shell trying to stay at the wicket. His captaincy, on the other hand was
brilliant. He is the only captain since Lloyd (in '77 ?) to come out of Pak
without losing a single test match and this in a atmosphere of suspicion
and mistrust, not to say anything about the restrictions put on the Indian
team by the Pakistan security.
It is a pity he was stripped from that position. I feel, he was among the
best India had over the past 15-20 years.
A maverick player, who was totally unselfish in his approach, he was among the
few who did not bother about statistics in the then Indian team.
Krishnan Ramaswamy
>R2...@VM1.CC.UAKRON.EDU writes:
>
>>In article <sridh002....@maroon.tc.umn.edu>
>>srid...@maroon.tc.umn.edu (Venkatesh Sridharan.) writes:
>>
>>>In <16C62FF...@VM1.CC.UAKRON.EDU> R2...@VM1.CC.UAKRON.EDU writes:
>>>
>>>> Also , he is one of the few batsman to have scored 2 centuries against the
>>>> West Indies. The first at Thiruvanthipuram & the second at Sharjah.
>>>>
>>>> Ramasubramanian N.
>>>
>
>Make that consequtive ones. The 1st one was at the last one-day match of the
>series (which incidentally, India lost 0-5). The next one-day, India played
>were against the West Indies at Sharjah (under Srikkanth's captaincy). India
>won that one dayer, thus breaking a streak of losses to WI starting with
>the series Vs Lloyd's team (back in '83). Apart from Srikkanth's knock, for
>India Sanjay Sharma bowled well (5 wkts) and Maninder was brilliant (got
>Richard's wicket by tempting him to go for the big one - Result? Caught
>behind).
>
>>>-------
I think India won the one dayer at Calcutta. Don't remember the scores. but India
batted first. Arun Lal made some useful runs. West Indies fell short
of the required target. Maninder bowled reasonably well in that game.
(I think Shastri captained the team. Vengsarkar was injured.)
Could somebody confirm this.
Thanks
Krishnan
Anand Ramakrishnan
: In article <2976ab$r...@happy.cc.utexas.edu>, ven...@happy.cc.utexas.edu (mu)
: writes:
: >>ODIs:
: Centuries breakup:
: Ok, here they are:
: Bowling:
: -------
: Cheers !
: kka :-)
Also one should not forget his 5 90+ scores in ODIs. BTW anybody
remember his 5 90+ scores?
Cheers,
Anand.
R2...@vm1.cc.uakron.edu
>Thanks
>
>Krishnan
>
Yes, India beat Windies at Calcutta in the 87-88 series. Arun lal
& Mohinder Amarnath played well in that match.
Ramasubramanian.
R2...@vm1.cc.uakron.edu
an...@unislc.slc.unisys.com (Anand Ramakrishnan) writes:
>mpj...@tesla.njit.edu wrote:
>: In article <2976ab$r...@happy.cc.utexas.edu>, ven...@happy.cc.utexas.edu (mu)
>: writes:
>
>: > <mpj...@tesla.njit.edu> wrote:
>: >>Sorry folks, I missed his one-day stats..here they are ....
>
>: >>ODIs:
>
>: Batting:
>: -------
>: >>Matches 146, Inngs 145, Runs 4092, HS 123, Avg 29.02, 4 100s, 27 50s
>
>: Centuries breakup:
>
>: 102 vs Aus, Jaipur, 1986
>: 123 vs Pak, Calcutta, 86-87
>: 101 vs WI, Trivandrum, 87-88
>: 112 vs WI, Sharjah, 1988
>
>: >
>remember his 5 90+ scores?
>
>Cheers,
>Anand.
1. 95 Vs Sri Lanka at N.Delhi in 1982
2. 99 Vs England at Cuttack in 1984-85
3. 93* Vs Australia at Melbourne in 1985
4. 92 Vs Sri Lanka at Sharjah in 1986
Ramasubramanian N.
Kumara Thirumalai
okay confirmed.
: Thanks
:
: Krishnan
:
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Badari
Howdy y'all,
I had an argument with my roomie last eve about how effective
Srikka was as an opening bat. My roomie contended that Srikka's batting
did not win matches often enough. Well can someone out there gimme the
stats of matches when srikka scored say over 35 runs and the ersult of
the match - or any other measure of srikka's effectiveness.
badari
S Govindarajan
>Also one should not forget his 5 90+ scores in ODIs. BTW anybody
>remember his 5 90+ scores?
92 Vs Sri Lanka '82
95 Vs Sri Lanka '82
99 Vs England at Cuttack, '84-85
93* Vs Australia at MCG '85
92 Vs Sri Lanka at Sharjah '86
>Cheers,
>Anand.
mpj...@tesla.njit.edu
an...@unislc.slc.unisys.com (Anand Ramakrishnan) writes:
>
> : >>ODIs:
>
> : Batting:
> : -------
> : >>Matches 146, Inngs 145, Runs 4092, HS 123, Avg 29.02, 4 100s, 27 50s
>
> : Centuries breakup:
>
> : 102 vs Aus, Jaipur, 1986
> : 123 vs Pak, Calcutta, 86-87
> : 101 vs WI, Trivandrum, 87-88
> : 112 vs WI, Sharjah, 1988
> : Bowling:
> : -------
>
> : Balls 712, Runs 641, Wkts 25, Avg 25.64, Runs/over 5.40, Best 5/27
> : >= 4Wkts/Inngs 2
>
> : 5/27 vs NZ at Vizag 1988
> : 5/32 vs NZ at Indore 1988
>
> Also one should not forget his 5 90+ scores in ODIs. BTW anybody
> remember his 5 90+ scores?
Here they are:
99 vs Eng at Cuttack 1984-85
95 vs SL at New Delhi 1982-83
92 vs SL at Bangalore 1982-83
93* vs Aus at Melbourne 1984-85
92 vs SL at Sharjah 1986-87
========================
Cheers !
kka :-)
Pushkar Tandon (GD 1996)
>his knock was not match-winning or masterly by any yardstick, it was
>the highest score by any batsman on either side (38!) in that low
>scoring game.
>
>I am fairly certain there are at least a few others and the net gods
>(pushkar, the spaceman et al) will probably respond before long!
>
:-)-won't disappoint you here-will post later today scores in all
his test innings-minus teh last 5 tests of his carrer-which were in
Australia and i was in USA at that time.Unfortunately i don't have
his detailed one-day stats-and it was here that his contribution
was the most. For quite some time India's fortune in a one-day revolved around
his perforrmance. Take for example india's performance in WSC in australia
last year. the 3 matches india won in that tournament(2 against
WI,1 against Australia)-in all matches he was the highest scorer.
Even in the last round-robin league match and in the first final,
india seemed in with a chance till the time he was there (i think he
got out on 42 in both innings) but the whole batting disintegrated
once he was out.I know quite a few people are going to jump at me
about his performance in the world cup-especially that innings against
Pakistan when he got 5 in 39 balls-but he seemed to be completely
out of touch right through the tournament after the first game against
england.His poor form was one big reason why india fared so
poorly in the world cup.
--Pushkar
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>> badari
>
>
>ajay
>
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