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Narendra Hirwani

India

Player profile

Full name Narendra Deepchand Hirwani
Born October 18, 1968, Gorakhpur, Madhya Pradesh
Current age 39 years 280 days
Major teams India, Air India, Bengal, Madhya Pradesh
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak googly

Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Tests 17 22 12 54 17 5.40 0 0 6 0 5 0
ODIs 18 7 3 8 4 2.00 29 27.58 0 0 0 0 2 0
First-class 167 189 75 1179 59 10.34 0 1 49 0
List A 70 33 17 121 25 7.56 0 0 14 0

Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 17 28 4298 1987 66 8/61 16/136 30.10 2.77 65.1 2 4 1
ODIs 18 18 960 719 23 4/43 4/43 31.26 4.49 41.7 3 0 0
First-class 167 42890 19801 732 8/52 27.05 2.77 58.5 54 10
List A 70 3561 2561 75 4/42 4/42 34.14 4.31 47.4 4 0 0

Career statistics
Test debut India v West Indies at Chennai, Jan 11-15, 1988 scorecard
Last Test India v South Africa at Kolkata, Nov 27-Dec 1, 1996 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut India v West Indies at Gwalior, Jan 22, 1988 scorecard
Last ODI Australia v India at Melbourne, Jan 18, 1992 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut 1984/85
Last First-class Madhya Pradesh v Jammu & Kashmir at Indore, Dec 26-29, 2005 scorecard
List A span 1986/87 - 2000/01
 Profile

Narendra Hirwani started as a legspinner in Test cricket before Shane Warne made leg-spin fashionable again. His Test career started with an almighty bang when, as a bespectacled 19-year-old, he took 16 wickets on his debut, against West Indies at Madras in 1987-88. "He was aided, it must be stressed, by a deplorably under-prepared pitch," said Wisden's correspondent, Dicky Rutnagur. And though Hirwani took 20 further wickets in his next three Test appearances, his fortunes changed when he left the spin-friendly surfaces of India. The magic never quite returned, and the arrival of Anil Kumble sentenced him largely to domestic cricket.
Angus Fraser


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