Vasant Tapu

Infobox cricketer biography
playername = Vasant Tapu
country = Tanzania
fullname = Vasant Tapu Harji Chavda
partialdates = true
yearofbirth = 1936
countryofbirth = Tanganyika
monthofdeath = August
yearofdeath = 1988
countryofdeath =
batting = Left-handed
bowling = Left-arm fast-medium/Left-arm orthodox spin
role = All-rounder
club1 = East Africa
year1 = 1967-1974
type1 = First-class
debutdate1 = 19 August
debutyear1 = 1967
debutfor1 = East Africa
debutagainst1 = India
lastdate1 = 18 January
lastyear1 = 1974
lastfor1 = East Africa
lastagainst1 = MCC
deliveries = balls
columns = 1
column1 = First-class
matches1 = 2
runs1 = 96
bat avg1 = 24.00
100s/50s1 = 0/1
top score1 = 55
deliveries1 = 246
wickets1 = 8
bowl avg1 = 21.12
fivefor1 = 1
tenfor1 = 0
best bowling1 = 5/72
catches/stumpings1 = 1/0
date = 22 August
year = 2008
source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26676/26676.html CricketArchive

Vasant Tapu Harji Chavda, usually known as Vasant Tapu (1936-1988) was a Tanzanian cricketer. A left-handed batsman and left-arm fast-medium/left-arm orthodox spin bowler, he played for the Tanzania national cricket team between 1967 and 1974 [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26676/26676.html Vasant Tapu] at CricketArchive] and also played first-class cricket for East Africa. [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/other/content/player/24005.html Vasant Tapu] at Cricinfo]

Biography

Born in Tanganyika in 1936, Vasant Tapu began to play international cricket in August 1967 with two matches against India. The first was for Tanzania in Dar es Salaam [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26676/Other_matches.html Other matches played by Vasant Tapu] at CricketArchive] and the second was a first-class match for East Africa in Kampala. [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26676/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Vasant Tapu] at CricketArchive] In the first-class match, he scored 55 in the East Africa first innings and took 5/72 in the Indian first innings, [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/29/29058.html Scorecard] of East Africa v India, 19 August 1967 at CricketArchive] his best batting and bowling performances in first-class cricket.

He played in the East African Quadrangular tournament in 1969 and 1970, and again in 1971, 1972 and 1974 when it had become a triangular tournament. He also went on a tour of England with East Africa in 1972. His last match for Tanzania was against Zambia in August 1974, and he had played his second and final first-class match earlier in the year, against the MCC in Nairobi. He died in 1988.

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