Narsingh Deonarine

Narsingh Deonarine

Personal information
Born	16 August 1983 (1983-08-16) (age 28) Berbice, Guyana
Nickname	Ringo
Batting style	Left-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm offbreak
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	West Indies
Test debut	31 March 2005 v South Africa
Last Test	29 June 2010 v South Africa
ODI debut	31 July 2005 v India
Last ODI	3 June 2010 v South Africa
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2000–present	Guyana
Career statistics
Competition	Tests	ODIs	FC	LA
Matches	8	20	83	82
Runs scored	370	510	4,724	1,733
Batting average	30.83	31.87	37.79	25.11
100s/50s	0/2	0/4	7/30	1/12
Top score	82	65*	198	102*
Balls bowled	503	321	6,235	1,693
Wickets	4	6	86	32
Bowling average	61.50	52.00	34.24	42.84
5 wickets in innings	0	0	1	0
10 wickets in match	0	0	0	0
Best bowling	2/74	2/18	5/94	2/18
Catches/stumpings	5/–	6/–	52/–	25/–
Source: CricketArchive, 7 February 2011

Narsingh Deonarine (born August 16, 1983 in Berbice)^[1] is a West Indian cricketer of Indo-Guyanese ethnicity.

Deonarine is a left-handed batsman who bowls a right-arm off break.^[1] He made his debut for Guyana at the age of 17, and after captaining the West Indies under 19 team in 2002, he made headlines after hitting a century against the touring Australians the following year. Deonarine then had a spell in England with Whitehaven Cricket Club in 2004. He first came into the West Indies squad after contract disputes saw seven players left out of the South African Test of March 2005.^[1] Similarities in the fielding techniques and skill at cover point exist between Deonarine and his team-mate Shivnarine Chanderpaul—a man who Deonarine has clearly modelled his game on.^{[citation needed]}

Narsingh's claim to fame came on 13 August 2006 at the Stanford 20/20 finals which saw Guyana vs. Trinidad in a classic million dollar match. After Trinidad put up a formidable 176 runs, Guyana answered back with 171 with 2 balls remaining. Narsingh was at the striker's end with Ramnaresh Sarwan at the bowlers end. Narsingh hit a 6 to win it for Guyana, capping one of the most exciting comebacks in the history of 20 over cricket. He was later rewarded with the Play of the Match award for his million dollar 6, and a hefty cheque of $25,000.^{[citation needed]}

He returned to the West Indies Test team for the Third Test against Australia at Perth on 16 December 2009 after both Chanderpaul and Adrian Barath were ruled out due to injury. Deonarine promptly claimed his best bowling in Tests with 2/72. He also made his first Test 50 and finished up with 82, his highest Test score.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Narsingh Deonarine". Cricinfo. http://www.cricinfo.com/ausvwi09/content/current/player/51659.html. Retrieved 16 December 2009. 
2. ^ English, Peter. "Watson half-century sets Australia's platform". Cricinfo. http://www.cricinfo.com/ausvwi09/content/current/story/439611.html. Retrieved 16 December 2009. 

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Name	Deonarine, Narsingh
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Date of birth	16 August 1983
Place of birth	Berbice
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