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Full name Denesh Ramdin
Born March 13, 1985, Couva, Trinidad
Current age 23 years 66 days
Major teams West Indies,Trinidad,West Indies Under-19s
Nickname Shotter
Playing role Wicketkeeper
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Education Preysal Government
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
24
43
5
865
71
22.76
1876
46.10
0
5
113
1
68
2
ODIs
47
35
10
494
74*
19.76
616
80.19
0
2
47
1
66
4
T20Is
7
7
2
82
24
16.40
70
117.14
0
0
10
2
3
1
First-class
55
93
10
2208
131
26.60
4
10
145
17
List A
73
60
14
1121
84
24.36
0
5
96
11
Twenty20
15
13
3
151
38*
15.10
106
142.45
0
0
16
6
10
4
Bowling averages
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Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
24
-
-
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ODIs
47
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
T20Is
7
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
55
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
List A
73
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Twenty20
15
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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Career statistics
Test debut
Sri Lanka v West Indies at Colombo (SSC), Jul 13-16, 2005 scorecard
Last Test
West Indies v Sri Lanka at Port of Spain, Apr 3-6, 2008 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
India v West Indies at Dambulla, Jul 31, 2005 scorecard
Last ODI
West Indies v Sri Lanka at Gros Islet, Apr 15, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut
New Zealand v West Indies at Auckland, Feb 16, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I
South Africa v West Indies at Johannesburg, Jan 18, 2008 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut
2003/04
Last First-class
Jamaica v Trinidad & Tobago at Kingston, Apr 24-26, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
2003/04
Last List A
West Indies v Sri Lanka at Gros Islet, Apr 15, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
New Zealand v West Indies at Auckland, Feb 16, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Jamaica v Trinidad & Tobago at Coolidge, Feb 24, 2008 scorecard
Profile
Denesh Ramdin is a wicketkeeper-batsman of great potential who many in the Caribbean see as the long-term solution to the void left by Jeff Dujon which has never really been satisfactorily filled. Originally a fast bowler who then kept when he had finished his stint with the ball, at 13 he decided to concentrate on keeping, honing his reflexes and working on his agility. He led both Trinidad & Tobago's and West Indies' Under-19 sides before being selected, aged 19 and with only 13 first-class games under his belt, as first-choice gloveman for the senior squad's tour of Sri Lanka in 2005. He impressed one and all, with his work behind and in front of the stumps, in the series against Australia in November 2005. A plucky 71 - he put on a fine 182-run partnership with Dwayne Bravo - in the second Test of the series in Hobart was his best moment down under. When India toured the West Indies in mid-2006, Ramdin's wicketkeeping was impressive on pitches that often saw the ball dying even before reaching him. His batting was patchy, though a superb calculated assault on the Indian bowlers in the final stages of the Kingston Test proved a fine reminder of his undoubted prowess in that quarter as well. He averaged 18.60 in the 2006-07 season as his batting continued to flounder but, nevertheless, was included in the World Cup squad where, a fifty against Australia aside, his desperate form with the bat continued. Perhaps it was more a sign of how bare the cupboard was rather than Ramdin's dominance that he was the sole keeper picked to tour England in 2007. He didn't have much impact with the bat in the Test series in South Africa later that year, although his glovework was immaculate, and he remained the team's No. 1 keeper.
Martin Williamson May 2008
