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Full name Suruj Ragoonath
Born March 22, 1968, Chaguanus, Trinidad
Current age 40 years 161 days
Major teams West Indies,Trinidad & Tobago
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
2
4
1
13
9
4.33
42
30.95
0
0
1
0
0
0
First-class
66
119
7
3261
128
29.11
2
24
36
0
List A
48
46
3
1045
110*
24.30
1
5
8
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
66
47
16
0
-
-
-
2.04
-
0
0
0
List A
48
15
17
0
-
-
-
6.80
-
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
West Indies v Australia at Port of Spain, Mar 5-8, 1999 scorecard
Last Test
West Indies v Australia at Kingston, Mar 13-16, 1999 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1988/89 - 2000/01
List A span
1990/91 - 1999/00
Profile
This extremely aggressive right handed opening batsman from Trinidad &
Tobago may have thought that his chances of playing Test cricket would
have passed him two years ago. That season, he scored two regional
centuries and two fifties, but could not displace the openers. With the
despondency, he lost form and fitness over the last year.
He actually had a broken hand late last year and only played in three of
the five preliminary games in the 1999 regional Busta Cup competition.
However, he did manage two half centuries in his last four innings, and
things being as they are in the Caribbean, that is impressive. To date,
his regional average for 1999 is just about 30. His last fifty came on
the same day the team was selected for the first Test and with only one
opener, Sherwin Campbell, assured of his place, Ragoonath's timing could
not have been more perfect . He and Darren Ganga put on 99 for the first
wicket before being separated. The rest of the team then capitulated and
died.
Ragoonath was actually a policeman in his younger days, even though he
is only now 27. He has a reputation of ``taking no prisoners'' when it
comes to fast bowlers. He has been around for some time in regional
cricket and has been on a West Indies ``A'' team tour in 1995 with
limited success. His approach to faster bowlers is simple. ``Be
aggressive to them before they dismantle you.'' At least Glen McGrath
found that out on the selection day when he was hooked several times for
boundaries by Ragoonath in compiling his half century. Perhaps because
of his past association with the law, he is not one for fear. His
aggression as a batsman, especially hooking and cutting could stand him
in good stead if he gets lucky. However, it has sometimes been his
downfall too, as he lacks the experiences to really turn the screws.
This could be his time. His fielding is reliable too. Who says that one
does not get a second chance? (Colin Croft, March 1999)
