Raman Subba Row

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Raman Subba Row England (ENG)
Batting style	Left-hand bat
Bowling type	Legbreak googly
	Tests	First-class
Matches	13	260
Runs scored	984	14182
Batting average	46.85	41.46
100s/50s	3/4	30/73
Top score	137	300
Balls bowled	6	6243
Wickets	-	87
Bowling average	-	38.65
5 wickets in innings	-	2
10 wickets in match	-	-
Best bowling	-	5/21
Catches/stumpings	5/-	176/-
Test debut: 18 April 1992 Last Test: 29 November 2001 Source: [1]

Raman Subba Row, born January 29, 1932, was a cricketer who played for England, Cambridge University, Surrey and Northamptonshire.

Subba Row was born in Streatham and educated at Whitgift School and Cambridge. He was a left-handed batsman and occasional leg-spin and googly bowler, Subba Row was a member of the powerful Cambridge side of the early 1950s and played a few games for Surrey before joining Northamptonshire. Taking over as captain in 1958, he led the side for four seasons and achieved considerable success as a batsman, scoring the county's highest ever innings, 260 not out, in 1955 and then bettering it with 300 against Surrey, the Champions, at The Oval in 1958, when he shared a record sixth wicket stand of 376 with Albert Lightfoot.

Subba Row played in 13 Test matches for England, opening the batting regularly from 1959 to 1961. He scored centuries in his first Test against the Australians in 1961 and in his last match against them at The Oval.

He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1961.

At the end of the 1961 season he retired rather abruptly from first-class cricket to go into business. In later years, he was Chairman of Surrey (1974-1978) and an influential figure at Lord's. He also served as Chairman of the TCCB.