Narsingh Deonarine
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| Narsingh Deonarine | ||||
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 West Indies |
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| Batting style | Left-hand bat | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm offbreak | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Tests | ODIs | |||
| Matches | 4 | 4 | ||
| Runs scored | 107 | 91 | ||
| Batting average | 21.39 | 22.75 | ||
| 100s/50s | -/- | -/- | ||
| Top score | 40 | 41 | ||
| Balls bowled | 341 | 132 | ||
| Wickets | 2 | 5 | ||
| Bowling average | 75.50 | 28.39 | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | - | - | ||
| 10 wickets in match | - | n/a | ||
| Best bowling | 1/5 | 2/18 | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 2/- | -/- | ||
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As of 25 January 2006 |
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Narsingh Deonarine (born August 16, 1983 in Berbice) is a West Indian cricketer of Indo-Guyanese ethnicity.
Deonarine is a left-handed batsman who bowls a right-arm off break. He made his debut for Guyana at the age of 17, and after captaining the West Indies under 19's in 2002, he made headlines after hitting a century against the touring Australians the folliowing year. He first came into the West Indies squad after contract disputes saw seven players left out of the South African Test of March 2005. 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.
Narsingh's claim to fame came on August 13th,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 striker position 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.
