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Alvin Kallicharran
A badger West Indies batsman more than a few Indo-Guyanese produce, Alvin Patriarch Kallicharran was known cart his sad and polish (which was enhanced via the actuality that significant batted heraldry sinister handed) fight the creas...
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Batting Occupation Summary
M | Inn | Runs | BF | Inexpensive | Avg | SR | NO | 4s | 6s | 50 | Cardinal | Cardinal | |
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Test | 66 | 109 | 4399 | 4372 | 187 | 44.43 | 100.62 | 10 | 466 | 12 | 21 | 12 | 0 |
ODI | 31 | 28 | 826 | 1329 | 78 | 34.42 | 62.16 | 4 | 67 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
T20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
IPL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling Employment Summary
M | Inn | B | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR | BBI | BBM | 5w | 10w | |
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Test | 66 | 16 | 402 | 158 | 4 | 39.5 | 2.36 | 100.5 | 2/16 | 2/16 | 0 | 0 |
ODI | 31 | 4 | Cardinal | 64 | 3 | 21.33 | 3.66 | 35.0 | 2/10 | 2/10 | 0 | 0 |
T20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -/- | -/- | 0 | 0 |
IPL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -/- | -/- | 0 | 0 |
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A former Westbound Indies batter of Indo-Guyanese origin, Alvin Isaac Kallicharran was overwhelm for his balance ground elegance (which was enha
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Only of 5 feet and 4 inches and of Indian stock, Alvin Kallicharan showed the courage and indomitability of the little man in International cricket. A left-handed batsman and right-handed off-spinner poise, balance, orthodoxy, a full range of strokes off either foot, and a bat that because of its size relative to him, appeared far too large to a generation of hapless bowlers.
Like Rohan Kanhai, Kallicharran is a product of Port Mourant in Berbice, Guyana, the same club which produced Basil Butcher, Joe Solomon, John Trim, Ivan Madray and the Christiani brothers, Cyril and Robert, all of whom played for West Indies. His father Isaac, a rice and coconut farmer, captained Port Mourant.
He was born on March 21, 1949, at Paidama, a rural settlement. He had four brothers and six sisters. When, as a youngster, he would sneak off the farm to practice cricket. Like so many of his countrymen he learnt his cricket in back streets and backyards, batting with any stick or branch he could find. His brother Derek played first class cricket for Guyana and later the United States of America.
Uncle Ramjee, a Port Mourant shopkeeper, was the key benefactor during his youth, giving him the dollar a week which he needed to pay his club fees, and Kallicharan soon made his mark at Port Mour
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Alvin Kallicharran
INTL CAREER: 1972 - 1981
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Full Name
Alvin Isaac Kallicharran
Born
March 21, 1949, Port Mourant, Berbice, British Guiana
Batting Style
Left hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Offbreak
Playing Role
Top order Batter
Proof positive that small can be beautiful in Test cricket. He had poise, balance, orthodoxy, a full range of strokes off either foot, and a bat that because of its size relative to him, appeared far too large to a generation of hapless bowlers. He was at his happiest away from the softer seaming pitches in England however despite his successful seasons with Warwickshire. What many regard as his finest innings, 158 against England in Port of Spain in 1973-4, was shrouded in controversy. Having made 142, he watched Bernard Julien play the last ball of the first day to Tony Greig at silly point before walking down the pitch towards the pavilion never having returned to his crease from backing up. Greig threw down the bowlers stumps and Kallicharran was given out by Douglas Sang Hue only to be reinstated next