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Sew Shivnarine

West Indies

Personal Information
Born
May 13, 1952 (55 years)
Birth Place
Albion, Berbice, British Guiana
Height
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Role
Batsman
Batting Style
Right Handed Bat
Bowling Style
Left-arm orthodox
ICC Rankings
 
Test
ODI
T20
Batting
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Bowling
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Career Information
Teams
West Indies
A solid right-handed batsman batsman, who can pitch in with left-arm some leggies, Sew Shivnarine was the pivot around the Guyana middle order revolved in the 1970's. At 25 years, Shivnarine...
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Batting Career Summary
M Inn Runs BF HS Avg SR NO 4s 6s 50 100 200
Test 8 14 379 0 63 29.15 0 1 37 0 4 0 0
ODI 1 1 20 43 20 0 46.52 1 1 0 0 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 Career Summary
M Inn B Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR BBI BBM 5w 10w
Test 8 10 336 167 1 167.0 2.98 336.0 1/13 1/21 0 0
ODI 1 1 18 16 0 0.0 5.33 0.0 0/16 0/16 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
Career Information
Test debut
vs Australia, Mar 31 at 1978 at Bourda
Last Test
vs India, Feb 02 at 1979 at Green Park
Odi debut
vs Australia, Apr 12 at 1978 at Mindoo Phillip Park
Last Odi
vs Australia, Apr 12 at 1978 at Mindoo Phillip Park
Profile
A solid right-handed batsman batsman, who can pitch in with left-arm some leggies, Sew Shivnarine was the pivot around the Guyana middle order revolved in the 1970's. At 25 years, Shivnarine inaugurated his Test career with gritty fifties in each innings of his maiden Test against Australia. He played 7 more Test to finish with 379 runs at an average close to 30. Shivnarine continued playing for Guyana until 1981, after which he migrated to the United States.

He led the US national side for around 10 years before switching to coaching.

Facts:
1. Sew Shivnarine is the first cricketer from Albion to play Test cricket.
2. In 2012, he was inducted into the Berice Cricket Board Hall of Fame.

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