Full name Woorkeri Venkat Raman
Born May 23, 1965, Madras (now Chennai)
Current age 54 years 196 days
Major teams India, Tamil Nadu
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 11 | 19 | 1 | 448 | 96 | 24.88 | 1183 | 37.86 | 0 | 4 | 55 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
ODIs | 27 | 27 | 1 | 617 | 114 | 23.73 | 1109 | 55.63 | 1 | 3 | 47 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
First-class | 132 | 193 | 19 | 7939 | 313 | 45.62 | 19 | 36 | 91 | 0 | ||||
List A | 87 | 87 | 5 | 2892 | 117* | 35.26 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 11 | 7 | 348 | 129 | 2 | 1/7 | 1/7 | 64.50 | 2.22 | 174.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ODIs | 27 | 7 | 162 | 170 | 2 | 1/23 | 1/23 | 85.00 | 6.29 | 81.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First-class | 132 | 6460 | 3176 | 85 | 6/29 | 37.36 | 2.94 | 76.0 | 4 | 1 | |||
List A | 87 | 707 | 605 | 18 | 2/12 | 2/12 | 33.61 | 5.13 | 39.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Test debut | India v West Indies at Chennai, Jan 11-15, 1988 scorecard |
Last Test | South Africa v India at Cape Town, Jan 2-6, 1997 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
ODI debut | India v West Indies at Kolkata, Jan 2, 1988 scorecard |
Last ODI | India v South Africa at Mumbai, Dec 14, 1996 scorecard |
ODI statistics | |
First-class span | 1982/83 - 1998/99 |
List A span | 1986/87 - 1998/99 |
Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
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35 | India Snrs | v Pakistan Snr | Sheikhupura | 27 Apr 2006 | Other OD |
10, 0/12 | India Snrs | v Pakistan Snr | Sialkot | 25 Apr 2006 | Other OD |
Standing unusually tall at the crease, with a left-hander's penchant for off-side play, Woorkeri Raman was a batsman who should have ended with more generous returns than 11 Tests and 27 ODIs. He began as a left-arm spinner whose strength was his ability to out-think batsman rather than impart outrageous spin or deliver an indecipherable arm-ball; he picked up a wicket in his first over in Test cricket, albeit that of Courtney Walsh. But Raman proved to be a batsman of considerable skill. He hit a purple patch in 1988-89, scoring 313 for Tamil Nadu against Goa, and for good measure notched up two more double-centuries, ending the season with 1018 runs, surpassing Rusi Modi's 44-year-old record for most runs in a season.