Full name Narendra Deepchand Hirwani
Born October 18, 1968, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh
Current age 49 years 189 days
Major teams India, Air India, Bengal, Madhya Pradesh
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak googly
Relation Son - MN Hirwani
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests ![]() |
17 | 22 | 12 | 54 | 17 | 5.40 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
ODIs ![]() |
18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2.00 | 29 | 27.58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
First-class | 167 | 189 | 75 | 1179 | 59 | 10.34 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 0 | ||||
List A | 70 | 33 | 17 | 121 | 25 | 7.56 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests ![]() |
17 | 28 | 4298 | 1987 | 66 | 8/61 | 16/136 | 30.10 | 2.77 | 65.1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
ODIs ![]() |
18 | 18 | 960 | 719 | 23 | 4/43 | 4/43 | 31.26 | 4.49 | 41.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
First-class | 167 | 42890 | 19801 | 732 | 8/52 | 27.05 | 2.77 | 58.5 | 54 | 10 | |||
List A | 70 | 3561 | 2561 | 75 | 4/42 | 4/42 | 34.14 | 4.31 | 47.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Test debut | India v West Indies at Chennai, Jan 11-15, 1988 scorecard |
Last Test | India v South Africa at Kolkata, Nov 27-Dec 1, 1996 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
ODI debut | India v West Indies at Gwalior, Jan 22, 1988 scorecard |
Last ODI | Australia v India at Melbourne, Jan 18, 1992 scorecard |
ODI statistics | |
First-class debut | 1984/85 |
Last First-class | Madhya Pradesh v Jammu & Kashmir at Indore, Dec 26-29, 2005 scorecard |
List A span | 1986/87 - 2000/01 |
Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
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2/63, 1* | India Snrs | v Pakistan Snr | Delhi | 27 Feb 2007 | Other |
3/68 | India Snrs | v Pakistan Snr | Kozhikode | 25 Feb 2007 | Other |
4, 2/32 | India Snrs | v Pakistan Snr | Udaipur | 23 Feb 2007 | Other |
3/65, 6, 0/29 | M. Pradesh | v J + K | Indore | 26 Dec 2005 | FC |
0, 0/61 | M. Pradesh | v Kerala | Indore | 17 Dec 2005 | FC |
0, 3/100 | M. Pradesh | v Assam | Indore | 1 Dec 2005 | FC |
0, 4/60, 0/23 | M. Pradesh | v Rajasthan | Indore | 23 Nov 2005 | FC |
Narendra Hirwani started as a legspinner in Test cricket before Shane Warne made leg-spin fashionable again. His Test career started with an almighty bang when, as a
bespectacled 19-year-old, he took 16 wickets on his debut, against West Indies at Madras in 1987-88. "He was aided, it must be stressed, by a deplorably under-prepared pitch," said Wisden's correspondent, Dicky Rutnagur. And though Hirwani took 20 further wickets in his next three Test appearances, his fortunes changed when he left the spin-friendly surfaces of India. The magic never quite returned, and the arrival of Anil Kumble sentenced him largely to domestic cricket. However, he was a stalwart on the domestic circuit, finishing with 723 wickets from 167 matches, over 400 of which came for his home state of Madhya Pradesh. In the 1996-97 season he played for Bengal, taking 29 wickets at 23.13. He retired in 2006, ending a 23-year first-class career, and was appointed to the national selection panel in 2008.
Cricinfo staff September 2008