Roger Binny

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Roger Binny
India
Personal information
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Right-arm medium
Career statistics
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	27	72
Runs scored	830	629
Batting average	23.05	16.12
100s/50s	-/5	-/1
Top score	83*	57
Balls bowled	2870	2957
Wickets	47	77
Bowling average	32.63	29.35
5 wickets in innings	2	-
10 wickets in match	-	n/a
Best bowling	6/56	4/29
Catches/stumpings	11/-	12/-
As of 4 February 2006 Source: [1]

Roger Michael Humphrey Binny (Kannada:ರೋಜರ್‌ ಮೈಖೆಲ್‌ ಹಂಫ್ರಿ ಬಿನ್ನಿ)pronunciation (help·info) (born 19 July 1955, Bangalore, Karnataka) is an Indian former cricket all-rounder who is best known for his impressive bowling performance in the 1983 Cricket World Cup where he was the highest wicket-taker (18 wickets), and in the 1985 World Series Cricket Championship in Australia where he repeated this feat (17 wickets).

Binny started his international career on his home ground, the KSCA Stadium in Bangalore in the first Test of the 1979 home series against Pakistan. Against bowlers of the calibre of Imran Khan and Sarfraz Nawaz, he performed creditably in his debut match scoring 46 runs. Viewers still remember the six he scored off an Imran Khan bouncer in the 5th Test of that series. He was a useful swing bowler and one of the better fielders in the Indian team of that time.

Somehow his Test career floundered, but he came into his own in the next World Cup. The wickets suited his medium-pace, and in tandem with Madan Lal, and led by the inspirational Kapil Dev, he helped India win their first (and to date only) World Cup title.

He was the first Anglo-Indian to play cricket for India [2]. His son Stuart is following in his footsteps and plays state cricket for Karnataka.

[edit] Personal Life

Happily married to his boyhood sweetheart Cynthia, who was his best friend’s sister, Binny has three children: Laura, Lisa and Stuart.

Persondata
NAME	Binny, Roger
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Cricketer
DATE OF BIRTH	July 19, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bangalore, Karnataka
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

v • d • e India squad - 1983 Cricket World Cup Champions (1st Title) 1 Kapil Dev (c) • 2 Gavaskar • 3 Srikkanth • 4 Vengsarkar • 5 Patil • 6 Amarnath • 7 Yashpal • 8 Binny • 9 Madan Lal • 10 Kirmani (wk) • 11 Azad • 12 Sandhu • 13 Shastri • 14 Valson

v • d • e India squad - 1987 Cricket World Cup Semi-finalists 1 Kapil Dev (c) • 2 Gavaskar • 3 Srikkanth • 4 Vengsarkar • 5 Azharuddin • 6 Shastri • 7 Sidhu • 8 Binny • 9 Prabhakar • 10 More (wk) • 11 Maninder Singh • 12 Sivaramakrishnan • 13 Sharma • 14 Pandit