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Full name Roger Michael Humphrey Binny
Born July 19, 1955, Bangalore, Karnataka
Current age 53 years 81 days
Major teams India,Goa,Karnataka
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Other Coach
Relations Son - STR Binny
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
27
41
5
830
83*
23.05
0
5
5
11
0
ODIs
72
49
10
629
57
16.12
1046
60.13
0
1
12
0
First-class
136
215
22
6579
211*
34.08
14
33
91
0
List A
113
87
14
1038
69
14.21
0
5
25
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
27
38
2870
1534
47
6/56
8/101
32.63
3.20
61.0
0
2
0
ODIs
72
67
2957
2260
77
4/29
4/29
29.35
4.58
38.4
3
0
0
First-class
136
13695
7386
205
8/22
36.02
3.23
66.8
5
0
List A
113
5023
3769
122
4/29
4/29
30.89
4.50
41.1
3
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
India v Pakistan at Bangalore, Nov 21-26, 1979 scorecard
Last Test
India v Pakistan at Bangalore, Mar 13-17, 1987 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Australia v India at Melbourne, Dec 6, 1980 scorecard
Last ODI
India v Australia at Chennai, Oct 9, 1987 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1975/76 - 1991/92
List A span
1975/76 - 1986
Profile
A versatile allrounder, Roger Binny proved his value to the Indian team in both Test cricket and the one-day game. He was capable of rescuing India, like he did while scoring 83 not out and sharing a record 155 run seventh-wicket partnership with Madan Lal against Pakistan at Bangalore in 1983. He was capable of bowling India to victory, as he did in taking seven wickets in the match at
Headingley in 1986. Or when with a spell of 4 for 9 in 30 balls towards his best Test figures of 6 for 56, he pushed Pakistan to the wall at Calcutta in 1987. But there is no doubt that Binny's most outstanding feats were associated with limited overs cricket - and more specifically the 1983 World Cup. He played a leading role in India's victorious campaign taking 18 wickets, then the record in the competition.
Tall and athletically built, Binny was an aggressive batsman who could either open the innings or go in the middle order, was a medium-pace bowler who could swing the ball both ways - and was particularly effective in English conditions - and an excellent field. He first made his mark when putting on a record unbroken partnership of 451 runs for the first wicket with Sanjay Desai in the Ranji Trophy game against Kerala in 1977-78, his share being 211. He was generally in and out of the Indian team but whenever he was persevered with, he proved his value. With the ball, he was capable of destructive spells like when
he dismissed Majid Khan, Zaheer Abbas and Miandad at Bombay in 1979 to put Pakistan on the backfoot or when he dismissed Greenidge, Haynes and Richards to rock the West Indies at Ahmedabad in 1983. A Karnataka stalwart for several years, Binny later made his mark as a coach and was given a lot of credit for the victory of the Under-19 team in the World Cup in Sri Lanka in January 2000. There were rumours that that Binny may be called up to coach the India team the same year but those turned out to be exactly that.
Partab Ramchand
