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Full name Narendra Deepchand Hirwani
Born October 18, 1968, Gorakhpur, Madhya Pradesh
Current age 39 years 360 days
Major teams India,Air India,Bengal,Madhya Pradesh
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak googly
Batting and fielding averages
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
Bowling averages
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
Career statistics
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 span
1984/85 - 2005/06
List A span
1986/87 - 2000/01
Profile
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
