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Navjot Singh Sidhu fact file

Mohandas Menon

Test cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu announced his retirement from first class cricket earlier this month.

The 37-year-old Punjab batsman began his Test career in 1983, playing in the Ahmedabad Test against the West Indies, but made his one-day international debut only in 1987, against Australia at Madras, where he scored 73 runs.

His best Test score is 201, against the West Indies in March '97 at Port of Spain, while his highest one-day knock is 134, against England at Manchester in March '93. He scored 4,415 runs from 136 one-day internationals and 3,202 runs from 51 Test matches.

A fact file:

NAVJOT SINGH SIDHU
Born: Patiala, 20 October, 1963
Type: Right hand opening batsman and occasional right arm off-break bowler
Domestic Teams: Punjab
First-class debut: for Punjab v Services at Amritsar, 1981-82
Last first-class match: for Punjab v Himachal Pradesh at Mohali, 1999-00
Highest Fc score: 286 for Indians v Jamaica at Kingston, 1988-89

Fc career:

M	Inns	No	Runs	Avg	HS	100	50	Ct/st	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Avge	Best	5w	R/o
157	228	12	9571	44.31	286	27	50	50	104	91	0	-	-	-	5.25

Test debut: v West Indies at Ahmedabad, 1983-84
Last Test match: v New Zealand at Hamilton, 1998-99
Highest Test score: 201 v West Indies at Port of Spain, 1996-97

Test career:

M	Inns	No	Runs	Avg	HS	100	50	Ct/st	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Avge	Best	5w	R/o
51	78	2	3202	42.13	201	9	15	9	6	9	0	-	-	-	9.00

ODI debut: v Australia at Madras, 9-10-1987 (in the World Cup)
Highest ODI score: 134 not out v England at Gwalior, 4-3-1993

ODI career:

M	Inns	No	Runs	Avg	HS	100	50	Ct/st	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Avge	Best	5w	R/o
136	127	8	4416	37.11	134*	6	33	20	4	3	0	-	-	-	4.50