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“No more technically correct batsman ever came out of the West Indies than Rohan Kanhai” – Michael Manley

“To see Kanhai flat on his back – with the ball among the crowd beyond the square-leg boundary – after making one of his outrageous sweeps to a good length ball, is to watch a man capable of playing shots fit to lay before an audience of emperors” – James Scott, May 1966, on the occasion of Guyana’s independence

“Kanhai discovered, created a new dimension in batting…He had found his way into regions Bradman never knew.” – CLR James

“Some batsmen play brilliantly sometimes and at ordinary times they go ahead as usual. That one… is different from all of them. On certain days, before he goes into the wicket, he makes up his mind to let them have it. And once he is that way nothing on earth can stop him. Some of his colleagues in the pavilion who have played with him for years have seen strokes that they have never seen before: from him or anybody else” – Sir Learie Constantine to CLR James, on Kanhai

“Rohan Kanhai was a great player…and he was rated one of the tops…a good cricket brain…earned the respect of his players.” – Sir Garfield Sobers.

Michael Manley, the former Prime Minister of Jamaica, said it best, “The West Indies  are Third World countries, but we belong, and are, in the First World of Cricket.” Although cricket’s champions have declined appreciably, Manley defined what cricket supremacy means in a global context to the average Caribbean person. Cricket is not only a religion in the Caribbean, but it best defines the unifying factor in the region. Regional political integration has followed cricket as a unifying and defining force. We were kings until the doldrums came.

One of those knights who shone brightest was Rohan Kanhai, batting 87 not out today. Like Cheddi Jagan, he shone for us, and for everyone! We must name a street, stadium or drive after Rohan Babulall Kanhai (although his official m

Guyanese cricketer

Rohan Bholalall Kanhai (born 26 December 1935) is a Guyanese former cricketer of Indo-Guyanese origin, who represented the West Indies in 79 Test matches. He is widely considered to be one of the best batsmen of the 1960s. Kanhai featured on several great West Indian teams, playing alongside Sir Garfield Sobers, Roy Fredericks, Lance Gibbs, Clive Lloyd, and Alvin Kallicharran among others. C. L. R. James wrote in the New World Journal that Kanhai was "the high peak of West Indian cricketing development", and praised his "adventuresome" attitude. Kanhai was part of the West Indian team that won the inaugural, 1975 Cricket World Cup.

Biography

Kanhai made his Test debut during the West Indies' 1957 tour of England and kept wickets for his first three Tests, in addition to opening the batting. Gerry Alexander took over the gloves for the last two Tests. A right-handed batsman, Kanhai scored 6,227 runs in 79 Tests at a robust average of 47.53, with his highest score of 256 coming against India in a Test at Calcutta. When Kanhai retired, his batting average was the fifth-highest of all West Indian cricketers with more than 20 Tests. He was famous for his unorthodox shots, most notably the "falling hook" shot, in which he finished his follow-through lying on his back, famously during the West Indies' 1963 tour of England when his innings of 77 at The Oval won the match for the West Indies. In the 1975 World Cup final, when he was grey-haired and in his 40th year, his steady half-century set the platform for an explosive innings by Clive Lloyd.

Late in his career, he became West Indies captain, succeeding Gary Sobers, giving the team more determination and resolve. After Kanhai's retirement, the West Indies called on him to be their first national cricket coach. In charge of coaching the under-19s before being assigned to the Test team, Kanhai's selection was announced at the WICBoC annual general meeting in

List of International cricket families is a list of people grouped by family who are associated with Test, One Day International or Twenty20 Internationalcricket.

Afghanistan

Malik/Abid/Sadiq/Alam

Taj, Hasti, Karim and Aftab are brothers. Taj was the first coach of Afghanistan national team, while the others played international cricket. Ismat is Taj Malik's son

Afghan/Janat/Salamkheil

Asghar and Karim are brothers. Waqar is Asghar's nephew.

Ashraf

Mirwais and Sharafuddin are brothers.

Ahmedzai/Jamal

Raees and Nasir are brothers. Bilal Ahmadzai son of Raees Ahmadzai

Mangal

Nowroz and Ihsanullah are brothers.

Zadran

Ibrahim and Mujeeb are cousins. They are nephew of Noor ali Zadran.

Australia

Agar

Ashton and Wes are brothers.

Alderman/Emerson

Alderman's sister Denise Emerson is married to former Test umpire Ross Emerson and she herself played seven Tests for the Australian women's cricket team.

Archer

Ken and Ron were brothers.

Bannerman

Alec and Charles were brothers.

Benaud

Richie and John are brothers.

Blackwell

Alex and Kate are twin sisters, and Lynsey is Alex's wife

Campbell/Ponting

Ponting is the nephew of Campbell. Hilfenhaus is the second cousin of Ponting.

Chappell/Richardson

Ian, Greg and Trevor Chappell are brothers and Vic Richardson's grandsons

Cooper

Paul is the great-grandson of William.

Darling

Rick is Joe's great-nephew.

Giffen

George and Walter are brothers.

Gregory

Dave and Ned were brothers in a family of 6 cricketing brothers. Dave and Ned made their Test debut in the same match, the first recognised Test match (played in 1877 between Australia and England in Melbourne). Syd was Ned's son, and Harry Donnan was Ned's son-in-law. Jack was Dave and Ned's nephew. Nellie and Louisa Gregory are thought to be pioneering sisters (Ned's daughters) in term of the women's cricket game in Australia.

“The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson.

“No more technically correct batsman ever came out of the West Indies than Rohan Kanhai.” — Michael Manley.

“His life was gentle; and the elements so mixed in him, that Nature might stand up, and say to all the world, THIS WAS A MAN!” — William Shakespeare.

“To see Kanhai flat on his back — with the ball among the crowd beyond the square-leg boundary — after making one of his outrageous sweeps to a good length ball, is to watch a man capable of playing shots fit to lay before an audience of emperors” — James Scott, May 1966, on the occasion of Guyana’s Independence

“Kanhai discovered, created a new dimension in batting…He had found his way into regions Bradman never knew.” — CLR James

“Some batsmen play brilliantly sometimes and at ordinary times they go ahead as usual. That one… is different from all of them. On certain days, before he goes into the wicket, he makes up his mind to let them have it. And once he is that way nothing on earth can stop him. Some of his colleagues in the pavilion who have played with him for years have seen strokes that they have never seen before: from him or anybody else” — Sir Learie Constantine to CLR James, on Kanhai.

“I remember my first sight of Rohan Kanhai batting at Bourda in 1956. I wrote that night to my father in Trinidad that I had just been witness to a wonder, the best batsman in the world. This was a big claim — after all I had seen, among others, the great Frank Worrell at his elegant best. But I was sure then and I was sure thereafter as I followed Kanhai’s career…of all the sportsmen in