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Ronnie Irani
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| Batting style | Right-handed batsman (RHB) | |
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| Bowling type | Right-arm medium (RM) | |
| Tests | ODIs | |
| Matches | 3 | 31 |
| Runs scored | 86 | 360 |
| Batting average | 17.19 | 14.40 |
| 100s/50s | 0/0 | 0/1 |
| Top score | 41 | 53 |
| Overs bowled | 32 | 213.5 |
| Wickets | 3 | 24 |
| Bowling average | 37.33 | 41.20 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 1 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | n/a |
| Best bowling | 1-22 | 5-26 |
| Catches/stumpings | 2/0 | 6/0 |
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As of 16 June 2005 |
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Ronald Charles "Ronnie" Irani (born 26 October 1971 in Leigh, Lancashire, is an English cricketer. He is of Indian Parsi descent. He played only three Tests for England, with decidedly mixed success, but found a niche in One-Day Internationals. Irani was once a genuine all-rounder, and as of 2005 had a first-class batting average above 38 and a bowling average nine points lower, but a knee injury in 2003 forced him to stop bowling and play as a specialist batsman. Although initially seen as a major blow, Irani has since said that his inability to bowl has enhanced his batting game as a result of being able to focus more on this side of his game.
Originally playing for Lancashire, Irani moved to Essex in 1994 and quickly gained cult status before he became captain in 2000, and is generally accepted to have done a decent job in charge, helping to bring through promising players such as Alastair Cook, Will Jefferson and Ravinder Bopara. His ex-captain and good friend Nasser Hussain was critical of Irani in his autobiography, Playing with Fire, but Irani remains a popular figure at Chelmsford to this day. After Graham Gooch stepped down as the club's head coach prior to the start of the 2005 season, Irani assumed these responsibilities in addition to his role as county captain.
Irani is currently a regular guest on the talkSPORT radio station providing opinion and insight on the England cricket team. In February 2007, he stood in for one week for the absent Paul Hawksbee to co-present the Hawksbee & Jacobs show alongside Andy Jacobs.
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England squad - 2003 Cricket World Cup | |
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1 Hussain | 2 Stewart | 3 Anderson | 4 Blackwell | 5 Caddick | 6 Collingwood | 7 Flintoff | 8 Giles | 9 Harmison | 10 Hoggard | 11 Irani | 12 Knight | 13 Trescothick | 14 Vaughan | 15 White | Coach: Fletcher |
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