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| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Tests | ODIs | ||
| Matches | 27 | 72 | ||
| Runs scored | 830 | 629 | ||
| Batting average | 23.05 | 16.12 | ||
| 100s/50s | -/5 | -/1 | ||
| Top score | 83* | 57 | ||
| Balls bowled | 2870 | 2957 | ||
| Wickets | 47 | 77 | ||
| Bowling average | 32.63 | 29.35 | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | 2 | - | ||
| 10 wickets in match | - | n/a | ||
| Best bowling | 6/56 | 4/29 | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 11/- | 12/- | ||
| Source: [1], 4 February 2006 | ||||
Roger Michael Humphrey Binny (Kannada: ರೋಜರ್ ಮೈಖೆಲ್ ಹಂಫ್ರಿ ಬಿನ್ನಿ)
pronunciation (help·info) (born 19 July 1955, Bangalore, Karnataka) is an Indian former cricket all-rounder who is best known for his impressive bowling performance in the 1983 Cricket World Cup where he was the highest wicket-taker (18 wickets), and in the 1985 World Series Cricket Championship in Australia where he repeated this feat (17 wickets).
Binny started his international career on his home ground, the KSCA Stadium in Bangalore in the first Test of the 1979 home series against Pakistan. Against bowlers of the calibre of Imran Khan and Sarfraz Nawaz, he performed creditably in his debut match scoring 46 runs. Viewers still remember the six he scored off an Imran Khan bouncer in the 5th Test of that series. He was a useful swing bowler and one of the better fielders in the Indian team of that time.
Somehow his Test career floundered, but he came into his own in the next World Cup. The wickets suited his medium-pace, and in tandem with Madan Lal, and led by the inspirational Kapil Dev, he helped India win their first (and to date only) World Cup title.
He was the first Anglo-Indian to play cricket for India [2]. His son Stuart is following in his footsteps and played state cricket for Karnataka.
Personal life
He had his schooling first at St Germain's in Bangalore and then at St Joseph's Indian HIgh School whre he broke the boys National Record for all of India in Javelin. He played Soccer and Hockey for the School and could have played at a National Level in any of these sports. He grew up in Benson Town in Bangalore.
Happily married to his boyhood sweetheart Cynthia, who was his best friend’s sister, Binny has three children: Laura, Lisa and Stuart.
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