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7th March 1934 Nariman Contractor Was Born

Nari Contractor

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Nari Contractor
Personal information
Full nameNariman Jamshedji Contractor
Born7 March 1934 (age 81)
Godhra, Gujarat, India
Batting styleLeft-hand bat
Bowling styleRight-arm medium
International information
National side
Test debut2 December 1955 v New Zealand
Last Test7 March 1962 v West Indies
Career statistics
CompetitionTestsFirst-class
Matches31138
Runs scored16118611
Batting average31.5839.86
100s/50s1/1122/-
Top score108176
Balls bowled1862026
Wickets126
Bowling average80.0040.00
5 wickets in innings––
10 wickets in match––
Best bowling1/94/85
Catches/stumpings18/-72/-
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 10 January 2013
Nariman Jamshedji "Nari" Contractor About this sound pronunciation (help·info) (born 7 March 1934, Godhra, Gujarat) is a former cricket player. He was left-handed opening batsman whose international career was ended abruptly by a serious injury in 1962.

Cricket career[edit]

Contractor had a fortuitous beginning to his first-class career, when he was called up to replace the Gujarat captain who was injured on the morning of the match. Contractor scored hundreds in both innings of his debut, becoming the second man after Arthur Morris to do so.
At Lord's in 1959, he had two ribs broken early in the first innings by Brian Statham, despite which he scored 81. Later in the year, his 74 in the second innings at Kanpur was crucial in India winning its first Test against Australia. This innings ended when he pulled Alan Davidson, who was bowling left-arm spin at the time. Neil Harvey at short leg ducked and turned, but the ball got stuck between his legs.
Contractor led India to a series win against England in 1961–62 and captained the side to West Indies the same season. There, in the match against Barbados, his attention was momentarily distracted as he facedCharlie Griffith: "It was as Griffith was to deliver the fourth ball of his second over that somebody opened a window in the pavilion. There were no sight screen at that time and my 100 per cent concentration wasn’t on that delivery. I saw it just inches away before it hit me. But it isn’t true that I ducked."[1] Contractor took a blow at the back of his skull[2] and was unconscious for six days, requiring a blood transfusion, for which West Indies captain Frank Worrell was the first to donate his blood.[3] Contractor's life was saved but his international career was abruptly ended as a result. In a recent interview, he mentioned as his only regret that he wanted play just one Test after the injury, but people did not want him to.[1]
It should be noted that at the time Nari Contractor was seriously injured, cricket batsmen did not wear helmets. They do now.
Contractor now lives in Mumbai where he coaches at the Cricket Club of India Academy. He received the C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007.[4] He is a Parsi-Zoroastrian.

Nari Contractor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nari Contractor - ESPN Cricinfo

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    One of the tragic figures of Indian cricket, Nari Contractor's career was cruelly cut short when he was struck on the skull by a short delivery from Charlie Griffith in ...

Rewind: When Charlie Griffith put Nari Contractor in hospital ...

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    ६ डिसें, २०१४ - In 1962, India's captain, Nari Contractor, was left critically ill after being hit on the head by a West Indian fast bowler.

Death Hard to Digest for Indian Survivor Nari Contractor

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    २७ नोव्हें, २०१४ - Phillip Hughes' untimely death has left Nari Contractor in shock. The former Indian batsman was stuck on the skull by a Charlie Griffith bouncer ...

52 years before Phillip Hughes: Nari Contractor shares his ...

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    २७ नोव्हें, २०१४ - Former India captain Nari Contractor was struck on the back of the head by a rising ball from West Indies fast bowler Charlie Griffith, during a ...

Griffith's delivery hit my face at 90 degrees: Nari Contractor ...

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    २६ नोव्हें, २०१४ - Former Indian captain Nari Contractor, who was felled by West Indies pace bowler Charlie Griffith's delivery in 1962, recalls his torture and ...

Nari Contractor: The man who laughed at his own misfortune

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    १७ एप्रि, २०१२ - Ex-captain Nari Contractor never played for Mumbai. Yet, he is a Mumbai boy. Fate found something so interesting in this man that it never left ...

Nari Contractor - CricketCountry.com

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Nari Contractor Injury - India

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    Nari Contractor Injury - Get latest news on Nari Contractor Injury. Read stories & articles on Nari Contractor Injury updated and published at India.com.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Jump up to:a b Arzan Sam Wadia, "Nari Contractor: ‘I don’t mind living it all over again’", Parsi Khabar, 7 March 2009.
  2. Jump up^ Murzello, Clayton (20 March 2012). "50 years on, Nari recalls near fatal blow". Mid-Day. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  3. Jump up^ A. C. de Silva, "Frank Worrell donated blood to save Indian Nari Contractor's life", Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka), 3 January 2010.
  4. Jump up^ C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award for Durrani Retrieved 26 March 2014.

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Preceded by
Gulabrai Ramchand		Indian National Test Cricket Captain
1959/60 – 1961/62		Succeeded by
Nawab of Pataudi Jr.
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