Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Atul Wassan

Atul Wassan

India

Full name Atul Satish Wassan
Born March 23, 1968, Delhi
Current age 38 years 342 days
Major teams India, Delhi
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium

Statsguru

Batting and fielding averages

Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Tests 4 5 1 94 53 23.50 133 70.67 0 1 9 0 1 0
ODIs 9 6 2 33 16 8.25 56 58.92 0 0 2 0 2 0
First-class 80 83 14 1310 110 18.98

2 1

34 0
List A 53 37 5 370 106 11.56

1 0

11 0

Bowling averages

Mat Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4 5 10
Tests 4 712 504 10 4/108 5/188 50.40 4.24 71.20 1 0 0
ODIs 9 426 283 11 3/28 3/28 25.72 3.98 38.72 0 0 0
First-class 80 14606 8181 290 7/36
28.21 3.36 50.36
17 4
List A 53 2585 1661 64 5/36 5/36 25.95 3.85 40.39 2 1 0

Career statistics

Test debut New Zealand v India at Christchurch - Feb 2-5, 1990
Last Test England v India at The Oval - Aug 23-28, 1990
ODI debut New Zealand v India at Dunedin - Mar 1, 1990
Last ODI India v Sri Lanka at Kolkata - Jan 4, 1991
First-class span 1986/87 - 1997/98
List A span 1989/90 - 1997/98

Profile
Atul Wassan was a sturdy and hardworking medium pacer who did a decent job under the circumstances on two tours for India in 1990. Indeed he got the most wickets for India (seven) in the series in New Zealand, where he played all three Tests. Although he came under the hammer from Ian Smith in the third Test at Auckland, going for 24 in one over, he finished with his career best figures of 4 for 108. His Test and tour averages were also the best among all the seamers, Kapil and Prabhakar included, on both the tours of New Zealand and England. The averages themselves were not very flattering though as the Indian bowlers took some fearful stick from Graham Gooch and company in England. With a bag of 6 for 89 against Glamorgan, Wassan pressed his way into the XI for the third Test at The Oval after which he was surprisingly cast aside. Wassan's last appearance in national colours was at the Asia Cup in 1990-91 when he was part of the victorious XI that beat Sri Lanka in the final at Eden Gardens. All his four Tests were abroad and his Test career ended at the age of 22. He had a fairly successful Ranji career, picking up 213 wickets at 23.78 and was no slouch with the bat either, with a century against Bengal in the 91-92 Ranji quarters to his name.

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