Leonard Baichan

Baichan started the tour on a high with 158 against Indian Universities at Indore and 114 against South Zone at Hyderabad in his first two matches of the tour, outscoring Greenidge in both matches. Unfortunately for him, he suffered a car accident that kept him out of the first Test at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore. The selectors’ job became a lot easier: Greenidge made his debut, scored 93 and 107, and never looked back. Baichan did not get to play a Test on the India-leg of the tour.

Baichan’s chance eventually came when Greenidge missed the two Tests in Pakistan. He made his debut in the first Test at Gaddafi. After Andy Roberts skittled out the hosts for 199, Baichan put up a defiant 66 with Fredericks before falling to Sarfraz Nawaz for 20. Alvin Kallicharran’s 92 gave the hosts a slender 15-run lead despite some hostile bowling from Sarfraz.
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That 75 tour sealed his fate. Australia can be a cruel place. The great ones generally do well there.

Quote:He was selected for the Australia tour that followed, but never really got going, barring the two matches against South Australia at Adelaide Oval, where he scored 62 and 43 and 72. With West Indies trailing 1-4 in the series, Baichan was brought back to strengthen the fragile top-order in the final Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). Ian Redpath’s 101 took Australia to 351, and Baichan walked out to bat after Fredericks and Richards put up 44. He was never comfortable and fished around the stumps before Gary Gilmour snared him for a 13-ball five. Set 492 for a victory, Baichan found himself walking out with six on the board. Once again, he found Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thomson too fast for comfort and was eventually bowled for a 39-ball 20 by Thomson. Violent innings from Richards (98 in 103) and Lloyd (91 in 88) could not prevent a 165-run defeat and a 1-5 debacle.

life is a chance and baichan missed that opportunity and a few other guys seized it.

That was real hard luck  :-[

Krish post my article about this man. Thank you.

Quote:Australia can be a cruel place

The WI team mates were worse than "Australia."  >

How so?

I see no reason why Baichan cannot come out with the "real" story.

The trend seems to be that anyone with an "asian" background is always "hard done" and subject to discrimination. No matter what that players does or does not do.

Cruffs used to demean de coolie bhai ....

dats how....ask kanhai , Kalli et al 

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Cruffs used to demean de coolie bhai ....

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Me nah have inside info. If by Cruffs you mean Croft then he was always an idiot.