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Monty Panesar

Monty Panesar
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Personal information
Full name Mudhsuden Singh Panesar
Born (1982-04-25) 25 April 1982 (age 34)
Luton, Bedfordshire, England
Nickname Monty, Montster, The Sultan, The Sikh of Tweak, The Python
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Slow left arm orthodox
Role Spin bowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 631) 1 March 2006 v India
Last Test 26 December 2013 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 200) 12 January 2007 v Australia
Last ODI 13 October 2007 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no. 77
Domestic team information
Years Team
2001–2009 Northamptonshire (squad no. 7)
2009 Highveld Lions
2010–2013 Sussex (squad no. 7)
2013 Essex (on loan)
2014–2015 Essex (squad no. 77)
2016–2016 Northamptonshire
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 50 26 219 85
Runs scored 220 26 1,536 141
Batting average 4.88 5.20 8.39 8.81
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 26 13 46* 17*
Balls bowled 12,475 1,308 48,193 3,725
Wickets 167 24 709 83
Bowling average 34.71 40.83 31.22 34.84
5 wickets in innings 12 0 39 1
10 wickets in match 2 n/a 6 n/a
Best bowling 6/37 3/25 7/60 5/20
Catches/stumpings 10/– 3/– 44/– 15/–
Source: CricketArchive, 15 December 2016

Mudhsuden Singh Panesar (born 25 April 1982), known as Monty Panesar, is an English international cricketer who currently plays for Northamptonshire. A left-arm spinner, Panesar made his Test debut in 2006 against India in Nagpur and one-day debut for England in 2007. In English county cricket he currently plays for Northamptonshire, and has previously played for Northamptonshire until 2009 and Sussex from 2010-2013 and Essex, He has also played for the Lions in South Africa.

Born in Luton to Indian parents, Panesar is a Sikh, and so he wears a black patka (a smaller version of the full Sikh turban) while playing and training. Many of his fans have emulated him by wearing patkas and fake beards while watching him play.

When first selected for England he was widely perceived as being a particularly inept batsman and fielder, which resulted in much ironic cheering; the TMS commentator Henry Blofeld once accidentally referred to him as Monty Python. Panesar lost his place in the England test team, being replaced by Graeme Swann and losing his central contract. However, his form improved with Sussex County Cricket Club, and so he was recalled to the squad for the 2010–11 Ashes series, although he did not feature in any matches. After taking 69 wickets in the 2011 county season Panesar earned a recall for the series against Pakistan In the UAE; he played in the second Test – his first Test appearance in over two and a half years. Panesar also played in 3 Test matches in India in 2012, before deputising for the injured Graeme Swann as lead spinner in the England tour of New Zealand, where he managed just 5 wickets costing 70 runs each.


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