Ponnabeth Mambally Anandan (born 1 December 1924) is a former cricketer who played first-class cricket in India from 1951 to 1957.
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Full name | Ponnabeth Mambally Anandan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1924-12-01) 1 December 1924 (age 97) Tellicherry, Kerala, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium-pace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | P. M. Raghavan (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1951-52 to 1956-57 | Travancore-Cochin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1957-58 | Kerala | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 30 October 2016 |
Anandan was an opening bowler who made his first-class debut in 1951-52 in what was also Travancore-Cochin's first first-class match. He took five or more wickets in an innings in each of his first three matches: 6 for 100 against Mysore in 1951-52,[1] 5 for 65 against Mysore in 1952-53,[2] and 5 for 38 against Hyderabad in 1953-54.[3]
His older brother P. M. Raghavan also played first-class cricket for Travancore-Cochin.
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