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William Ghosh (9 November 1928 – 26 June 1993) was an Indian cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1949 to 1968.

William Ghosh

Personal information
Born	(1928-11-09)9 November 1928 Jullundur, British India
Died	26 June 1993(1993-06-26) (aged 64) Delhi, India
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Slow left-arm orthodox, left-arm medium pace
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1949-50	Southern Punjab
1950-51 to 1957-58	Eastern Punjab
1952-53 to 1962-63	North Zone
1958-59 to 1968-69	Railways
1959-60 to 1965-66	Indian Starlets
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 71 Runs scored 1160 Batting average 18.12 100s/50s 0/1 Top score 52 not out Balls bowled 12,845 Wickets 239 Bowling average 19.77 5 wickets in innings 17 10 wickets in match 1 Best bowling 6/35 Catches/stumpings 20/–
Source: Cricinfo, 10 December 2018

Ghosh was a left-arm spin bowler who took 239 first-class wickets at 19.77, playing for various teams in the north of India. He twice appeared in Test trials, but did not play Test cricket.[1] His best innings bowling figures were 6 for 35 in 1953-54.[2] He took his best match figures of 10 for 65 (5 for 33 and 5 for 32) when he captained Railways to victory over Southern Punjab in 1966-67.[3]

References

External links

• William Ghosh at ESPNcricinfo
• William Ghosh at CricketArchive

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