_(02).jpg) Panesar in 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Mudhsuden Singh Panesar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 April 1982 Luton, Bedfordshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Only T20I (cap 23) | 9 January 2007 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | Northamptonshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 15 December 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mudhsuden Singh "Monty" Panesar (born 25 April 1982) is a former English international cricketer. A left-arm spinner, Panesar made his Test cricket debut in 2006 against India in Nagpur and One Day International debut for England in 2007. In English county cricket, he last played for Northamptonshire in 2016, and has previously played for Northamptonshire until 2009, Sussex from 2010 to 2013 and Essex from 2013 to 2015. 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.[1] Many of his fans have emulated him by wearing patkas and fake beards while watching him play.[2]
When first selected for England he was widely perceived as being a particularly inept batsman and fielder, which resulted in much ironic cheering;[3] the TMS commentator Henry Blofeld once accidentally referred to him as Monty Python.[4] Panesar lost his place in the England Test team, being replaced by Graeme Swann and losing his central contract.[5] 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.[6][7] After taking 69 wickets in the 2011 county season Panesar earned a recall for the series against Pakistan in the UAE;[8] he played in the second Test – his first Test appearance in over two and a half years.[9] 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.
His last international series was against Australia in the 2013–14 Ashes though he has not announced retirement since. In January 2017, Panesar was recruited by Cricket Australia as a spin-bowling consultant for the tour of India, after spending his winter as a club cricketer in Sydney.[10]
- ^ "Monty Panesar Biography". Biographyonline.net. Archived from the original on 7 June 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- ^ "Monty Panesar Needs A Hug Not The Sack". 20 August 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ^ "Monty Panesar". Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ^ Atherton, Michael (21 May 2006). "Aussies will lap up Monty's circus act". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 25 March 2007. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- ^ "Harmison & Panesar lose contracts". 11 September 2009. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ^ "Tremlett and Panesar return for Ashes". 23 September 2010. Archived from the original on 23 January 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ^ "The Ashes, 2010/11". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ^ "Spin bowler Monty Panesar gets England recall for Test series in UAE". 10 December 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ^ "Statistics / Statsguru / MS Panesar / Test matches". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ^ "Panesar to mentor Australia's spinners ahead of India tour". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 January 2017.