Player Profile - Jimmy Irani
FULL NAME - Jamsheed Irani
NICKNAME(S) - Jimmy / Luigi
AGE - 67
CLUBS PLAYED FOR – Glenmore (various teams);Alberta Cricket foundation, Titans(weeknights), United Services(weekend) – all in Calgary; Also Buffalo N.Y. Wanderers and Stanford Univ.California
GLENMORE CC DEBUT – Early 2000’s
BATTING STYLE – Currently plodding; way back “hell bent for leather”
BOWLING STYLE – Slow off-cutters
PREFERRED FIELDING POSITION - Anywhere the skipper puts me
CAREER BEST SCORE / GLENMORE BEST SCORE – 109 vs Crescent Stars at Riley Park in the early 90’s/ Glenmore - ????
CAREER BEST BOWLING FIGURES / GLENMORE BEST BOWLING FIGURES – 5 for ?? on England tour with Services/Glenmore 4 for ??
BEST CRICKETING MOMENT(S) – Putting on 40 runs for the 8th wicket in the league finals to win the league back in the 90’s. Also taking the final wicket in the last over with 2 to win on a caught and bowled that I sprinted behind me against an aggravating team Mark Duncan’s team played against in the Tour of Devon and Cornwall.
BEST MOMENT(S) FOR GLENMORE CC – same as above on England tour
BEST PLAYER YOU'VE PLAYED WITH / AGAINST – Giles Parker (Services team) – an elegant leftie with dashing strokes all around the wicket/ Tatto Seebalack (St John’s) wonderful footwork and a joy to watch
WHAT'S A WORSE FEELING, DROPPING A CATCH OR GETTING A DUCK? – Definitely a duck due to its finality
FAVOURITE GROUND(S) – Windsor Park Victoria
LEAST FAVOURITE GROUND(S) – Inland, Westwinds
BEST THING ABOUT GLENMORE CC – Friendship, social events and playing the game in the right spirit
ONE THING YOU WOULD CHANGE ABOUT CALGARY CRICKET – Hopefully better camaraderie between teams
IDEAS TO HELP THE CLUB – Keep up the good work
ALL TIME FAVOURITE CRICKETER - Gary Sobers
OTHER SPORTING HEROES – Rod Laver, Pete Sampras, Roger Federer
GOALS FOR THE 2016 SEASON – Enjoy playing the game
BIGGEST INFLUENCE IN CRICKET – Horace Gopeesingh (Services captain)
FAVOURITE FOOD - Wife Yasmin’s cooking
FAVOURITE DRINK – Red wine
FAVOURITE MUSIC – Any melodic songs with a lilt
FAVOURITE FILM – Too many to list
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