Pranlal Divecha

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Pranlal Divecha
Personal information
BornTanzania
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1974East Africa
Only First-class18 January 1974 East Africa v MCC
Source: CricketArchive, 18 August 2008

Pranlal Divecha (dates unknown) played cricket for Tanzania between 1967 and 1972[1] and also played first-class cricket for East Africa.[2]

Career[edit]

Pranlal Divecha made his debut for Tanzania in a match against India in 1967.[3] He took three wickets in the Indian first innings including those of captain Nawab of Pataudi and Bishan Bedi.[4] The following year he played in an East African Quadrangular tournament in Nairobi,[3] taking 5/113 in the first innings of the match against Zambia.[5]

In 1970 he again played in the East African Quadrangular tournament, this time in Kampala. The tournament was a triangular in 1971 and 1972 when he also played.[3] He played his only first-class match in 1974 when he played for East Africa in a 237 run defeat by the MCC.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Pranlal Divecha at CricketArchive
  2. ^ Pranlal Divecha at Cricinfo
  3. ^ a b c Other matches played by Pranlal Divecha at CricketArchive
  4. ^ Scorecard of Tanzania v India, 12 August 1967 at CricketArchive
  5. ^ Scorecard of Tanzania v Zambia, 15 September 1968
  6. ^ Scorecard of East Africa v MCC, 18 January 1974 at CricketArchive