Santosh Reddy

Nayini Santosh Kumar Reddy (born 22 October 1938) is an Indian former cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Cambridge University and Hyderabad between 1959 and 1971.[1]

Santosh Reddy
Personal information
Full name
Nayini Santosh Kumar Reddy
Born (1938-10-22) 22 October 1938
Madras, India
BattingLeft-handed
RoleBatsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1966–1970Hyderabad
1959–1961Cambridge University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 61
Runs scored 2,284
Batting average 24.29
100s/50s 2/12
Top score 113*
Balls bowled 468
Wickets 5
Bowling average 61.20
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 3/26
Catches/stumpings 37/0
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 26 October 2020

Santosh Reddy studied in The Doon School and later in St John's College, Cambridge.[2] He played cricket for Cambridge from 1959 to 1961 with future England cricketers Mike Brearley, Tony Lewis and Roger Prideaux. He won a Blue at cricket in all three years.

Reddy scored two first class hundreds, both for Cambridge - 103 v Combined Services in 1960[3] and 113 not out v Somerset in 1961.[4] An occasional left arm bowler, Reddy took 3 wickets in 3 overs to nearly bowl Cambridge to a win against Somerset in the match they lost by one wicket.[5] In his autobiography, Tony Lewis described Reddy as "a little man with a small frame and thick spectacles" who "spoke with an inconsistent lisp that was a delightful affectation not an impediment."[6]

Reddy played 42 times for Cambridge between 1959 and 1961 and scored 1802 runs. After returning to India, he played 18 more first class matches between 1967 and 1970, including 12 Ranji Trophy matches for Hyderabad, with less success.[7]

References
  1. "Nayini Reddy". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  2. Cambridge Captain Chooses Six, Birmingham Post, 18 June 1961 (via newspapers.com)
  3. Cambridge University v Combined Services, Cambridge, 1960
  4. Somerset v Cambridge University, Taunton, 1961
  5. Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1962, pp 571-572
  6. Lewis, Tony, Playing Days, Stanley Paul, 1985, p.60
  7. "First class batting of NSK Reddy". Retrieved 4 February 2023.
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