Pranlal Divecha Explained

Pranlal Divecha
Country:Tanzania
Birth Place:Tanzania
Club1:East Africa
Year1:1974
Type1:First-class
Onetype1:true
Debutdate1:18 January
Debutyear1:1974
Debutfor1:East Africa
Debutagainst1:MCC
Date:18 August
Year:2008
Source:http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26654/26654.html CricketArchive

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

Career

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, 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. He played his only first-class match in 1974 when he played for East Africa in a 237 run defeat by the MCC.[6]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26654/26654.html Pranlal Divecha
  2. http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/other/content/player/23982.html Pranlal Divecha
  3. http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26654/Other_matches.html Other matches played by Pranlal Divecha
  4. http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/29/29039.html Scorecard
  5. http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/151/151524.html Scorecard
  6. http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/33/33969.html Scorecard