Smith and Smith: two most uncommon cricketers
10.07.26, 06:00 Updated 11.07.26, 20:46 3 Minute Read
Paul Weaver
One hundred years ago a fragile magician called Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji played his first Championship match for Sussex.
Playing against Leicestershire, in Leicester, on July 10, 1926, Duleep scored 97 in a total of 319. Later in the month he made his home debut, scoring 115 in a total of 214 against Hampshire. In his next match, against Surrey at Eastbourne, he scored 76, followed by 132 against Middlesex.
The strands of exotica that run through the history of Sussex County Cricket Club are the envy of most other clubs. And no one is more extravagantly colourful than Duleep and his almost supernaturally gifted uncle, Ranji. They are, probably, the two greatest batsmen who ever appeared for the club.
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