Jitu Gunnala, MVP 1979, took 5 wickets for 1 run in a game against
Passaic Cricket Club at Passaic on September 9, 1979. In that game Echelon
scored 55 runs, and bowled out Passaic for 10 runs. Jitu shared the spotlight
with Arnold Ohab, who took 4 wickets for 8 runs for Echelon.
Best Batting Performance by
an Echelon player:
Peter Thompson scored 130 runs not out in a game against RCA Cricket
Club in the summer of 1986. Peter eclipsed Lincoln Ohab’s record of 111 runs
not out against Rutgers University at Echelon in the summer of 1982.
Best Wicketkeeping
Performance by an Echelon player:
Perey Kanga, MVP 1977, Kanga holds the record for dismissals behind the
stumps. Took 7 catches and had one stumping, for a total 8 dismissals, in a
game against Staten Island Cricket Club in 1977.
Lowest Score by Echelon:
The team was bowled out for 24 runs in a game against New Jersey Cricket
Club at Newark on June 28, 1981.Top scorer for Echelon was Michael Singh, with
4 runs.
Highest Score by Echelon:
Echelon scored 256 for 7 declared against Shakti Cricket Club at Shakti
on July 10, 1983. Shakti responded with 171 for six. Match drawn.
Echelon player most often
run out:
S. V. Raman was a member of Echelon between 1978 and 1981. He played in
about 40 games. Raman either ran himself out or ran his batting partner out in
nearly every game he played. It was hilarious.
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