Madhav Shankar
Nickname: Mads
Born: August 1973, New Delhi, India
Location: Mid-levels, Hong Kong
Occupation: Banking
Batting style: Right-hand, opener/ top 4
Bowling style: RH slow-medium, leg spin
Interests outside cricket: Trail running, hiking, white water rafting, badminton
Cricketing experience: India - School captain, Delhi U19, Mumbai Times Shield league.
UK - Wimbledon CC captain -Surrey premier league, London corporate league - Standard Chartered skipper.
HK - Centaurs CC, HKCC Gap Ramblers Saturday league, HKCC Wanderers Sunday Elite league, Lamma CC Saturday Championship league.
Best and/or worst cricketing memories:
Best - Wimbledon CC winning the Surrey Premier league, winning div2 and div1 Saturday league for HKCC Gap Ramblers.
Worst - Watching India losing to Pak in the Australasia Cup in Sharjah (1986) when Javed Miandad hit Chetan Sharma for a six off the last ball.
Reason(s) for joining Lamma C.C.: Headhunted from HKCC under massive pressure from Royce - grateful only to realise that I have joined the best cricket club in HK with a great bunch of guys. And they have a superb team song.
Go Lammaaaaaa!!
Favourite international cricket player: Sachin Tendulkar & Sir Viv Richards
Born: August 1973, New Delhi, India
Location: Mid-levels, Hong Kong
Occupation: Banking
Batting style: Right-hand, opener/ top 4
Bowling style: RH slow-medium, leg spin
Interests outside cricket: Trail running, hiking, white water rafting, badminton
Cricketing experience: India - School captain, Delhi U19, Mumbai Times Shield league.
UK - Wimbledon CC captain -Surrey premier league, London corporate league - Standard Chartered skipper.
HK - Centaurs CC, HKCC Gap Ramblers Saturday league, HKCC Wanderers Sunday Elite league, Lamma CC Saturday Championship league.
Best and/or worst cricketing memories:
Best - Wimbledon CC winning the Surrey Premier league, winning div2 and div1 Saturday league for HKCC Gap Ramblers.
Worst - Watching India losing to Pak in the Australasia Cup in Sharjah (1986) when Javed Miandad hit Chetan Sharma for a six off the last ball.
Reason(s) for joining Lamma C.C.: Headhunted from HKCC under massive pressure from Royce - grateful only to realise that I have joined the best cricket club in HK with a great bunch of guys. And they have a superb team song.
Go Lammaaaaaa!!
Favourite international cricket player: Sachin Tendulkar & Sir Viv Richards
