SOME of the most exciting strokes ever played came from the bat of Rohan Kanhai, who was born on Boxing Day, December 26, 1935,
After having to wait until his 24th Test innings for his maiden hundred, he turned it into a big one, 256 in Calcutta in 1958-59. He and Garry Sobers made their last Test tons in the same innings, at Lord’s in 1973, when Kanhai captained West Indies to a crushing win that clinched the series.

Kanhai made 55 in his first one-day international and the same score in his last, at the age of 39, when his support to Clive Lloyd helped to win the inaugural World Cup final, at Lord’s in 1975. (Cricinfo)