PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Mar 23, CMC – Former West Indies and Trinidad and Tobago captain Rangy Nanan has died, media reports here have said.
Nanan, passed away at his home here following a period of poor health. He was 62.
A virtual fixture in T&T’s side throughout the decade of the 1980s, off-spinner Nanan played 94 first class matches for the national side, taking 366 wickets at an average of 23.
Nanan was no mug with the bat either, gathered one first class hundred – 125 against Leeward Islands at Guaracara Park in 1983. He also finished with nine half-centuries.
Despite his prowess, Nanan’s international career was limited to one Test, largely because of the West Indies heavy dependence on a four-pronged pace attack during the late 1970s and 80s.
Following an injury to Michael Holding on the four-Test tour of Pakistan in 1980, he was picked for the second Test in Faisalabad, and took two wickets in each innings as West Indies completed a 156-run victory.
He never played again.
Following his playing career, Nanan served as a police officer and was also a liaison officer for the West Indies team.
