Clive Clay Inman (29 January 1936 – 7 December 2022) was a Sri Lankan cricketer who played first-class cricket for Ceylon from 1956 to 1966 and for Leicestershire from 1961 to 1971.
Inman made his first-class debut in 1956, representing Ceylon against India at the P Saravanamuttu Stadium. Although Inman didn't make an impact with the bat, he claimed the wicket of opener Nari Contractor. He would go on to play another 254 first-class matches but it would remain his only wicket.[2]
A left-handed middle-order batsman, Inman made sporadic appearances for Ceylon in the Gopalan Trophy during the remainder of the decade before moving to England and joining his countryman Stanley Jayasinghe at Leicestershire. His first match for the English club came against the touring Australian side in 1961 when he contributed 30 and 45 not out.[3] He had to wait until 1963 to make his County Championship debut and a few days later he scored his maiden first-class century against Cambridge University.[4]
Inman was selected to tour England with the Ceylon team in 1968, but the tour was cancelled just before it was due to begin.[5] He had his most prolific season in 1968, scoring 1735 runs at 36.91. Despite the high tally of runs he only scored one century that season. Only in his final county season, 1971, did he score four hundreds in a year.[6] One of those came in his final ever first-class match, played against Northamptonshire at Grace Road.[7]
clive, inman, clive, clay, inman, january, 1936, december, 2022, lankan, cricketer, played, first, class, cricket, ceylon, from, 1956, 1966, leicestershire, from, 1961, 1971, personal, informationfull, nameclive, clay, inmanborn, 1936, january, 1936colombo, br. Clive Clay Inman 29 January 1936 7 December 2022 was a Sri Lankan cricketer who played first class cricket for Ceylon from 1956 to 1966 and for Leicestershire from 1961 to 1971 Clive InmanPersonal informationFull nameClive Clay InmanBorn 1936 01 29 29 January 1936Colombo British CeylonDied7 December 2022 2022 12 07 aged 86 EnglandBattingLeft handedBowlingRight arm off breakRoleBatsmanDomestic team informationYearsTeam1956 1966Ceylon1961 1971LeicestershireCareer statisticsCompetition First class List AMatches 255 60Runs scored 13 113 1 237Batting average 34 50 21 70100s 50s 21 79 0 7Top score 178 68Balls bowled 103 0Wickets 1 Bowling average 89 00 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 1 30 Catches stumpings 107 0 19 0Source CricketArchive 8 October 2022 Contents 1 Cricket career 2 Personal life and death 3 References 4 External linksCricket career editInman attended St Peter s College Colombo He played for the school s senior cricket team for five seasons and captained it to victory in the Battle of the Saints against St Joseph s College in his final season 1954 55 1 Inman made his first class debut in 1956 representing Ceylon against India at the P Saravanamuttu Stadium Although Inman didn t make an impact with the bat he claimed the wicket of opener Nari Contractor He would go on to play another 254 first class matches but it would remain his only wicket 2 A left handed middle order batsman Inman made sporadic appearances for Ceylon in the Gopalan Trophy during the remainder of the decade before moving to England and joining his countryman Stanley Jayasinghe at Leicestershire His first match for the English club came against the touring Australian side in 1961 when he contributed 30 and 45 not out 3 He had to wait until 1963 to make his County Championship debut and a few days later he scored his maiden first class century against Cambridge University 4 Inman was selected to tour England with the Ceylon team in 1968 but the tour was cancelled just before it was due to begin 5 He had his most prolific season in 1968 scoring 1735 runs at 36 91 Despite the high tally of runs he only scored one century that season Only in his final county season 1971 did he score four hundreds in a year 6 One of those came in his final ever first class match played against Northamptonshire at Grace Road 7 Inman also played some List A cricket with Derbyshire in 1973 8 In September 2018 he was one of 49 former Sri Lankan cricketers felicitated by Sri Lanka Cricket to honour them for their services before Sri Lanka became a full member of the International Cricket Council ICC 9 10 Personal life and death editInman died in England on 7 December 2022 at the age of 86 11 References edit St Joseph s College Colombo v St Peter s College Colombo 1954 55 CricketArchive Retrieved 27 December 2018 Ceylon v India 1956 57 CricketArchive Leicestershire v Australians 1961 CricketArchive Cambridge University v Leicestershire 1963 CricketArchive S S Perera The Janashakthi Book of Sri Lanka Cricket 1832 1996 Janashakthi Insurance Colombo 1999 pp 320 26 First class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Clive Inman CricketArchive Leicestershire v Northamptonshire 1971 CricketArchive List A Matches played by Clive Inman CricketArchive Sri Lanka Cricket to felicitate 49 past cricketers Sri Lanka Cricket Archived from the original on 6 September 2018 Retrieved 5 September 2018 SLC launched the program to felicitate ex cricketers Sri Lanka Cricket Archived from the original on 6 September 2018 Retrieved 5 September 2018 The Scoop An Exclusive Interview with Clive Inman Quadrangle Retrieved 22 December 2022 External links editClive Inman at ESPNcricinfo Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Clive Inman amp oldid 1155234044, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
