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Mudhsuden Singh "Monty" Panesar (born 25 April 1982) is a former English international cricketer. A left-arm spinner, Panesar made his
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debut in 2006 against
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in
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and
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debut for
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in 2007. In English county cricket, he last played for
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in 2016, and has previously played for
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until 2009,
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from 2010 to 2013 and
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from 2013 to 2015. He has also played for the
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in
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. Born in
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to Indian parents, Panesar is a
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, and so he wears a black ''
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'' (a smaller version of the full Sikh
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) while playing and training. Many of his fans have emulated him by wearing patkas and fake beards while watching him play. When first selected for England he was widely perceived as being a particularly inept batsman and fielder, which resulted in much ironic cheering; the TMS commentator
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once accidentally referred to him as
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. Panesar lost his place in the England Test team, being replaced by
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and losing his central contract. However, his form improved with
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, and so he was recalled to the squad for the
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, although he did not feature in any matches. After taking 69 wickets in the 2011 county season Panesar earned a recall for the series against Pakistan in the UAE; he played in the second Test – his first Test appearance in over two and a half years. Panesar also played in 3 Test matches in India in 2012, before deputising for the injured Graeme Swann as lead spinner in the England tour of New Zealand, where he managed just 5 wickets costing 70 runs each. His last international series was against Australia in the 2013–14 Ashes though he has not announced retirement since. In January 2017, Panesar was recruited by Cricket Australia as a spin-bowling consultant for the tour of India, after spending his winter as a club cricketer in Sydney.


Early life

Panesar's father, Paramjit Singh, is an architect and real estate developer, who, along with Panesar's mother Gursharan Kaur, migrated from
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to
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in England in 1979, where they continue to live, and where Monty Panesar was born. Panesar has a younger brother, Isher Singh Panesar, and sister, Charanjit Kaur Panesar. Panesar is a supporter of both
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. Panesar was educated at St. Matthew's Infant and Junior Schools and
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, Luton. For Sixth Form, he studied at
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. He also has a degree in
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from
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.


Cricketing ability

Panesar is primarily a left-arm
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bowler. Early in his career, former England head coach
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described him as "the best finger spinner in the world". Over the years, Panesar has acquired many nicknames. He is most commonly known simply as Monty, however other nicknames have included "The Python" (a reference to
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), "The Sikh of Tweak" (probably a humorous reference to
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Shane Warne's
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, "The Sheikh of Tweak)", "Parmesan Tony" (an anagram), "The Beard to be Feared".


Bowling

Panesar has certain physical attributes that help with his spin bowling: he has unusually large hands, measuring , and can also rotate his hand at his wrist through 360 degrees. Panesar's first
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was against
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at
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. His first Test wicket was of the highly respected Indian batsman
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. He also bowled batsmen
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and
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. Panesar took his first 5 wicket haul at
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against
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, taking 5–78. On 11 June 2007, Panesar became the first English spinner to take 10 wickets in a match since
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when he returned match figures of 10/187. This was achieved against the
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in the Third Test at
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. He took his 100th Test wicket on 25 May 2008, against New Zealand, also at Old Trafford. In an interview with the UK's ''
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'' newspaper, Panesar stated his intention to develop a left-handed version of the
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, the off-spinner's version of the
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Batting

Panesar is not a confident batsman, averaging just under 9 runs per innings in first-class matches, and under 5 runs per innings in Test matches. However, he has had significant batting performances: he scored a quick-fire 26 against Sri Lanka including a six off Murali in 2006, and in the Ashes First Test in 2009, he and
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stayed in for 40 minutes, jointly surviving 69 balls to secure an important draw. In domestic cricket, Panesar made his highest first-class score of 46 * against
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on 7 May 2010.


Fielding

Panesar's fielding has been criticised and at the start of his Test career, this led to loud sardonic cheers from the crowd for completing even the simplest fielding tasks.


Work ethic

Former England captain
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, who has captained him in four Tests, said that Panesar "will be on the ground earlier than anyone, getting (ex-assistant coach)
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to hit catches to him. He will then bowl through most of the net session, before staying out long after most of the guys are back in the comfort of the dressing room, working on his batting, learning new shots, and perfecting those he already has." However, Panesar was dropped by Sussex in the summer of 2013 in part due to a poor on-field attitude. Struggling with a sore shoulder, he had fallen into the habit of stopping the ball with his boot in the field and throwing it back to the wicketkeeper underarm.


Domestic career

Originally a medium-pace bowler, he shifted to spin at around sixteen following advice from the
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coaching staff. Paul Taylor, the former Northamptonshire seamer, suggested he switch to spin during a school coaching session. As a schoolboy Panesar played cricket at
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for Stopsley High School, Dunstable Town CC and Luton Indian CC before being selected for the England Under-19 team. His first-class debut came in 2001 at the age of 19 against
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. He took eight wickets in the match including 4–11 in the second innings, bowling 16 maidens. His appearances over the next few years were limited, partly because of his commitment as a full-time student at
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. After graduating, he became a more important member of the team and had a fine season in 2005, taking 51
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wickets at an
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of just 22.47 including career-best figures of 7–181 against
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. In the 2009–10 season he signed to play for the
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in South Africa. In the 2010 season Panesar joined
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after leaving Northamptonshire at the end of the 2009 season. He impressed at Sussex in his debut season, taking 52 wickets, including two five-wicket hauls, at an average of 25.69. He went on to score 163 runs at an average of 10.86 with a career-high score of 46 not out. In the 2011 season Panesar picked up 69 wickets for his county, making him the second highest wicket taker. He took them at an average of 27.24, which included three five-wicket hauls. During the 2012 season he picked up his career-best figures in both an innings and a match. He took 7–60 in the first innings, and 6–77 in the second, taking 13–137 for the match against
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. Panesar struggled for Sussex during the 2013 season, and when Sussex announced that his contract would not be renewed at the end of the season, Panesar was loaned out to Essex. Panesar later signed a 2-year contract with Essex, beginning in the 2014 season. However, in September 2015, it was announced that he was one of four players released by Essex at the end of the 2015 season. He returned to play for Northamptonshire in 2016. In August 2019, Panesar revealed that he was in talks with the Indian domestic team
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, with a view to play in the 2019–20 Ranji Trophy.


International career


Test selection: England in India, 2005–06

Due to his performances in 2005, many figures called for Panesar's inclusion in the English Test squad for the 2006 tour of India. For a place as back-up spinner to incumbent
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he faced competition from left-armer Ian Blackwell and off-spinners
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and Alex Loudon. It was suggested that his reputation for poor batting and fielding might hamper his chances of selection, but earlier in 2005 he had attended the
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Academy in
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in order to address these issues. He was selected in January 2006 for the tour to
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, and made his international debut in the first Test against India in Nagpur. He took three wickets, including India's two best batsmen,
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and captain
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. The former, who Panesar states was his childhood hero and was the spinner's first international Test wicket, later signed the cricket ball that dismissed him and presented it to Panesar. Panesar went on to play in the second and third Test matches, in
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and
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with thirty-five of his family members attending the Test at Mohali, Punjab.


Sri Lanka and Pakistan in England, 2006

On 11 May 2006 Panesar made his maiden Test appearance in England against Sri Lanka at
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. He played a small role in the first and second Tests, taking only five wickets. He was to fare better in the third by claiming his first five wicket haul with bowling figures of 5/78. He followed this up with an innings of 26 from 28 balls that included a swept six, adding 37 for the final wicket with Liam Plunkett, although Sri Lanka won the Test by 134 runs. Panesar took three wickets in the first innings of the Test against Pakistan at
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,
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on 27 June 2006. His wicket-taking was overshadowed by
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who took a six wicket haul to get Pakistan all out for 119 in the 1st innings. However, Panesar took 5–72 in the second innings, and Harmison 5–57. The pair took 19 of the 20 Pakistani wickets in the match (the other being a run out) in an innings-and-120-run victory. This was the first time two bowlers had taken all bowling wickets since
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's record match figures of 19 for 90 again at Old Trafford. In the first innings at Headingley, Panesar picked up three wickets including that of
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, who overbalanced and dislodged the bails with his stomach to be dismissed
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. In the second innings Panesar had figures of 3 for 39. Panesar was given some credit for responding to criticism from England coach Duncan Fletcher. Despite his performances in the Test arena against Pakistan in the summer of 2006, Panesar was overlooked for the 30-man ODI squad for the 2006
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in India.


England in Australia, 2006–07

The likelihood of Panesar playing against
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in the 2006–07 Ashes series led to media commentary by some Australian players, who indicated that they would take an aggressive approach towards him. Australian captain
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said, "We'll try to make some sort of impact on him early on, and we won't let him get on top. The way our left-handers, especially
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and Matty Hayden, play spin is to be fairly aggressive." However, he was also praised by Ponting. Ponting told the '' Sunday Age'', "He (Panesar) didn't look like he was scared to throw the ball up a little bit and actually try to get you out. He's got good, subtle changes of pace and, watching the other night (against Pakistan), a really good arm ball as well.". Panesar was left out of the England team for the first two Tests of the series, which led to a petition being started by
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, calling out for his inclusion. Panesar was eventually selected to play in the third Test at the WACA in
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. He finished the first innings with figures of 5 for 92 off 24 overs, with
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,
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and
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among his wickets, becoming the first English spin bowler to take five wickets in a Test match at the WACA in Perth, his other two wickets being
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and
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. He also performed respectably with the bat, finishing on 16 not out as part of England's best partnership in the innings. He remained in the team for the rest of the series, finishing with a record of 10 wickets at an average of 37.90 and collecting a total of 35 runs. He was the joint third highest wicket taker for
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behind
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and
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, tying with
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, having only played in three out of the five Tests. After the Ashes series, Panesar was selected in the England squad for the
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series with
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and
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. He made his ODI debut against Australia at
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on 12 January 2007 and played in nine matches in the series. His attacking style, bowling economically and aggressively in equal parts, resulted in him taking nine wickets and conceding 4.60 runs per over.


World Cup 2007

Following his performances in the Ashes and Commonwealth Bank series Panesar was selected in England's World Cup squad. He struggled to pick up wickets, only taking 7 at an average of 40.42, but bowled fairly economically conceding 4.42 runs per over. His best performance came on 11 April 2007 in a
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's group game against
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where he took 3/25 off his seven overs which included two maidens.


West Indies in England, 2007

Panesar was in the team for all four Tests against the
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in May and June 2007. He got his first six wicket haul in Tests during the first innings of the first Test at
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when he took 6/129. Five of his six victims were trapped LBW, all given out by the Nursery End umpire
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. Panesar's first Test ten wicket haul came in the third Test at
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, in which he took four first innings wickets, and six in the second innings, for match figures of 10/187. He became the first English spin bowler to take
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for ten years, since
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did so in 1997. He was awarded his first man of the match award for the performance. Panesar achieved his sixth 5-wicket haul in the final Test match, at
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. He took the wicket of the otherwise immovable
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wicket to end the West Indies second innings. He finished the series with 23 wickets at an average of 18.69, an achievement which won him the man of the series award. Panesar was not selected for the following
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matches, with both sides electing not to include full-time spinners in their sides. He played in two of the three ODI matches taking 1/57 overall at 4.07 runs an over.


India in England, 2007

Panesar played in all three Tests against
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in July and August. He played fairly well in the first and second Tests but struggled in the third Test. In the first Test at
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he took 2/85, trapping Sachin Tendulkar LBW when he was on 16 runs (an identical dismissal to his first Test wicket). In the first innings of the second Test at
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he took 4/101. In the third Test at
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he struggled on a flat pitch, taking 2/217 in the match. He took 8 wickets in the series at an average of 50.37. He played in six of the seven ODI matches performing fairly unspectacularly. He took 6/268 runs overall at 4.78 runs an over.


England in Sri Lanka, 2007–08

In October 2007, Panesar was dropped for the first four matches of the five match ODI series, the England selectors opting to pick
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. Panesar played in the fifth match, where he bowled tightly taking 1/31 at 3.10 runs an over. There was speculation that Swann would challenge Panesar for the Test place or at least play alongside him on the back of his strong performances in the first four ODIs. However, Panesar was given a vote of confidence from the England Coach, Peter Moores, who called him "(England's) number one Test spinner". In the event, England opted to play Panesar ahead of Swann in the three match series in December. In the first match at
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Panesar took 6/178, but in the second Test at
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and the third Test at
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he only managed figures of 2/151 and 0/76 respectively. He finished the series with 8 wickets at an average of 50.63.


England in New Zealand, 2008

In February 2008, England played two 20/20 matches against New Zealand where Panesar was omitted from the team in favour of the spinner Graeme Swann and England won both matches. Following this was the five match ODI series where Swann was again picked ahead of Panesar, although Swann was dropped after scoring only 7 and 1 with the bat in the first two matches yet he was not replaced by Panesar or any other spinner. Panesar was then selected for the three Test matches ending the series with 11 wickets at an average of 30.18, with England winning the series 2–1.


New Zealand in England, 2008

In May 2008, New Zealand arrived in England for a three-Test series to be followed by a single 20/20 match and a five match ODI series. Once again Panesar was selected for the entire Test series and in the second match at
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he achieved his best single innings figures to date of 6/37, including the captain Daniel Vettori. He ended the series with 9 wickets at an average of 27.22. Despite recording his best ever innings figures in the second Test, Panesar was once again omitted from the 20/20 and ODI teams in favour of the spinner Graeme Swann.


Australia in England, 2009

Panesar, along with Swann, was selected for the first Test of the 2009 Ashes series, held at the
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in
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, as England opted to utilise two spinners. On a pitch which was expected to turn, his bowling appeared unthreatening, only taking one wicket in 35 overs. He did make a contribution with the bat as he and James Anderson blocked out the final 11½ overs of the match, denying Australia their final wicket and salvaging a draw for England. In view of his lack of penetration, Panesar was dropped for the remainder of the series, not appearing again in the Test team until 25 January 2012.


England in Australia, 2010–11

After strong performances for his county Sussex, Panesar was announced as part of the England squad to tour Australia for the Ashes on 23 September 2010. Panesar was selected ahead of legspinner
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and offspinner
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. He did not play in any of the Tests but played in two of the tour matches against Australia A and
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, taking 6 wickets.


England in the United Arab Emirates, 2012

After a fruitful season for his county Sussex which proved to be his best claiming 69 wickets in the County Championship, Panesar was picked as the second spinner behind Graeme Swann for the tour of Pakistan. He played in the second warm-up match against the Pakistan Cricket Board XI and took 8–103 including a 5 wicket haul in the first innings. He was picked for the second Test starting on 25 January 2012 in Abu Dhabi, this was his first match in over two and a half years. He took 6–62 in the second innings his first 5 wicket haul in a Test match since May 2008, this was to be in vain as England lost the match and series to a humiliating defeat. He was picked to play in the Third Test in Dubai and again took seven wickets including a back to back 5 wicket haul 5–124. However England lost the match and suffered a heavy 3–0 series defeat.


England in Sri Lanka, 2012

Panesar played in a three-day warm up match against the Sri Lanka cricket board XI performing quite well taking his first 5-wicket haul on Sri Lankan pitches taking match figures of 6–67. He was picked to play in the first Test but performed averagely only taking 2 wickets in the match, and also dropping
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twice in twenty minutes. He did however score a quick-fire 13 off 11 balls hitting two boundaries in the first innings. However, England lost the match after a lower order batting collapse losing 6 wickets for only 31 runs which resulted in England losing by 75 runs. Panesar was not selected to play in the final Test of the series, which England won by 8 wickets.


England in India, 2012

Panesar was called up to the 16-man squad for the winter tour of India which started on 30 October. A three-day training camp was held from 26 to 29 October with the first Test starting on 15 November. Panesar played in two of the three tour matches taking 3–64 against Mumbai 'A' and 2–70 for the match against
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. However, he was not picked for the first Test, which England eventually lost by nine wickets. After the match, coach
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and captain
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both said they had misjudged the pitch, and changes were made to the team ahead of the second Test. Panesar was selected for the second Test replacing
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, and he took 5–129 in the first innings, and 6–81 in the second, career best match figures of 11–210, and only the second time he has taken ten wickets in a match. This was also the first time since
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in 1934 that an English spinner had taken 10 wickets in a match in India. England went on to level the series at one all by winning the match by ten wickets. In the third Test as he took five wickets in the match, including 4–90 in the first Innings. England went on to win the match by seven wickets and lead the series 2–1 with one Test remaining. In the final Test in Nagpur, Panesar was not as successful with the ball only taking 1–81 on a flat pitch. The match ended in a draw and England won the series 2–1. By winning the series England became the first team since 2004 to beat India on their home soil, and the first England team since the 1984–85 tour to beat India in India. Panesar ended the series with 17 wickets.


England in New Zealand, 2013

Panesar was called up to the 15-man squad for the winter tour of New Zealand with the first Test starting on 6 March. Panesar was the leading spinner of the Test part of the tour as Graeme Swann had to pull out requiring surgery on an recurring elbow injury. Panesar took 5 wickets over the series.


Achievements


Awards

*
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2001 *
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2007 * Beard of the Year 2006 by the
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. * Ashes Member 2006–07,
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, 2010–11 * Ashes Winner
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, 2010–11 *(Padmore Medal) 2006 England v Pakistan npower test series


Career best performances


Personal life

Panesar has been quoted as saying, "I follow Sikhism, and maybe I’ve channelled the discipline that religion creates into my cricket. There's discipline with any religion, and you can take it into a game or into anything else". Panesar has uncut hair and a full-length beard, which is a fundamental part of the
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identity and way of life. He won the 2006 Beard of the Year competition run by the
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. In August 2013 Panesar was fined after he
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d on a doorman following his ejection from a Brighton club. Having admitted that he had broken the Sikh vow not to drink
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, combined with his poor form, the incident contributed to his leaving Sussex and being loaned to Essex. After he rejoined Northamptonshire in 2016, Panesar opened up about the mental illness that he had been suffering, speaking in the media about his acceptance to use medication to help him cope with feelings of
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and
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that came after a loss of confidence. He was married to Gursharan Rattan which ended in divorce. Panesar released his autobiography ''Monty Panesar: The Full Monty'' for White Owl Books in May 2019.


See also

* ''Patiala House'', Indian sports film inspired by Panesar's life *
List of British Sikhs List of British Sikhs is a list of notable Sikhs from the United Kingdom. Academia and education * Harjinder Singh Dilgeer – National Professor of Sikh History. Member of SGPC Sikh History Research Board and author of 60 books on Sikhism. * ...


References


External links

*
Monty Panesar: Cricket editor for Gnews.com
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Cricket Online: Monty Panesar


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