Ponnabeth Mambally Anandan (born 1 December 1924) is an Indian former cricketer who played

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from 1951 to 1957. Anandan was an opening bowler who made his first-class debut in 1951–52 in what was also Travancore-Cochin's first first-class match. He took five or more wickets in an innings in each of his first three matches: 6 for 100 against

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in 1951–52, 5 for 65 against Mysore in 1952–53, and 5 for 38 against

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in 1953–54. His older brother P. M. Raghavan also played first-class cricket for Travancore-Cochin.

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* * 1924 births Possibly living people Indian cricketers 20th-century Indian sportsmen Kerala cricketers Travancore-Cochin cricketers Sportspeople from Thalassery {{India-cricket-bio-stub