ENGLAND CRICKTERS
Graeme Peter Swann (born 24 March 1979) is an English international cricketer. He is primarily a right-arm offspinner, and also bats right-handed. After initially playing for his home county Northamptonshire, for whom he made his debut in 1997, he moved to Nottinghamshire in 2005. He often fields at slip. He attended Sponne School in Towcester, Northamptonshire.
Swann played a single One Day International against South Africa in 2000, before losing his place in the squad. In 2007, Swann was chosen to accompany England on its tour of Sri Lanka as the team's second spin bowler, alongside Monty Panesar, and subsequently cemented a regular place in England's Test team, playing throughout England's 2–1 victory in the 2009 Ashes. In December 2009, he became the first English spinner to take 50 wickets in a calendar year, culminating in back-to-back man of the match awards in the first two Tests of the South Africa tour and rising to third place in the world rankings for bowlers.[1][2]
In March 2010, Swann became the first English off-spinner since Jim Laker to take 10 wickets in a match when he achieved the feat in England's victory in the first Test in Bangladesh. In May, he was named ECB Cricketer of the Year.[3] In 2011 Swann was part of the England team that claimed the number 1 ranking in Test cricket and between July and October that year was the number 1 ranked bowler in ODIs. He is also part time musician with his band, Dr. Comfort and the Lurid Revelations.
Stuart Christopher John Broad (born 24 June 1986) is a cricketer who plays Test and One Day International cricket for England and is currently the captain of their Twenty20 team. A left-handed batsman and right-arm seam bowler, Broad's professional career started at Leicestershire, the team attached to his school, Oakham School; in 2008 he transferred to Nottinghamshire, the county of his birth and the team for which his father played. In August 2006 he was voted the Cricket Writers' Club Young Cricketer of the Year.
He was a vital member of the victorious 2009 Ashes squad, and he won Man of the Match in the fifth Test at the Oval, after figures of 5/37 in the afternoon session of the second day. His bowling was also instrumental in helping England win the 2010 ICC World T20. On 30 July 2011, at the Nottingham Test match against India, he achieved a Test match hat trick in the process gaining his best Test figures of 6–46.[3] As a batsman, he holds the second-highest ever Test score made by a number 9 after his 169, his first century in first-class cricket, against Pakistan in August 2010.
Michael Paul Vaughan OBE (born 29 October 1974[1] in Manchester[2]) is a retired cricketer who represented Yorkshire and England. A classically elegant right-handed batsman and occasional off-spinner, Vaughan was ranked one of the best batsmen in the world following the 2002/3 Ashes,
in which he scored 633 runs, including three centuries. Vaughan was an
opening batsman and forged a successful England opening partnership with
Marcus Trescothick,
though he had often batted in the middle order for England. He was the
captain of the England team when they regained the Ashes in 2005,
eighteen years after having last won the trophy.
Known for his shrewd captaincy and man-management skills, Vaughan captained England in 51 Tests between 2003 and 2008, winning 26 (a national record) and losing 11; England won all seven home Tests of the 2004 summer under Vaughan, and the pinnacle of his captaincy career came with a 2–1 victory in the 2005 Ashes, England's first Ashes victory since 1986/7. However, a recurring knee injury, his decision to move down the batting order to accommodate other openers (Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook) and the pressures of captaincy took their toll on Vaughan's batting during the latter part of his career: in Tests he averaged 50.95 when not captain, and 36.02 as captain. Vaughan announced his retirement from first-class cricket on 30 June 2009.[3][4]
Robert George Dylan Willis MBE (born Robert George Willis on 30 May 1949), known as Bob Willis, is a former English cricketer who played for Surrey, Warwickshire, Northern Transvaal and England. A right-handed and aggressive fast bowler with a notably long run-up, Willis spearheaded several England bowling attacks between 1971 and 1984, across 90 Test matches in which he took 325 wickets at 25.20 runs per wicket, at the time second only to Dennis Lillee.[1] He is currently behind only Ian Botham as England's leading wicket taker. Willis took 899 first-class wickets
overall, although from 1975 onwards he bowled with constant pain,
having had surgery on both knees. He nevertheless continued to find
success, taking a Test career best eight wickets for 43 runs in the 1981 Ashes series against Australia, one of the all-time best Test bowling performances, in the famous 1981 Ashes series against Australia.[2] He was Wisden Cricketer of the Year for 1978.[3]
In addition to the Test arena, Willis played 64 One Day International matches for his country, taking 80 wickets, and was a prolific List-A (one day) cricketer with 421 wickets overall at 20.18. With the bat, Willis made little impression as a tail-ender with a best Test score of 28 not-out (*); however, he managed two half-centuries at first-class level and for a time held a record number of Test not-outs.[4] Willis captained the England team in 18 Tests and 28 ODI matches between June 1982 and March 1984. Under Willis' captaincy England won seven, lost five and drew six Tests, and won 16 of the ODIs. Botham recalled Willis as "a tremendous trier.. a great team-man and an inspiration",[5] as well as the "only world-class fast bowler in my time as an England player."[6] The editor of Wisden wrote of him in similar terms: "His indomitable service to England is handsomely reflected in his great collection of Test wickets. Although often beset with aches and pains, he never spared himself when bowling for his country."[7]
Retiring in 1984 following a Test series against the West Indies, Willis found later work as a commentator with Sky Sports. He formed a noted commentary partnership with Botham; however, Willis' relatively low-key style, in contrast to Botham's ebullience, meant that from 2006 onwards Willis tended to be used as a second string commentator.[8][9] He remains an often-heard broadcaster, a published writer and an occasional critic of the modern game.[10][11]
David Ivon Gower OBE (born 1 April 1957) is a former English cricketer who became a commentator for Sky Sports. Although he eventually rose to the captaincy of the England cricket team during the 1980s, he is best known for being one of the most stylish left-handed batsmen of the modern era. Gower played 117 Test matches, scoring 8,231 runs. He is thus one of the most capped and highest scoring players in his country's history. He is also one of England's most capped One Day International players, with 114 matches.
Gower led England during the 1985 Ashes series against Australia, and his team was victorious, however two 5-0 whitewashes at the hands of the West Indies (in 1984 and 1985–86) reflected poorly on his captaincy, and Gower was replaced in 1986. Gower was briefly reinstated for the 1989 Ashes series, before being replaced as captain by Graham Gooch. The strained relationship between the pair contributed to Gower's complete retirement in 1993. Nevertheless, he ended with an impressive record in first-class cricket, having accumulated 26,339 runs at 40.08, and 53 centuries. His Test match tally includes the world record feat of 119 consecutive innings without registering a duck.[1] Following his retirement, Gower became a successful cricket commentator,[2] and on 16 July 2009, was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.[3][4]
y league player, see David Gower (rugby league).
Nasser Hussain OBE (born 28 March 1968, Madras, India[1]) is a former Essex and England cricketer.
Beginning his career in a strong Essex side in the late 1980s, he was an outstanding fielder and a stylish but inconsistent batsman.[2] In first-class cricket from 1987 to 2004 Hussain scored 20,698 runs in 334 matches at an average of 42.06, including 52 centuries. A pugnacious right-handed batsman, Hussain's highest Test score was 207, scored in the first Test of the 1997 Ashes at Edgbaston.[3]
Hussain is regarded as one of the best England Test Cricket Captains of the era for his part in transforming the side from a habitually under-performing team to one of achievement. Simon Barnes of The Times wrote that "Hussain is the most significant cricketer to have played for England since the war and perhaps the finest captain to hold the office."[4]
Paul David Collingwood MBE (born 26 May 1976) is an English cricketer. He has been a regular member of the England Test side, was captain of the One Day International (ODI) team 2007–2008. He is also vice-captain of his county, Durham County Cricket Club.[1][2][3] Collingwood is a batting all-rounder, whose batting combines natural strokeplay with great tenacity. He also bowls reliable medium pace. Described as a "natural athlete", he is also regarded as one of the finest fielders of his time;[1][4] usually fielding at backward point or in the slips, he has also deputised as wicket-keeper for England.
His first class debut was in 1996,[5] and he made his first appearance for England in One Day International cricket in 2001 and made his Test match debut in 2003.[6][7] For two years he remained an occasional Test player, but after selection for the final Test of the 2005 Ashes, he secured a regular place. His 206 during the 2006–07 Ashes was the first double century by an England batsman in Australia for 78 years. A series of three consecutive match-winning performances by Collingwood at the end of the 2006–07 Commonwealth Bank Series in Australia brought him enthusiastic approval in the British media. His "allround [sic] display of incredible nerve and tenacity" helped to secure the trophy for England.[8] In 2010 he led the England team to their first ICC Trophy, the 2010 World Twenty20. He is England's most capped ODI cricketer and leading ODI run scorer.[9][10] He announced his retirement from Test cricket in January 2011, during the 5th Test of the 2010–11 Ashes series. [11] He finished on a high, becoming a three-times Ashes winner as England won a series in Australia for the first time in 24 years, with three innings victories contributing to a 3-1 win.
Sir Ian Terence Botham OBE (born 24 November 1955) is a former England Test cricketer and Test team captain, and current cricket commentator. He was a genuine all-rounder with 14 centuries and 383 wickets in Test cricket, and remains well-known by his nickname "Beefy".[1]
While a controversial player both on and off the field at times, Botham
also held a number of Test cricket records, and still holds the record
for the highest number of wickets taken by an England bowler.
He is generally regarded as being England's greatest ever all-rounder, particularly in Test cricket, although having earned celebrity status, his award of a knighthood was ostensibly in recognition of his services to charity.[2]
A talented footballer as well as cricketer, Botham made 11 appearances in the Football League.
On 8 August 2009, Botham was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.[3]
Alastair Nathan Cook, MBE (born 25 December 1984) is an English international cricket player. He is a left-handed opening batsman who plays county cricket for Essex and International cricket for England, where he is their ODI captain. Cook played for Essex's Academy
and made his debut for the first XI in 2003. He has played in a variety
of England's youth teams from 2000 until his call up to the Test side
in 2006.
While touring in the West Indies with the ECB National Academy, Cook was called up to the England national team in India as a last-minute replacement for Marcus Trescothick and debuted with a century. Debuting at 21 years of age, Cook went on to become the youngest Englishman to reach 1,000, 2,000, 3,000, 4,000 and 5,000 Test runs, making centuries in his first Test matches against India, Pakistan, the West Indies and Bangladesh. He is also the only Englishman to score seven Test centuries before his 23rd birthday.[1]
Despite this prodigious flurry of runs, Cook came under criticism throughout 2008 for a lack of centuries; he replied in 2009 with two centuries, as well as a score of 95 against Australia to help seal England's first victory against them at Lord's since 1934. He took seven catches in the series, including the final wicket, to win the 2009 Ashes series. After deputising as Test captain in 2010, Cook went on to play another pivotal role in retaining the 2010-11 Ashes series, breaking records by scoring the second highest number of runs in a Test series by an Englishman, including his maiden first-class double-hundred and two further hundreds, and batting for over 35 hours during the series.[2]
Cook was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2011 Birthday Honours.[3][4]
Kevin Peter Pietersen, MBE (born 27 June 1980) is a South African-born English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional off spin bowler who plays for England and Surrey. He had also played for Indian Premier League team Royal Challengers Bangalore for its second and third seasons, captaining the side in his first, prior to being bought by the Deccan Chargers for the fourth season of the competition. He was captain of the England Test and One Day International
teams from 4 August 2008 to 7 January 2009 but resigned after just
three tests and nine One Day Internationals, following a dispute with
England coach Peter Moores, who was sacked the same day.[3]
Pietersen was born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal Province, South Africa. He made his first-class debut for Natal in 1997 before moving to England after voicing his displeasure at the racial quota system in place in South Africa.[4] His English mother gave Pietersen eligibility to play for England, and after serving a qualifying period of four years playing at county level, he was called up almost immediately into the national side. He made his international debut in the One Day International match against Zimbabwe in 2004,[5] and his Test match debut in the 2005 Ashes series against Australia the following year.[6] The England team's subsequent reliance on Pietersen since his debut resulted in only a single first-class appearance for Hampshire between 2005 and 2010 . On 17 June 2010 Pietersen announced his wish to leave Hampshire .[7] He subsequently joined Surrey on loan for the remainder of the 2010 English county cricket season after being dropped by England due to a poor run of form, before joining the club permanently from the 2011 season onwards.[8][9]
Pietersen became the fastest batsman to reach both 1,000 and 2,000 runs in One Day International cricket,[10][11] and the quickest in terms of time to 5,000 Test runs.[12] He has the highest average of any England player to have played more than 20 innings of one-day cricket.[13] He has the second-highest run total from his first 25 Tests, behind only the Australian Donald Bradman,[14] and was the fastest player, in terms of days, to reach 4,000 Test runs.[15] He became only the third English batsman to top the ICC One Day International rankings, doing so in March 2007.[16] In July 2008, after a century against South Africa, The Times called him "the most complete batsman in cricket".[17] Shane Warne, a close friend, in a September serial for the same newspaper, wrote, "I don't think he has an obvious flaw in his technique."[18]
Andrew John Strauss, OBE (born 2 March 1977) is an English cricketer who plays county cricket for Middlesex County Cricket Club and is the captain of England's Test cricket team. A fluent left-handed opening batsman,
Strauss favours scoring off the back foot, mostly playing cut and pull
shots. Strauss is also known for his fielding strength at slip or in the covers.
He made his first-class debut in 1998, and his One Day International (ODI) debut in Sri Lanka in 2003. He quickly rose to fame on his Test match debut replacing the injured Michael Vaughan at Lords against New Zealand in 2004.[2] With scores of 112 and 83 (run out) in an England victory, and the man of the match award, he became only the fourth batsman to score a century at Lord's on his debut and was close to becoming the first Englishman to score centuries in both innings of his debut.[3][4] Strauss again nearly scored two centuries (126 and 94 not out) and was named man of the match in his first overseas Test match, in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, in December 2004.[5] Strauss suffered a drop in form during 2007, and as a result he was left out of the Test squad for England's tour of Sri Lanka, and announced that he was taking a break from cricket.[6] After a poor tour for England, Strauss was recalled into the squad for the 2008 tour of New Zealand and subsequently re-established himself in the side with a career-best 177 in the third and final Test of that series, and a further three centuries in 2008.
Having deputised for Michael Vaughan as England captain in 2006, Strauss was appointed on a permanent basis for the 2008/09 tour of the West Indies following Kevin Pietersen's resignation.[3] He enjoyed success with three centuries, and retained the captaincy into 2009. Strauss captained the England team to a 2–1 victory in the 2009 Ashes, scoring a series total of 474 runs, more than any other player on either side,[7] including 161 in England's first victory in an Ashes Test at Lord's in 75 years.[8]
Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff MBE (born 6 December 1977) is a former English cricketer who played for Lancashire County Cricket Club, England and the Indian Premier League team Chennai Super Kings. A tall (6' 4") fast bowler, batsman
and slip fielder, Flintoff according to the ICC rankings was
consistently rated amongst the top international allrounders in both ODI
and Test cricket. His nickname "Freddie" or "Fred" comes from the
similarity between his surname and that of Fred Flintstone.
From his debut in 1998, Flintoff became an integral player for England, and has both captained and vice-captained the team. However, he suffered regular injuries throughout his international career, often due to his heavy frame and bowling action. During the period 2007–09 he played in only 13 of England's 36 Test matches, but nevertheless remained a core member of the England squad, being selected whenever available. On 15 July 2009 he announced his retirement from Test cricket at the conclusion of the 2009 Ashes series, on 24 August, but made himself available for future commitments in One Day International and Twenty20 International matches.
It was reported on 7 September 2009 that Flintoff has developed deep vein thrombosis after surgery to his knee.[1] On 16 September 2010, he announced his retirement from all cricket.[2]
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Brendon Barrie McCullum (born 27 September 1981 in Dunedin) is a New Zealand international cricketer, who plays for the Otago Volts at provincial level. He is a wicket-keeper, as well as an aggressive batsman who opens in One-day Internationals and is known for his fast scoring rate. His brother Nathan McCullum is also a first-class and international cricketer at provincial level, and their father Stuart McCullum was a long-serving first-class player for Otago. Both Brendon and Nathan attended King's High School, Dunedin.
McCullum also played for Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League in the first three; but in 2010, he was signed in by Kochi Tuskers Kerala. He scored 158 not out in the inaugural match of the competition on 18 April 2008. The innings is currently the world highest score by a batsman in a Twenty20 match.[1]
He also has the ability to play the Dilscoop, which involves the batsman squatting down and scooping deliveries back over the wicketkeeper's head. Playing this shot in a Twenty20 International match on 28 February 2010, against Australia, he managed to hit Shaun Tait for two sixes in an over back over Brad Haddin's head and can also execute reverse sweep well.
Daniel Luca Vettori ONZM (born 27 January 1979) is a cricketer for the New Zealand cricket team.
He is the eighth player in Test history to take 300 wickets and score
3,000 runs. He is the youngest player to have represented New Zealand in
Test cricket, having made his debut in 1996–97 at the age of 18.
Vettori is a bowling all-rounder who bowls slow left-arm orthodox spin;
he is known for his accuracy, flight and guile rather than prodigious
turn. He has a Test batting average of around 30 making him one of the
more consistent and better batsmen in the New Zealand cricket team. In
the fourth season of Indian Premier League, he was contracted by Royal Challengers Bangalore
for US$550,000. He is currently the captain of the Royal Challengers
Bangalore team. Vettori captained New Zealand between 2007 and 2011.
He was born in Auckland and brought up in Hamilton, attending Marian School and later St. Paul's Collegiate School. When available, he plays provincial cricket for Northern Districts and is also an international member of Indian Premier League team the Royal Challengers Bangalore. Vettori also represents the Brisbane Heat in the Big Bash League. He is among a very small minority of international sports stars to wear prescription spectacles while playing sport and is the first cricketer of Italian descent to represent New Zealand.
Richard Owen Collinge (born 2 April 1946 in Wellington) was a New Zealand cricketer.
He pitched the ball up and relied on late movement. He was a good foil for the often wild express pace of the young Richard Hadlee and was instrumental in helping Richard Hadlee bring New Zealand's first Test victory over England in 1977-8, with figures of 3-42 and 3-45.[citation needed] The fast inswinger with which he bowled Geoff Boycott at Wellington began England's collapse to 64 all and brought the crowd to fever pitch.[citation needed]
His Test and One Day International best bowling figures were both against India in 1975-76, with 6 for 63 and 5 for 23 respectively. At the time of his retirement, he was New Zealand's greatest wicket-taker, with 116 wickets at 29.25 each, despite missing many matches during his 13 year test career.[citation needed]
He was also a capable batsman, if not so prestigiously as with the ball.[citation needed] At Auckland in 1972-73, Collinge scored 68 not out for New Zealand against Pakistan; this was the highest score ever made by a number 11 in a Test match at the time. That innings also formed part of the record last-wicket stand in Tests: 151 put on with Brian Hastings.[citation needed]
He played domestic cricket for three different sides. He made his first class debut for Central Districts in 1963/64 and played for them until 1969/70 before moving to Wellington from 1967/68 to 1974/75) and finally Northern Districts till 1977/78. In 163 first class matches he took 524 wickets, with a best of 8-64, at an average of 24.41. He made his Test debut in 1965 and played his last match at Lords in 1978.[2] [3]
Bernard Lance Cairns (born 10 October 1949 in Picton, New Zealand) is a former all-rounder who played for the New Zealand cricket team, and is the father of New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns.
He was a member of both the one-day and Test New Zealand teams between 1974 and 1985. He also appeared for Central Districts, Northern Districts and Otago in New Zealand domestic cricket. He was also the professional for Bishop Auckland in the North Yorkshire and South Durham League in the North East of England.
Cairns set the scene for a dramatic run chase with 49 off 24 balls, which included three sixes off the English spinners. However, it took a match-winning seventh-wicket partnership of 121 by Jeremy Coney (47 not out) and 'Man of the Match' Richard Hadlee (79), to bring New Zealand home for an 'impossible' victory, watched by nearly 1.5 million Kiwis on television, almost half the population and a record for a sporting telecast at the time.
After a rain-affected First Final in Sydney, New Zealand went to the MCG one-nil down in the best of three finals series. Without the injured Hadlee (who missed both Finals), New Zealand had collapsed, beaten and demoralised, at 44-6, chasing Australia's score of 302-8. Dennis Lillee, who had just waved off New Zealand's last recognised batsman, awaited the arrival of Cairns.
Lillee's first ball was a bouncer that hit Cairns on the head. The batsman's response was to hit two sixes in three balls off Ken MacLeay, before hitting two consecutive sixes off Rodney Hogg, and in the next over, doing the same to Lillee. The highlight was undoubtedly a one-handed shot off Lillee, which soared over the fine leg fence. Cairns' dismissal was an anti-climax; out for 52, offering a simple catch to Steve Smith at cover off the bowling of Geoff Lawson.
"He backs off again and thrashes that one! And that's cleared Graeme Wood's head at mid-off! That's the sixth one! That must be an incredible bat he's got! It must be made of extremely good English willow."
New Zealand eventually lost the match by 149 runs, and the Finals series 2-0, to an Australian team that had been markedly inferior in the preceding qualifying stages of the competition.
Despite Cairns' heroics (he also hit a spectacular six over cover off Lawson in the First Final at the SCG) Richard Hadlee's absence from both finals was probably the reason for New Zealand's 'shattered dream'.
Nevertheless, the New Zealand team, and Cairns in particular, received unprecedented adulation when they returned home for a three-match series against England, who had lost the Ashes 2-1 and had failed to make the WSC Finals in their recently completed Australian tour. England were desperate to salvage something from their tour down under and 'The Rothmans Cup' was the last prize on offer.
New Zealand whitewashed the hapless 'Poms', winning with three memorable performances to sold out crowds in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. Cairns was again the star. He hit sixes in all three games, with one of them leaving Wellington's Basin Reserve and ending up in a busy street outside the ground.
Stephen Lewis Boock (born 20 September 1951) in Dunedin is a former cricketer who played 30 Tests and 14 One Day Internationals for New Zealand.
He was a slow left arm orthodox bowler and is one of only 6 New Zealanders to have taken over 600 first class wickets.[1] After a Test against Pakistan at Wellington in 1985 he had achieved a career high of 9th place in the PriceWaterhouseCoopers rankings for Test cricket.[2]
Boock made his Test debut at Wellington in February 1978 in a historical maiden Test victory over England. He made his first overseas tour a few months later in England and in the Test Match at Trent Bridge conceded just 29 runs in a 28 over spell which included 18 maidens and 2 wickets.
In 1979/80, at the dramatic conclusion to the First Test against Clive Lloyd's West Indians at Carisbrook, Dunedin, Boock joined Gary Troup at the crease with New Zealand 9/100 and needing four more runs to win this historic match.
The two tailenders took the Black Caps to their first test win over the West Indies, and what would ultimately become their first series win over the Caribbean giants, when they scrambled through for a leg bye as scores were level. In a controversial tour, marred by umpiring disputes and some ugly onfield behaviour by the tourists, New Zealand won the series 1-0 after drawing the next two tests in Christchurch and Auckland.
In 1983-84 New Zealand won their first ever series over England and Boock took 4 for 37 at Christchurch.
In 1984/1985 against Pakistan at Niaz Stadium he took his career best innings figures of 7 for 87.
In 1985-86, during the Black Caps first test series win over Australia, Boock had a rare success with the bat. He contributed 37 runs in a New Zealand record tenth-wicket partnership of 124 with John Bracewell (83 not out) in the Second Test at the SCG. New Zealand won the series 2-1.
Geoffrey Ian Allott (born December 24, 1971, Christchurch, Canterbury) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played in 10 Tests and 31 ODIs from 1996 to 2000. He retired from all cricket in 2001, following series of injuries.
Allott was a revelation at the 1999 Cricket World Cup in England May/June 1999. With 20 wickets in nine matches he topped the wicket taking ranks for the tournament. Gaining prodigious movement in the air and off the pitch, the left-armer deceived some of the world's best batsmen, and made a huge contribution towards New Zealand's semi-final finish.[citation needed]
He was first selected by Glenn Turner for the Test series against Zimbabwe in 1995/6, when New Zealand had an injury crisis and were looking to give Test experience to new players of quality. Although he was moderately successful he was not selected for the subsequent ODI series or for the 1996 Cricket World Cup. A quick left armer in the Richard Collinge "dig it in" mould he was considered too inaccurate for limited overs. Over the winter he built up his strength and bowled well for his province at the start of 1996/7. A great game for New Zealand A versus England in 1997 earned him a recall to the Test team, and he bowled far better in two Tests than his figures might indicate.[citation needed]
He holds the world record for the longest time taken to score a duck in Test cricket - 77 balls and 101 minutes for New Zealand versus South Africa in 1999.[1]
John Chaloner "Jack" Alabaster (11 July 1930) in Invercargill. He played 21 Tests for New Zealand from 1955-72. A spin bowler, he was often partnered at the crease for his provincial side Otago by his brother (and fellow spin-bowler) Gren.
Jack currently lives in Alexandra, New Zealand. He also played for Southland in the Hawke Cup.
Jack became Rector of Southland Boys' High School in 1981 and had previously been principal of Kingswell High School in Invercargill. Jack also taught 6th form maths.
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YUVRAJ SINGH
Yuvraj Singh
pronunciation (help·info) (Punjabi: ਯੁਵਰਾਜ ਸਿੰਘ ਭੰਡਾਲ, Hindi: युवराज सिंह भंदाल , (born 12 December 1981.[1][2][3]) is an Indian cricketer, and the son of former Indian fast bowler and Punjabi movie star Yograj Singh.[4] He has been a member of the Indian cricket team since 2000 (ODIs) and played his first Test match in 2003. He was the vice captain of the ODI team from late-2007 to late-2008. At the 2007 World Twenty20 he hit six sixes in an over against England's Stuart Broad—a
feat performed only three times previously in any form of senior
cricket, and previously never in an international match between two Test cricket nations. He was named the Man of the Tournament in the 2011 Cricket World Cup.
SACHINE TENDULKAR
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar pronunciation (help·info) (Marathi: सचिन रमेश तेंडुलकर; born 24 April 1973) is an Indian cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. He is the leading run-scorer and century maker in Test and one-day international cricket.[3][4][5] He is the first male player to score a double century in ODI cricket.[6][7] In 2002, just 12 years into his career, Wisden ranked him the second greatest Test batsman of all time, behind Donald Bradman, and the second greatest one-day-international (ODI) batsman of all time, behind Viv Richards.[8] Tendulkar was an integral part of the 2011 Cricket World Cup winning Indian team at the later part of his career, his first such win in six World Cup appearances for India.[9]
Tendulkar is the first and the only player in Test Cricket history to score fifty centuries, and the first to score fifty centuries in all international cricket combined; he now has 99 centuries (48 ODI & 51 Test cricket) in international cricket.[10] On 17 October 2008, when he surpassed Brian Lara's record for the most runs scored in Test cricket, he also became the first batsman to score 12,000, 13,000, 14,000 and 15,000 runs in that form of the game,[11] having also been the third batsman and first Indian to pass 11,000 runs in Test cricket.[12] He was also the first player to score 10,000 runs in one-day internationals, and also the first player to cross every subsequent 1000-run mark that has been crossed in ODI cricket history. In the fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia, Tendulkar surpassed Australia's Allan Border to become the player to cross the 50-run mark the most number of times in Test cricket history, and also the second ever player to score 11 Test centuries against Australia, tying with Sir Jack Hobbs of England more than 70 years previously.[13] Tendulkar passed 30,000 runs in international cricket on 20 November 2009. On 24 Februrary 2010, Tendulkar became the first man to score a double century (200*) in an ODI against South Africa. On 8 November 2011, Tendulkar became the first batsman to score 15,000 runs in Test Cricket. He also holds the world record for playing highest number of Test and ODI matches.
Tendulkar has been honoured with the Padma Vibhushan award, India's second highest civilian award, and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, India's highest sporting honour. Tendulkar became the first sportsperson and the first person without an aviation background to be awarded the honorary rank of Group Captain by the Indian Air Force. He has received honorary doctorates from University of Mysore[14] and Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences[15] He won the 2010 Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for cricketer of the year at the ICC awards.[16]
MS DHONI
Mahendra Singh Dhoni pronunciation (help·info) (Hindi: महेन्द्र सिंह धोनी) (born 7 July 1981) is an Indian cricketer and the current captain of the Indian national cricket team. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut in December 2004 against Bangladesh, and a year later played his first Test, this time against Sri Lanka.
Under his captaincy, India won the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, CB Series of 2007–08, the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 2008 and 2010 against Australia 2–0 and 2011 World Cup. His Test, ODI record is best among all the Indian captains to date. He also captained Chennai Super Kings to victory in the recent 2011 IPL and in the Champions League. He is now captain of India in all three forms of the game and also led the team to their first ever bilateral ODI series wins in Sri Lanka and New Zealand. Under Dhoni's captaincy India became the first team after a gap of more than 20 years to whitewash Australia in a Test series. Dhoni also led the Indian team to the number one position in ICC rankings in Test cricket for the first time. Dhoni has also been the recipient of many awards including the ICC ODI Player of the Year award in 2008 and 2009 (the first Indian player to achieve this feat), the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour in 2009. In 2009 Dhoni topped the list of world’s top 10 earning cricketers compiled by Forbes.[1] He was named as the captain of ICC World Test and ICC ODI teams for 2009. In the final of the 2011 Cricket World Cup, he hit 91 not out of just 79 balls to lead India to victory. For his outstanding batting in the final, he was awarded as the man of the match. The TIME magazine added him in its "Time 100" list of 100 most influential people of 2011.[2] According to the SportsPro magazine Dhoni is 10th most valuable brand in field of sports worldwide and number 1 among all Asian superstars.[3]
KAPIL DEV
Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj[1] (Hindi: कपिल देव) ( pronunciation (help·info)) (born 6 January 1959, Chandigarh Punjab, India), better known as Kapil Dev, is a former Indian cricketer. He captained the Indian cricket team which won the 1983 Cricket World Cup. Named by Wisden as the Indian Cricketer of the Century in 2002,[2] Kapil Dev was also India's national cricket coach for 10 months between October 1999 and August 2000.
Kapil was a right-arm pace bowler noted for his graceful action and potent outswinger, and was India's main strike bowler for most of his career. He also developed a fine inswinging yorker during the 1980s, which he used very effectively against tail-enders. As a batsman, he was a natural striker of the ball who could hook and drive effectively. A naturally aggressive player, he often helped India in difficult situations by taking the attack to the opposition. Nicknamed The Haryana Hurricane, he represented the Haryana cricket team in domestic cricket.[3] He retired in 1994, holding the world record for the most number of wickets taken in Test cricket, a record subsequently broken by Courtney Walsh in 2000. At the time, he was also India's highest wicket taker in both major forms of cricket, Tests and ODIs). He is the only player in the history of cricket to have taken more than 400 wickets and scored more than 5,000 runs in Tests, making him one of the greatest all-rounders to have played the game. On 8 March 2010, Kapil Dev was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame[4]
VINOD KAMBLI
Vinod Ganpat Kambli (Marathi: विनोद कांबळी pronunciation (help·info) (born 18 January 1972, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) is a former Indian cricketer, who played for India as a middle order batsman, as well as for Mumbai and Boland, South Africa.He is childhood friend of ace cricketer Sachin Tendulkar. Currently he appears as cricket expert and commentator on various Television channels and also have appeared on various Reality television.
SUNIL GAVASKAR
Sunil Manohar "Sunny" Gavaskar pronunciation (help·info) (Marathi: सुनिल मनोहर गावसकर) (born 10 July 1949) is a former cricketer who played during the 1970s and 1980s for Bombay and India. Widely regarded as one of the greatest opening batsmen
in cricket history, Gavaskar set world records during his career for
the most Test runs and most Test centuries scored by any batsman. He
held the record of 34 Test centuries for almost two decades before it
was broken by Sachin Tendulkar in December 2005.
Gavaskar was widely admired for his technique against fast bowling, with a particularly high average of 65.45 against the West Indies, who possessed a four-pronged fast bowling attack regarded as the most vicious in Test history. His captaincy of the Indian team, however, was less successful. The team at one stage went 31 Test matches without a victory. There were incidents like crowd displeasure at Eden Gardens in Calcutta leading to multiple matches being disrupted, in response to the poor performance of the Indian team. Turbulent performances of the team led to multiple exchanges of captaincy between Gavaskar and Kapil Dev, with one of Gavaskar's sackings coming just six months before Kapil led India to victory at the 1983 Cricket World Cup.
Graeme Swann
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| Full name | Graeme Peter Swann | |||
| Born | 24 March 1979 Northampton, Northamptonshire, England |
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| Nickname | Chin, Swanny, Swannatron | |||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |||
| Batting style | Right-hand batsman | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm off break | |||
| Role | [All Rounder] | |||
| Relations | Raymond Swann (father) Alec Swann (brother) |
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| International information | ||||
| National side | England | |||
| Test debut (cap 641) | 11 December 2008 v India | |||
| Last Test | 22 August 2011 v India | |||
| ODI debut (cap 157) | 23 January 2000 v South Africa | |||
| Last ODI | 25 October 2011 v India | |||
| ODI shirt no. | 66 (previously 24) | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1998–2004 | Northamptonshire | |||
| 2005 | Marylebone Cricket Club | |||
| 2005–present | Nottinghamshire (squad no. 6) | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Test | ODI | FC | LA |
| Matches | 36 | 64 | 216 | 251 |
| Runs scored | 800 | 455 | 6,991 | 3,105 |
| Batting average | 23.52 | 14.21 | 26.18 | 18.93 |
| 100s/50s | 0/4 | –/– | 4/35 | –/14 |
| Top score | 85 | 34 | 183 | 83 |
| Balls bowled | 8,903 | 3,054 | 38,801 | 10,284 |
| Wickets | 153 | 90 | 605 | 290 |
| Bowling average | 28.82 | 25.43 | 32.04 | 26.11 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 11 | 1 | 26 | 3 |
| 10 wickets in match | 1 | – | 4 | – |
| Best bowling | 6/65 | 5/28 | 7/33 | 5/17 |
| Catches/stumpings | 32/– | 23/– | 163/– | 82/– |
| Source: Cricinfo, 26 October 2011 | ||||
Swann played a single One Day International against South Africa in 2000, before losing his place in the squad. In 2007, Swann was chosen to accompany England on its tour of Sri Lanka as the team's second spin bowler, alongside Monty Panesar, and subsequently cemented a regular place in England's Test team, playing throughout England's 2–1 victory in the 2009 Ashes. In December 2009, he became the first English spinner to take 50 wickets in a calendar year, culminating in back-to-back man of the match awards in the first two Tests of the South Africa tour and rising to third place in the world rankings for bowlers.[1][2]
In March 2010, Swann became the first English off-spinner since Jim Laker to take 10 wickets in a match when he achieved the feat in England's victory in the first Test in Bangladesh. In May, he was named ECB Cricketer of the Year.[3] In 2011 Swann was part of the England team that claimed the number 1 ranking in Test cricket and between July and October that year was the number 1 ranked bowler in ODIs. He is also part time musician with his band, Dr. Comfort and the Lurid Revelations.
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Stuart Broad
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| Full name | Stuart Christopher John Broad | |||
| Born | 24 June 1986 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England |
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| Nickname | Broady[1] | |||
| Height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | |||
| Batting style | Left-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm fast-medium | |||
| Role | Bowler[2], Twenty20 captain | |||
| Relations | BC Broad (father) | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | England | |||
| Test debut (cap 638) | 9 December 2007 v Sri Lanka | |||
| Last Test | 22 August 2011 v India | |||
| ODI debut (cap 197) | 30 August 2006 v Pakistan | |||
| Last ODI | 11 September 2011 v India | |||
| ODI shirt no. | 8 (prev. 39) | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 2005–2007 | Leicestershire | |||
| 2008– | Nottinghamshire | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Test | ODI | FC | LA |
| Matches | 41 | 84 | 87 | 101 |
| Runs scored | 1,335 | 392 | 2,295 | 438 |
| Batting average | 29.02 | 12.25 | 25.78 | 11.83 |
| 100s/50s | 1/8 | 0/0 | 1/15 | 0/0 |
| Top score | 169 | 45* | 169 | 45* |
| Balls bowled | 8,315 | 4,256 | 16,021 | 5,038 |
| Wickets | 132 | 137 | 305 | 162 |
| Bowling average | 32.00 | 27.08 | 28.68 | 27.15 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 4 | 1 | 14 | 1 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | n/a | 1 | n/a |
| Best bowling | 6/46 | 5/23 | 8/52 | 5/23 |
| Catches/stumpings | 13/– | 18/– | 26/– | 20/– |
| Source: CricketArchive, 24 September 2011 | ||||
He was a vital member of the victorious 2009 Ashes squad, and he won Man of the Match in the fifth Test at the Oval, after figures of 5/37 in the afternoon session of the second day. His bowling was also instrumental in helping England win the 2010 ICC World T20. On 30 July 2011, at the Nottingham Test match against India, he achieved a Test match hat trick in the process gaining his best Test figures of 6–46.[3] As a batsman, he holds the second-highest ever Test score made by a number 9 after his 169, his first century in first-class cricket, against Pakistan in August 2010.
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- 1 Early life
- 2 Education
- 3 Domestic career
- 4 England career
- 5 Personal life
- 6 Achievements and honours
- 7 Notes
- 8 External links
Michael Vaughan
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| Full name | Michael Paul Vaughan OBE | |||
| Born | 29 October 1974 Manchester, England |
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| Nickname | Frankie, Virgil, Vaughany | |||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | |||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm off-break | |||
| Role | Batsman, occasional off spinner | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | England | |||
| Test debut (cap 600) | 25 November 1999 v South Africa | |||
| Last Test | 30 July 2008 v South Africa | |||
| ODI debut (cap 161) | 23 March 2001 v Sri Lanka | |||
| Last ODI | 21 April 2007 v West Indies | |||
| ODI shirt no. | 99 | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1993–2009 | Yorkshire (squad no. 7) | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Test | ODIs | FC | LA |
| Matches | 82 | 86 | 268 | 282 |
| Runs scored | 5,719 | 1,982 | 16,295 | 7,238 |
| Batting average | 41.44 | 27.15 | 36.95 | 29.18 |
| 100s/50s | 18/18 | 0/16 | 42/68 | 3/46 |
| Top score | 197 | 90* | 197 | 125* |
| Balls bowled | 978 | 796 | 9,342 | 3,381 |
| Wickets | 6 | 16 | 114 | 78 |
| Bowling average | 93.50 | 40.56 | 46.00 | 33.38 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| Best bowling | 2/71 | 4/22 | 4/39 | 4/22 |
| Catches/stumpings | 44/– | 25/– | 117/– | 88/– |
| Source: CricketArchive, 4 July 2009 | ||||
Known for his shrewd captaincy and man-management skills, Vaughan captained England in 51 Tests between 2003 and 2008, winning 26 (a national record) and losing 11; England won all seven home Tests of the 2004 summer under Vaughan, and the pinnacle of his captaincy career came with a 2–1 victory in the 2005 Ashes, England's first Ashes victory since 1986/7. However, a recurring knee injury, his decision to move down the batting order to accommodate other openers (Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook) and the pressures of captaincy took their toll on Vaughan's batting during the latter part of his career: in Tests he averaged 50.95 when not captain, and 36.02 as captain. Vaughan announced his retirement from first-class cricket on 30 June 2009.[3][4]
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- 1 Early and personal life
- 2 County career
- 3 International career
- 4 Broadcasting
- 5 Awards
- 6 Autobiographies
- 7 Achievements
- 8 References
- 9 External links
Bob Willis
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| Willis on the commentary team at Taunton, 2007 | ||||
| Personal information | ||||
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| Full name | Robert George Dylan Willis | |||
| Born | 30 May 1949 Sunderland, England |
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| Height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | |||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm fast | |||
| Role | Bowler | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | England | |||
| Test debut (cap 448) | 9 January 1971 v Australia | |||
| Last Test | 16 July 1984 v West Indies | |||
| ODI debut (cap 26) | 5 September 1973 v West Indies | |||
| Last ODI | 4 June 1984 v West Indies | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1969–1971 | Surrey | |||
| 1970–1977 | MCC | |||
| 1972–1984 | Warwickshire | |||
| 1972/3 | Northern Transvaal | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Tests | ODI | FC | LA |
| Matches | 90 | 64 | 308 | 293 |
| Runs scored | 840 | 83 | 2690 | 615 |
| Batting average | 11.50 | 10.37 | 14.30 | 9.46 |
| 100s/50s | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/1 |
| Top score | 28* | 24 | 72 | 52* |
| Balls bowled | 17357 | 3595 | 47990 | 14983 |
| Wickets | 325 | 80 | 899 | 421 |
| Bowling average | 25.20 | 24.60 | 24.99 | 20.18 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 16 | 0 | 34 | 4 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | 0 | 2 | n/a |
| Best bowling | 8/43 | 4/11 | 8/32 | 7/32 |
| Catches/stumpings | 39/– | 22/– | 134/– | 84/– |
| Source: CricketArchive, 7 December 2007 | ||||
In addition to the Test arena, Willis played 64 One Day International matches for his country, taking 80 wickets, and was a prolific List-A (one day) cricketer with 421 wickets overall at 20.18. With the bat, Willis made little impression as a tail-ender with a best Test score of 28 not-out (*); however, he managed two half-centuries at first-class level and for a time held a record number of Test not-outs.[4] Willis captained the England team in 18 Tests and 28 ODI matches between June 1982 and March 1984. Under Willis' captaincy England won seven, lost five and drew six Tests, and won 16 of the ODIs. Botham recalled Willis as "a tremendous trier.. a great team-man and an inspiration",[5] as well as the "only world-class fast bowler in my time as an England player."[6] The editor of Wisden wrote of him in similar terms: "His indomitable service to England is handsomely reflected in his great collection of Test wickets. Although often beset with aches and pains, he never spared himself when bowling for his country."[7]
Retiring in 1984 following a Test series against the West Indies, Willis found later work as a commentator with Sky Sports. He formed a noted commentary partnership with Botham; however, Willis' relatively low-key style, in contrast to Botham's ebullience, meant that from 2006 onwards Willis tended to be used as a second string commentator.[8][9] He remains an often-heard broadcaster, a published writer and an occasional critic of the modern game.[10][11]
Contents
- 1 Early life
- 2 Playing career
- 2.1 County debut
- 2.2 International beginnings
- 2.3 Surrey to Warwickshire
- 2.4 West Indies, sub-continent and Australia
- 2.5 Injury and operation
- 2.6 Revival in India and the 1977 Ashes
- 2.7 Wisden Cricketer of the Year – 1978
- 2.8 1978–79 Ashes
- 2.9 1979 World Cup
- 2.10 1980, Australia and the West Indies
- 2.11 1981 Ashes
- 2.12 England captaincy
- 3 Commentary
- 4 Notes
- 5 References
David Gower
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| Full name | David Ivon Gower | |||
| Born | 1 April 1957 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England |
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| Nickname | Lubo, Lu, Stoat, Snooters, "Lord" Gower | |||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |||
| Batting style | Left-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right arm off break | |||
| Role | Batsman, occasional wicket-keeper | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | England | |||
| Test debut (cap 479) | 1 June 1978 v Pakistan | |||
| Last Test | 9 August 1992 v Pakistan | |||
| ODI debut (cap 46) | 24 May 1978 v Pakistan | |||
| Last ODI | 16 February 1991 v New Zealand | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1975–1989 | Leicestershire | |||
| 1977–1987 | MCC | |||
| 1990–1993 | Hampshire | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Test | ODI | FC | LA |
| Matches | 117 | 114 | 448 | 430 |
| Runs scored | 8231 | 3170 | 26339 | 12255 |
| Batting average | 44.25 | 30.77 | 40.08 | 33.30 |
| 100s/50s | 18/39 | 7/12 | 53/136 | 19/56 |
| Top score | 215 | 158 | 228 | 158 |
| Balls bowled | 36 | 5 | 260 | 20 |
| Wickets | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Bowling average | 20.00 | – | 56.75 | – |
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| Best bowling | 1/1 | 0/5 | 3/47 | 0/4 |
| Catches/stumpings | 74/– | 44/– | 280/1 | 162/– |
| Source: CricketArchive, 1 September 2007 | ||||
Gower led England during the 1985 Ashes series against Australia, and his team was victorious, however two 5-0 whitewashes at the hands of the West Indies (in 1984 and 1985–86) reflected poorly on his captaincy, and Gower was replaced in 1986. Gower was briefly reinstated for the 1989 Ashes series, before being replaced as captain by Graham Gooch. The strained relationship between the pair contributed to Gower's complete retirement in 1993. Nevertheless, he ended with an impressive record in first-class cricket, having accumulated 26,339 runs at 40.08, and 53 centuries. His Test match tally includes the world record feat of 119 consecutive innings without registering a duck.[1] Following his retirement, Gower became a successful cricket commentator,[2] and on 16 July 2009, was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.[3][4]
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Nasser Hussain
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| Full name | Nasser Hussain | |||
| Born | 28 March 1968 Madras, India |
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| Nickname | Nashwan, Nass | |||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |||
| Batting style | Right hand bat | |||
| Bowling style | Right arm leg break | |||
| Role | Higher middle-order batsman | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | England | |||
| Test debut (cap 542) | 24 February 1990 v West Indies | |||
| Last Test | 20 May 2004 v New Zealand | |||
| ODI debut (cap 105) | 30 October 1989 v Pakistan | |||
| Last ODI | 2 March 2003 v Australia | |||
| ODI shirt no. | 3 | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1987–2004 | Essex | |||
| 1991 | MCC | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Test | ODIs | FC | LA |
| Matches | 96 | 88 | 334 | 364 |
| Runs scored | 5764 | 2332 | 20698 | 10732 |
| Batting average | 37.18 | 30.28 | 42.06 | 30.28 |
| 100s/50s | 14/33 | 1/16 | 52/108 | 10/72 |
| Top score | 207 | 115 | 207 | 161* |
| Balls bowled | 30 | – | 312 | – |
| Wickets | 0 | – | 2 | – |
| Bowling average | – | – | 161.50 | – |
| 5 wickets in innings | – | – | – | – |
| 10 wickets in match | – | n/a | – | n/a |
| Best bowling | 0-15 | – | 1-38 | – |
| Catches/stumpings | 67/– | 40 | 350 | 161 |
| Source: CricketArchive, 15 October 2007 | ||||
Beginning his career in a strong Essex side in the late 1980s, he was an outstanding fielder and a stylish but inconsistent batsman.[2] In first-class cricket from 1987 to 2004 Hussain scored 20,698 runs in 334 matches at an average of 42.06, including 52 centuries. A pugnacious right-handed batsman, Hussain's highest Test score was 207, scored in the first Test of the 1997 Ashes at Edgbaston.[3]
Hussain is regarded as one of the best England Test Cricket Captains of the era for his part in transforming the side from a habitually under-performing team to one of achievement. Simon Barnes of The Times wrote that "Hussain is the most significant cricketer to have played for England since the war and perhaps the finest captain to hold the office."[4]
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Paul Collingwood
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| Full name | Paul David Collingwood MBE | |||
| Born | 26 May 1976 Shotley Bridge, County Durham, England |
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| Nickname | Colly, Weed, Shep, Brigadier Block, Wood | |||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium | |||
| Role | All-rounder | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | England | |||
| Test debut (cap 622) | 2 December 2003 v Sri Lanka | |||
| Last Test | 3 January 2011 v Australia | |||
| ODI debut (cap 162) | 7 June 2001 v Pakistan | |||
| Last ODI | 2 March 2011 v Ireland | |||
| ODI shirt no. | 5 (previously 50) | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1995–present | Durham (squad no. 5) | |||
| 2009–present | Rajasthan Royals (squad no. 05) | |||
| 2011 | Perth Scorchers | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Test | ODI | FC | LA |
| Matches | 68 | 197 | 199 | 367 |
| Runs scored | 4,259 | 5,078 | 11,474 | 9,583 |
| Batting average | 40.56 | 35.51 | 36.65 | 33.74 |
| 100s/50s | 10/20 | 5/26 | 25/58 | 8/54 |
| Top score | 206 | 120* | 206 | 120* |
| Balls bowled | 1,905 | 5,144 | 10,060 | 9,732 |
| Wickets | 17 | 111 | 130 | 226 |
| Bowling average | 59.88 | 38.46 | 39.14 | 34.73 |
| 5 wickets in innings | – | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 wickets in match | – | – | – | – |
| Best bowling | 3/23 | 6/31 | 5/52 | 6/31 |
| Catches/stumpings | 96/– | 108/– | 230/– | 185/– |
| Source: Cricinfo, 7 July 2011 | ||||
His first class debut was in 1996,[5] and he made his first appearance for England in One Day International cricket in 2001 and made his Test match debut in 2003.[6][7] For two years he remained an occasional Test player, but after selection for the final Test of the 2005 Ashes, he secured a regular place. His 206 during the 2006–07 Ashes was the first double century by an England batsman in Australia for 78 years. A series of three consecutive match-winning performances by Collingwood at the end of the 2006–07 Commonwealth Bank Series in Australia brought him enthusiastic approval in the British media. His "allround [sic] display of incredible nerve and tenacity" helped to secure the trophy for England.[8] In 2010 he led the England team to their first ICC Trophy, the 2010 World Twenty20. He is England's most capped ODI cricketer and leading ODI run scorer.[9][10] He announced his retirement from Test cricket in January 2011, during the 5th Test of the 2010–11 Ashes series. [11] He finished on a high, becoming a three-times Ashes winner as England won a series in Australia for the first time in 24 years, with three innings victories contributing to a 3-1 win.
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Ian Botham
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| Botham batting at Trent Bridge, 1983 | ||||
| Personal information | ||||
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| Full name | Sir Ian Terence Botham OBE | |||
| Born | 24 November 1955 Heswall, Cheshire, England |
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| Nickname | "Beefy", "Sir Beefy", "Guy the Gorilla" | |||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | |||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm fast-medium | |||
| Role | All-rounder | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | England | |||
| Test debut (cap 474) | 28 July 1977 v Australia | |||
| Last Test | 18 June 1992 v Pakistan | |||
| ODI debut (cap 33) | 26 August 1976 v West Indies | |||
| Last ODI | 24 August 1992 v Pakistan | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1992–93 | Durham | |||
| 1987–91 | Worcestershire | |||
| 1987–88 | Queensland | |||
| 1974–86 | Somerset | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Tests | ODI | FC | LA |
| Matches | 102 | 116 | 402 | 470 |
| Runs scored | 5200 | 2113 | 19399 | 10474 |
| Batting average | 33.54 | 23.21 | 33.97 | 29.50 |
| 100s/50s | 14/22 | 0/9 | 38/97 | 7/46 |
| Top score | 208 | 79 | 228 | 175* |
| Balls bowled | 21815 | 6271 | 63547 | 22899 |
| Wickets | 383 | 145 | 1172 | 612 |
| Bowling average | 28.40 | 28.54 | 27.22 | 24.94 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 27 | 0 | 59 | 3 |
| 10 wickets in match | 4 | n/a | 8 | n/a |
| Best bowling | 8/34 | 4/31 | 8/34 | 5/27 |
| Catches/stumpings | 120/– | 36/– | 354/– | 196/– |
| Source: [1], 22 August 2007 | ||||
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Ian Botham | ||
| Playing position | Centre forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1978–80 | Yeovil Town | 17 | (1) |
| 1980–85 | Scunthorpe United | 11 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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He is generally regarded as being England's greatest ever all-rounder, particularly in Test cricket, although having earned celebrity status, his award of a knighthood was ostensibly in recognition of his services to charity.[2]
A talented footballer as well as cricketer, Botham made 11 appearances in the Football League.
On 8 August 2009, Botham was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.[3]
Contents
- 1 Early life
- 2 Domestic career
- 3 International career
- 4 Football career
- 5 Controversy
- 6 Charity walks
- 7 Honours
- 8 Test centuries and five-wicket innings
- 9 Personal life
- 10 Publications
- 11 See also
- 12 Notes
- 13 Bibliography
- 14 External links
Alastair Cook
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| Full name | Alastair Nathan Cook | |||
| Born | 25 December 1984 Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England |
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| Nickname | Woody, Cooky, Chef, Golden Boy | |||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | |||
| Batting style | Left-hand | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm off break | |||
| Role | Opening batsman, England ODI captain | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | England | |||
| Test debut | 1 March 2006 v India | |||
| Last Test | 18 August 2011 v India | |||
| ODI debut | 28 June 2006 v Sri Lanka | |||
| Last ODI | 25 October 2011 v India | |||
| ODI shirt no. | 26 | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 2002 | Bedfordshire | |||
| 2003 | Essex Cricket Board | |||
| 2003–present | Essex (squad no. 26) | |||
| 2004–2007 | MCC | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Test | ODI | FC | LA |
| Matches | 72 | 41 | 156 | 94 |
| Runs scored | 5,868 | 1,458 | 12,094 | 3,237 |
| Batting average | 49.72 | 37.38 | 47.42 | 38.53 |
| 100s/50s | 19/26 | 2/10 | 35/60 | 6/20 |
| Top score | 294 | 119 | 294 | 125 |
| Balls bowled | 6 | – | 270 | 18 |
| Wickets | 0 | – | 6 | 0 |
| Bowling average | – | – | 34.16 | – |
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | – | 0 | 0 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | – | 0 | n/a |
| Best bowling | 0/1 | – | 3/13 | 0/5 |
| Catches/stumpings | 64/– | 16/– | 147/– | 39/– |
| Source: cricinfo, 27 November 2011 | ||||
While touring in the West Indies with the ECB National Academy, Cook was called up to the England national team in India as a last-minute replacement for Marcus Trescothick and debuted with a century. Debuting at 21 years of age, Cook went on to become the youngest Englishman to reach 1,000, 2,000, 3,000, 4,000 and 5,000 Test runs, making centuries in his first Test matches against India, Pakistan, the West Indies and Bangladesh. He is also the only Englishman to score seven Test centuries before his 23rd birthday.[1]
Despite this prodigious flurry of runs, Cook came under criticism throughout 2008 for a lack of centuries; he replied in 2009 with two centuries, as well as a score of 95 against Australia to help seal England's first victory against them at Lord's since 1934. He took seven catches in the series, including the final wicket, to win the 2009 Ashes series. After deputising as Test captain in 2010, Cook went on to play another pivotal role in retaining the 2010-11 Ashes series, breaking records by scoring the second highest number of runs in a Test series by an Englishman, including his maiden first-class double-hundred and two further hundreds, and batting for over 35 hours during the series.[2]
Cook was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2011 Birthday Honours.[3][4]
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Kevin Pietersen
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| Full name | Kevin Peter Pietersen | |||
| Born | 27 June 1980 Pietermaritzburg, Natal Province, South Africa |
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| Nickname | KP, Kapes, Kapers[1] | |||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | |||
| Batting style | Right-hand | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm off break | |||
| Role | Batsman | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | England | |||
| Test debut (cap 626) | 21 July 2005 v Australia | |||
| Last Test | 22 August 2011 v India | |||
| ODI debut (cap 185) | 28 November 2004 v Zimbabwe | |||
| Last ODI | 9 July 2011 v Sri Lanka | |||
| ODI shirt no. | 24 | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1997–1998 | Natal B | |||
| 1998–1999 | KwaZulu Natal B | |||
| 1999–2000 | KwaZulu Natal | |||
| 2001–2004 | Nottinghamshire | |||
| 2004 | MCC | |||
| 2005–2010 | Hampshire | |||
| 2008–2010 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | |||
| 2010–present | Surrey | |||
| 2011–present | Deccan Chargers | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Test | ODI | FC | List A |
| Matches | 78 | 119[2] | 173 | 232 |
| Runs scored | 6,361 | 3,733 | 13,084 | 7,332 |
| Batting average | 50.48 | 40.13 | 49.93 | 40.73 |
| 100s/50s | 19/25 | 7/22 | 41/56 | 13/43 |
| Top score | 227 | 116 | 254* | 147 |
| Balls bowled | 1,071 | 382 | 5,959 | 2,372 |
| Wickets | 5 | 7 | 63 | 41 |
| Bowling average | 144.40 | 50.42 | 54.92 | 51.34 |
| 5 wickets in innings | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 wickets in match | – | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| Best bowling | 1/0 | 2/22 | 4/31 | 3/14 |
| Catches/stumpings | 49/– | 35/– | 134/– | 79/– |
| Source: Cricinfo, 22 August 2011 | ||||
Pietersen was born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal Province, South Africa. He made his first-class debut for Natal in 1997 before moving to England after voicing his displeasure at the racial quota system in place in South Africa.[4] His English mother gave Pietersen eligibility to play for England, and after serving a qualifying period of four years playing at county level, he was called up almost immediately into the national side. He made his international debut in the One Day International match against Zimbabwe in 2004,[5] and his Test match debut in the 2005 Ashes series against Australia the following year.[6] The England team's subsequent reliance on Pietersen since his debut resulted in only a single first-class appearance for Hampshire between 2005 and 2010 . On 17 June 2010 Pietersen announced his wish to leave Hampshire .[7] He subsequently joined Surrey on loan for the remainder of the 2010 English county cricket season after being dropped by England due to a poor run of form, before joining the club permanently from the 2011 season onwards.[8][9]
Pietersen became the fastest batsman to reach both 1,000 and 2,000 runs in One Day International cricket,[10][11] and the quickest in terms of time to 5,000 Test runs.[12] He has the highest average of any England player to have played more than 20 innings of one-day cricket.[13] He has the second-highest run total from his first 25 Tests, behind only the Australian Donald Bradman,[14] and was the fastest player, in terms of days, to reach 4,000 Test runs.[15] He became only the third English batsman to top the ICC One Day International rankings, doing so in March 2007.[16] In July 2008, after a century against South Africa, The Times called him "the most complete batsman in cricket".[17] Shane Warne, a close friend, in a September serial for the same newspaper, wrote, "I don't think he has an obvious flaw in his technique."[18]
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- 1 Early and personal life
- 2 Domestic career
- 3 International career
- 4 Achievements
- 5 References
- 6 Notes
- 7 External links
Andrew Strauss
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| Strauss being interviewed at the end of the Lord's Test match v Pakistan in August 2010 | ||||
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| Full name | Andrew John Strauss | |||
| Born | 2 March 1977 Johannesburg, Transvaal Province, South Africa |
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| Nickname | Levi, Mareman, Straussy, Muppet[1] | |||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |||
| Batting style | Left-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Left-arm medium | |||
| Role | Opening batsman, England Test captain | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | England | |||
| Test debut (cap 624) | 20 May 2004 v New Zealand | |||
| Last Test | 18 August 2011 v India | |||
| ODI debut (cap 180) | 18 November 2003 v Sri Lanka | |||
| Last ODI | 26 March 2011 v Sri Lanka | |||
| ODI shirt no. | 14 | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1998– | Middlesex | |||
| 2002 | MCC | |||
| 2007–08 | Northern Districts | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Test | ODI | FC | LA |
| Matches | 89 | 127 | 218 | 254 |
| Runs scored | 6,340 | 4,205 | 15,407 | 7,631 |
| Batting average | 41.99 | 35.64 | 42.44 | 32.75 |
| 100s/50s | 19/25 | 6/27 | 41/69 | 10/49 |
| Top score | 177 | 158 | 241* | 163 |
| Balls bowled | – | 6 | 132 | 6 |
| Wickets | – | – | 3 | – |
| Bowling average | – | – | 47.33 | – |
| 5 wickets in innings | – | – | – | – |
| 10 wickets in match | – | – | – | – |
| Best bowling | – | 0/3 | 1/16 | – |
| Catches/stumpings | 107/– | 57/– | 200/– | 90/– |
| Source: cricinfo, 14 August 2011 | ||||
He made his first-class debut in 1998, and his One Day International (ODI) debut in Sri Lanka in 2003. He quickly rose to fame on his Test match debut replacing the injured Michael Vaughan at Lords against New Zealand in 2004.[2] With scores of 112 and 83 (run out) in an England victory, and the man of the match award, he became only the fourth batsman to score a century at Lord's on his debut and was close to becoming the first Englishman to score centuries in both innings of his debut.[3][4] Strauss again nearly scored two centuries (126 and 94 not out) and was named man of the match in his first overseas Test match, in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, in December 2004.[5] Strauss suffered a drop in form during 2007, and as a result he was left out of the Test squad for England's tour of Sri Lanka, and announced that he was taking a break from cricket.[6] After a poor tour for England, Strauss was recalled into the squad for the 2008 tour of New Zealand and subsequently re-established himself in the side with a career-best 177 in the third and final Test of that series, and a further three centuries in 2008.
Having deputised for Michael Vaughan as England captain in 2006, Strauss was appointed on a permanent basis for the 2008/09 tour of the West Indies following Kevin Pietersen's resignation.[3] He enjoyed success with three centuries, and retained the captaincy into 2009. Strauss captained the England team to a 2–1 victory in the 2009 Ashes, scoring a series total of 474 runs, more than any other player on either side,[7] including 161 in England's first victory in an Ashes Test at Lord's in 75 years.[8]
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- 1 Personal life
- 2 Playing career
- 2.1 Domestic career
- 2.2 International career
- 2.2.1 Debut year (2003–04)
- 2.2.2 Road to The Ashes (2004–05)
- 2.2.3 The Ashes (2005)
- 2.2.4 Facing Asian teams and early captaincy (2005–06)
- 2.2.5 Decline in form (2006–07)
- 2.2.6 Omission from team and revival in New Zealand
- 2.2.7 New Zealand and South Africa tour England
- 2.2.8 2008 Tour of India
- 2.2.9 Captaincy
- 2.2.10 The Ashes (2009)
- 2.2.11 2009–10 and 2010
- 2.2.12 The Ashes (2010–11)
- 2.2.13 2011 World Cup
- 3 Achievements
- 4 See also
- 5 References
- 6 External links
Andrew Flintoff
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| Personal information | ||||
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| Full name | Andrew Flintoff | |||
| Born | 6 December 1977 Preston, Lancashire, England |
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| Nickname | Freddie | |||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | |||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm fast | |||
| Role | All-rounder | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | England | |||
| Test debut (cap 591) | 23 July 1998 v South Africa | |||
| Last Test | 20 August 2009 v Australia | |||
| ODI debut (cap 154) | 7 April 1999 v Pakistan | |||
| Last ODI | 3 April 2009 v West Indies | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1995–2010 | Lancashire | |||
| 2009 | Chennai Super Kings | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Test | ODIs | FC | LA |
| Matches | 79 | 141 | 183 | 282 |
| Runs scored | 3,845 | 3,394 | 9,027 | 6,641 |
| Batting average | 31.77 | 32.01 | 33.80 | 29.78 |
| 100s/50s | 5/26 | 3/18 | 15/53 | 6/34 |
| Top score | 167 | 123 | 167 | 143 |
| Balls bowled | 14,951 | 5,624 | 22,799 | 9,416 |
| Wickets | 226 | 169 | 350 | 289 |
| Bowling average | 32.78 | 24.38 | 31.59 | 22.61 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| Best bowling | 5/58 | 5/19 | 5/24 | 5/19 |
| Catches/stumpings | 52/– | 47/– | 185/– | 106/– |
| Source: CricketArchive, 29 August 2009 | ||||
From his debut in 1998, Flintoff became an integral player for England, and has both captained and vice-captained the team. However, he suffered regular injuries throughout his international career, often due to his heavy frame and bowling action. During the period 2007–09 he played in only 13 of England's 36 Test matches, but nevertheless remained a core member of the England squad, being selected whenever available. On 15 July 2009 he announced his retirement from Test cricket at the conclusion of the 2009 Ashes series, on 24 August, but made himself available for future commitments in One Day International and Twenty20 International matches.
It was reported on 7 September 2009 that Flintoff has developed deep vein thrombosis after surgery to his knee.[1] On 16 September 2010, he announced his retirement from all cricket.[2]
Contents
- 1 Professional career
- 2 Records and achievements
- 3 Media career
- 4 Autobiographies
- 5 Family
- 6 Best performances
- 7 Awards and honours
- 8 References
- 9 External links
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Brendon McCullum
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| Brendon McCullum at the University Oval in 2009 | ||||
| Personal information | ||||
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| Full name | Brendon Barrie McCullum | |||
| Born | 27 September 1981 Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand |
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| Nickname | Bazz | |||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right arm medium | |||
| Role | Wicketkeeper-batsman | |||
| Relations | Nathan McCullum (brother) Stuart McCullum (father) |
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| International information | ||||
| National side | New Zealand | |||
| Test debut | 10 March 2004 v South Africa | |||
| Last Test | 9 December 2011 v Australia | |||
| ODI debut | 17 January 2002 v Australia | |||
| Last ODI | 25 October 2011 v Zimbabwe | |||
| ODI shirt no. | 42 | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1999–2003 | Otago | |||
| 2003–2006 | Canterbury | |||
| 2006 | Glamorgan | |||
| 2007–present | Otago | |||
| 2009 | New South Wales | |||
| 2008–2010 | Kolkata Knight Riders | |||
| 2010 | Sussex | |||
| 2011–present | Kochi Tuskers Kerala | |||
| 2011–present | Brisbane Heat | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Test | ODI | FC | LA |
| Matches | 60 | 195 | 105 | 239 |
| Runs scored | 3,477 | 4,184 | 6,133 | 5,229 |
| Batting average | 35.84 | 29.44 | 35.45 | 29.71 |
| 100s/50s | 6/19 | 3/20 | 11/33 | 6/24 |
| Top score | 225 | 166 | 225 | 170 |
| Balls bowled | 36 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| Wickets | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| Bowling average | – | – | – | – |
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| Best bowling | 0/18 | – | 0/18 | – |
| Catches/stumpings | 168/11 | 214/14 | 273/19 | 265/16 |
| Source: Cricket Archive, 18 December 2011 | ||||
McCullum also played for Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League in the first three; but in 2010, he was signed in by Kochi Tuskers Kerala. He scored 158 not out in the inaugural match of the competition on 18 April 2008. The innings is currently the world highest score by a batsman in a Twenty20 match.[1]
He also has the ability to play the Dilscoop, which involves the batsman squatting down and scooping deliveries back over the wicketkeeper's head. Playing this shot in a Twenty20 International match on 28 February 2010, against Australia, he managed to hit Shaun Tait for two sixes in an over back over Brad Haddin's head and can also execute reverse sweep well.
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Daniel Vettori
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| Daniel Vettori at the University Oval in 2009 | ||||
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| Full name | Daniel Luca Vettori | |||
| Born | 27 January 1979 Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Nickname | Dan | |||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | |||
| Batting style | Left-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||
| Role | All-rounder | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | New Zealand | |||
| Test debut (cap 200) | 6 February 1997 v England | |||
| Last Test | 19 January 2011 v Pakistan | |||
| ODI debut (cap 100) | 25 March 1997 v Sri Lanka | |||
| Last ODI | 1 February 2011 v Pakistan | |||
| ODI shirt no. | 11 | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1996–present | Northern Districts | |||
| 2006 | Warwickshire | |||
| 2003 | Nottinghamshire | |||
| 2010 | Queensland | |||
| 2008–2010 | Delhi Daredevils | |||
| 2011–present | Royal Challengers Bangalore | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Test | ODI | FC | LA |
| Matches | 106 | 272 | 159 | 339 |
| Runs scored | 4,238 | 2,105 | 6,133 | 3,359 |
| Batting average | 30.27 | 17.39 | 30.51 | 20.48 |
| 100s/50s | 6/22 | 0/4 | 9/32 | 2/10 |
| Top score | 140 | 83 | 140 | 138 |
| Balls bowled | 27,347 | 12,903 | 38,210 | 16,321 |
| Wickets | 353 | 282 | 530 | 361 |
| Bowling average | 33.61 | 31.48 | 31.70 | 30.64 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 20 | 2 | 30 | 2 |
| 10 wickets in match | 3 | n/a | 3 | n/a |
| Best bowling | 7/87 | 5/7 | 7/87 | 5/7 |
| Catches/stumpings | 57/– | 77/– | 81/– | 108/– |
| Source: Cricinfo, 25 November 2011 | ||||
He was born in Auckland and brought up in Hamilton, attending Marian School and later St. Paul's Collegiate School. When available, he plays provincial cricket for Northern Districts and is also an international member of Indian Premier League team the Royal Challengers Bangalore. Vettori also represents the Brisbane Heat in the Big Bash League. He is among a very small minority of international sports stars to wear prescription spectacles while playing sport and is the first cricketer of Italian descent to represent New Zealand.
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Richard Collinge
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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| Full name | Richard Owen Collinge | |||
| Born | 2 April 1946 Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Left-arm medium-fast | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | New Zealand | |||
| Test debut | 22 January 1965 v Pakistan | |||
| Last Test | 24 August 1978 v England | |||
| ODI debut | 11 February 1973 v Pakistan | |||
| Last ODI | 17 July 1978 v England | |||
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| Years | Team | |||
| 1963–1970 | Central Districts | |||
| 1967–1975 | Wellington | |||
| 1975–1978 | Northern Districts | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Tests | ODIs | FC | LA |
| Matches | 35 | 15 | 163 | 37 |
| Runs scored | 533 | 34 | 1,848 | 116 |
| Batting average | 14.40 | 5.66 | 14.43 | 9.66 |
| 100s/50s | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/4 | 0/0 |
| Top score | 68* | 9 | 68* | 38* |
| Balls bowled | 7,689 | 859 | 31,388 | 2,038 |
| Wickets | 116 | 18 | 524 | 52 |
| Bowling average | 29.25 | 26.61 | 24.41 | 20.15 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 3 | 1 | 22 | 2 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Best bowling | 6/63 | 5/23 | 8/64 | 5/23 |
| Catches/stumpings | 10/– | 1/– | 57/– | 6/– |
| Source: Cricket Archive, 17 October 2010 | ||||
Career
Collinge bowled left arm fast medium, ending his long run with both arms stretching upwards and swinging the ball.[1] He was New Zealand Cricket Almanack Player of the Year in 1971.He pitched the ball up and relied on late movement. He was a good foil for the often wild express pace of the young Richard Hadlee and was instrumental in helping Richard Hadlee bring New Zealand's first Test victory over England in 1977-8, with figures of 3-42 and 3-45.[citation needed] The fast inswinger with which he bowled Geoff Boycott at Wellington began England's collapse to 64 all and brought the crowd to fever pitch.[citation needed]
His Test and One Day International best bowling figures were both against India in 1975-76, with 6 for 63 and 5 for 23 respectively. At the time of his retirement, he was New Zealand's greatest wicket-taker, with 116 wickets at 29.25 each, despite missing many matches during his 13 year test career.[citation needed]
He was also a capable batsman, if not so prestigiously as with the ball.[citation needed] At Auckland in 1972-73, Collinge scored 68 not out for New Zealand against Pakistan; this was the highest score ever made by a number 11 in a Test match at the time. That innings also formed part of the record last-wicket stand in Tests: 151 put on with Brian Hastings.[citation needed]
He played domestic cricket for three different sides. He made his first class debut for Central Districts in 1963/64 and played for them until 1969/70 before moving to Wellington from 1967/68 to 1974/75) and finally Northern Districts till 1977/78. In 163 first class matches he took 524 wickets, with a best of 8-64, at an average of 24.41. He made his Test debut in 1965 and played his last match at Lords in 1978.[2] [3]
Lance Cairns |
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| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium-fast | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Tests | ODIs | ||
| Matches | 43 | 78 | ||
| Runs scored | 928 | 987 | ||
| Batting average | 16.28 | 16.72 | ||
| 100s/50s | 0/2 | 0/2 | ||
| Top score | 64 | 60 | ||
| Balls bowled | 10628 | 4015 | ||
| Wickets | 130 | 89 | ||
| Bowling average | 32.92 | 30.52 | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | 6 | 1 | ||
| 10 wickets in match | 1 | n/a | ||
| Best bowling | 7/74 | 5/28 | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 30/- | 19/- | ||
| Source: Cricinfo, 4 February 2006 | ||||
He was a member of both the one-day and Test New Zealand teams between 1974 and 1985. He also appeared for Central Districts, Northern Districts and Otago in New Zealand domestic cricket. He was also the professional for Bishop Auckland in the North Yorkshire and South Durham League in the North East of England.
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6 sixes at the Melbourne Cricket Ground - 1982-83 season
New Zealand were favourites coming into the finals of the World Series Cup, a tournament heavily hyped as a chance for New Zealand to gain 'revenge' after the 'underarm' incident in 1980/81. The 1982/83 series saw New Zealand achieve an impressive run of victories in the ten match qualifying round with Australia and England. This included three consecutive wins over Australia and a famous match in Adelaide, where two world records were broken on the same day. New Zealand scored a world record 297-6, in beating England's 296-5.Cairns set the scene for a dramatic run chase with 49 off 24 balls, which included three sixes off the English spinners. However, it took a match-winning seventh-wicket partnership of 121 by Jeremy Coney (47 not out) and 'Man of the Match' Richard Hadlee (79), to bring New Zealand home for an 'impossible' victory, watched by nearly 1.5 million Kiwis on television, almost half the population and a record for a sporting telecast at the time.
After a rain-affected First Final in Sydney, New Zealand went to the MCG one-nil down in the best of three finals series. Without the injured Hadlee (who missed both Finals), New Zealand had collapsed, beaten and demoralised, at 44-6, chasing Australia's score of 302-8. Dennis Lillee, who had just waved off New Zealand's last recognised batsman, awaited the arrival of Cairns.
Lillee's first ball was a bouncer that hit Cairns on the head. The batsman's response was to hit two sixes in three balls off Ken MacLeay, before hitting two consecutive sixes off Rodney Hogg, and in the next over, doing the same to Lillee. The highlight was undoubtedly a one-handed shot off Lillee, which soared over the fine leg fence. Cairns' dismissal was an anti-climax; out for 52, offering a simple catch to Steve Smith at cover off the bowling of Geoff Lawson.
"He backs off again and thrashes that one! And that's cleared Graeme Wood's head at mid-off! That's the sixth one! That must be an incredible bat he's got! It must be made of extremely good English willow."
"Very heavy English willow ! And there goes Excalibur into action again! Straight over the top of long-off, one of the most difficult shots in the book and umpire Tony Crafter's arms are growing heavy, he's been putting them above his head so often he's getting tired!"- TCN Nine commentators Ian Chappell and Frank Tyson, 13 February 1983.
New Zealand eventually lost the match by 149 runs, and the Finals series 2-0, to an Australian team that had been markedly inferior in the preceding qualifying stages of the competition.
Despite Cairns' heroics (he also hit a spectacular six over cover off Lawson in the First Final at the SCG) Richard Hadlee's absence from both finals was probably the reason for New Zealand's 'shattered dream'.
Nevertheless, the New Zealand team, and Cairns in particular, received unprecedented adulation when they returned home for a three-match series against England, who had lost the Ashes 2-1 and had failed to make the WSC Finals in their recently completed Australian tour. England were desperate to salvage something from their tour down under and 'The Rothmans Cup' was the last prize on offer.
New Zealand whitewashed the hapless 'Poms', winning with three memorable performances to sold out crowds in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. Cairns was again the star. He hit sixes in all three games, with one of them leaving Wellington's Basin Reserve and ending up in a busy street outside the ground.
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| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||
| Bowling style | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Tests | ODIs | ||
| Matches | 30 | 14 | ||
| Runs scored | 207 | 30 | ||
| Batting average | 6.27 | 10.00 | ||
| 100s/50s | 0/0 | 0/0 | ||
| Top score | 37 | 12 | ||
| Balls bowled | 6598 | 700 | ||
| Wickets | 74 | 15 | ||
| Bowling average | 34.64 | 34.20 | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | 4 | 0 | ||
| 10 wickets in match | - | n/a | ||
| Best bowling | 7/87 | 3/28 | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 14/- | 5/- | ||
| Source: Cricinfo, 4 February 2006 | ||||
He was a slow left arm orthodox bowler and is one of only 6 New Zealanders to have taken over 600 first class wickets.[1] After a Test against Pakistan at Wellington in 1985 he had achieved a career high of 9th place in the PriceWaterhouseCoopers rankings for Test cricket.[2]
Boock made his Test debut at Wellington in February 1978 in a historical maiden Test victory over England. He made his first overseas tour a few months later in England and in the Test Match at Trent Bridge conceded just 29 runs in a 28 over spell which included 18 maidens and 2 wickets.
In 1979/80, at the dramatic conclusion to the First Test against Clive Lloyd's West Indians at Carisbrook, Dunedin, Boock joined Gary Troup at the crease with New Zealand 9/100 and needing four more runs to win this historic match.
The two tailenders took the Black Caps to their first test win over the West Indies, and what would ultimately become their first series win over the Caribbean giants, when they scrambled through for a leg bye as scores were level. In a controversial tour, marred by umpiring disputes and some ugly onfield behaviour by the tourists, New Zealand won the series 1-0 after drawing the next two tests in Christchurch and Auckland.
In 1983-84 New Zealand won their first ever series over England and Boock took 4 for 37 at Christchurch.
In 1984/1985 against Pakistan at Niaz Stadium he took his career best innings figures of 7 for 87.
In 1985-86, during the Black Caps first test series win over Australia, Boock had a rare success with the bat. He contributed 37 runs in a New Zealand record tenth-wicket partnership of 124 with John Bracewell (83 not out) in the Second Test at the SCG. New Zealand won the series 2-1.
Geoff Allott
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| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||
| Bowling style | Left-arm fast-medium | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Tests | ODIs | ||
| Matches | 10 | 31 | ||
| Runs scored | 27 | 17 | ||
| Batting average | 3.37 | 3.39 | ||
| 100s/50s | 0/0 | 0/0 | ||
| Top score | 8* | 7* | ||
| Balls bowled | 2023 | 1528 | ||
| Wickets | 19 | 52 | ||
| Bowling average | 58.47 | 23.21 | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | n/a | ||
| Best bowling | 4/74 | 4/35 | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 2/- | 5/- | ||
| Source: Cricinfo, 4 February 2006 | ||||
Allott was a revelation at the 1999 Cricket World Cup in England May/June 1999. With 20 wickets in nine matches he topped the wicket taking ranks for the tournament. Gaining prodigious movement in the air and off the pitch, the left-armer deceived some of the world's best batsmen, and made a huge contribution towards New Zealand's semi-final finish.[citation needed]
He was first selected by Glenn Turner for the Test series against Zimbabwe in 1995/6, when New Zealand had an injury crisis and were looking to give Test experience to new players of quality. Although he was moderately successful he was not selected for the subsequent ODI series or for the 1996 Cricket World Cup. A quick left armer in the Richard Collinge "dig it in" mould he was considered too inaccurate for limited overs. Over the winter he built up his strength and bowled well for his province at the start of 1996/7. A great game for New Zealand A versus England in 1997 earned him a recall to the Test team, and he bowled far better in two Tests than his figures might indicate.[citation needed]
He holds the world record for the longest time taken to score a duck in Test cricket - 77 balls and 101 minutes for New Zealand versus South Africa in 1999.[1]
Jack Alabaster
| Personal information | ||||
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| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||
| Bowling style | Legbreak googly | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | New Zealand | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Tests | First-class | ||
| Matches | 21 | 143 | ||
| Runs scored | 272 | 2427 | ||
| Batting average | 9.71 | 13.33 | ||
| 100s/50s | 0/0 | 0/5 | ||
| Top score | 34 | 82 | ||
| Balls bowled | 3992 | 30144 | ||
| Wickets | 49 | 500 | ||
| Bowling average | 38.02 | 25.37 | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 25 | ||
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | 4 | ||
| Best bowling | 4/46 | 7/41 | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 7/- | 94/- | ||
| Source: Cricinfo, | ||||
Jack currently lives in Alexandra, New Zealand. He also played for Southland in the Hawke Cup.
Jack became Rector of Southland Boys' High School in 1981 and had previously been principal of Kingswell High School in Invercargill. Jack also taught 6th form maths.
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INIDAN CRICKTERS
YUVRAJ SINGH
Yuvraj Singh
pronunciation (help·info) (Punjabi: ਯੁਵਰਾਜ ਸਿੰਘ ਭੰਡਾਲ, Hindi: युवराज सिंह भंदाल , (born 12 December 1981.[1][2][3]) is an Indian cricketer, and the son of former Indian fast bowler and Punjabi movie star Yograj Singh.[4] He has been a member of the Indian cricket team since 2000 (ODIs) and played his first Test match in 2003. He was the vice captain of the ODI team from late-2007 to late-2008. At the 2007 World Twenty20 he hit six sixes in an over against England's Stuart Broad—a
feat performed only three times previously in any form of senior
cricket, and previously never in an international match between two Test cricket nations. He was named the Man of the Tournament in the 2011 Cricket World Cup.Contents
[hide]- 1 Early career
- 2 ODI career
- 3 Test career
- 4 Twenty20 career
- 5 Style
- 6 Centuries
- 7 County cricket
- 8 Commercial interests
- 9 References
- 10 External links
SACHINE TENDULKAR
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
pronunciation (help·info) (Marathi: सचिन रमेश तेंडुलकर; born 24 April 1973) is an Indian cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. He is the leading run-scorer and century maker in Test and one-day international cricket.[3][4][5] He is the first male player to score a double century in ODI cricket.[6][7] In 2002, just 12 years into his career, Wisden ranked him the second greatest Test batsman of all time, behind Donald Bradman, and the second greatest one-day-international (ODI) batsman of all time, behind Viv Richards.[8] Tendulkar was an integral part of the 2011 Cricket World Cup winning Indian team at the later part of his career, his first such win in six World Cup appearances for India.[9]Tendulkar is the first and the only player in Test Cricket history to score fifty centuries, and the first to score fifty centuries in all international cricket combined; he now has 99 centuries (48 ODI & 51 Test cricket) in international cricket.[10] On 17 October 2008, when he surpassed Brian Lara's record for the most runs scored in Test cricket, he also became the first batsman to score 12,000, 13,000, 14,000 and 15,000 runs in that form of the game,[11] having also been the third batsman and first Indian to pass 11,000 runs in Test cricket.[12] He was also the first player to score 10,000 runs in one-day internationals, and also the first player to cross every subsequent 1000-run mark that has been crossed in ODI cricket history. In the fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia, Tendulkar surpassed Australia's Allan Border to become the player to cross the 50-run mark the most number of times in Test cricket history, and also the second ever player to score 11 Test centuries against Australia, tying with Sir Jack Hobbs of England more than 70 years previously.[13] Tendulkar passed 30,000 runs in international cricket on 20 November 2009. On 24 Februrary 2010, Tendulkar became the first man to score a double century (200*) in an ODI against South Africa. On 8 November 2011, Tendulkar became the first batsman to score 15,000 runs in Test Cricket. He also holds the world record for playing highest number of Test and ODI matches.
Tendulkar has been honoured with the Padma Vibhushan award, India's second highest civilian award, and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, India's highest sporting honour. Tendulkar became the first sportsperson and the first person without an aviation background to be awarded the honorary rank of Group Captain by the Indian Air Force. He has received honorary doctorates from University of Mysore[14] and Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences[15] He won the 2010 Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for cricketer of the year at the ICC awards.[16]
Contents
[hide]- 1 Early years and personal life
- 2 Philanthropy
- 3 Early domestic career
- 4 International career
- 4.1 Early career
- 4.2 Rise through the ranks
- 4.3 Captaincy
- 4.4 Injuries and apparent decline
- 4.5 Return to old form and consistency
- 4.6 2007/08 tour of Australia
- 4.7 Home series against South Africa
- 4.8 Sri Lanka Series
- 4.9 Return to form and breaking the record
- 4.10 ODI and Test Series against England
- 4.11 2009–2010
- 4.12 2011 World Cup and after
- 5 Indian Premier League and Champions League
- 6 Style of play
- 7 Controversies
- 8 Fan following
- 9 Business interests
- 10 Biographies
- 11 Career achievements
- 12 See also
- 13 References
- 14 Further reading
- 15 External links
MS DHONI
Mahendra Singh Dhoni
pronunciation (help·info) (Hindi: महेन्द्र सिंह धोनी) (born 7 July 1981) is an Indian cricketer and the current captain of the Indian national cricket team. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut in December 2004 against Bangladesh, and a year later played his first Test, this time against Sri Lanka.Under his captaincy, India won the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, CB Series of 2007–08, the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 2008 and 2010 against Australia 2–0 and 2011 World Cup. His Test, ODI record is best among all the Indian captains to date. He also captained Chennai Super Kings to victory in the recent 2011 IPL and in the Champions League. He is now captain of India in all three forms of the game and also led the team to their first ever bilateral ODI series wins in Sri Lanka and New Zealand. Under Dhoni's captaincy India became the first team after a gap of more than 20 years to whitewash Australia in a Test series. Dhoni also led the Indian team to the number one position in ICC rankings in Test cricket for the first time. Dhoni has also been the recipient of many awards including the ICC ODI Player of the Year award in 2008 and 2009 (the first Indian player to achieve this feat), the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour in 2009. In 2009 Dhoni topped the list of world’s top 10 earning cricketers compiled by Forbes.[1] He was named as the captain of ICC World Test and ICC ODI teams for 2009. In the final of the 2011 Cricket World Cup, he hit 91 not out of just 79 balls to lead India to victory. For his outstanding batting in the final, he was awarded as the man of the match. The TIME magazine added him in its "Time 100" list of 100 most influential people of 2011.[2] According to the SportsPro magazine Dhoni is 10th most valuable brand in field of sports worldwide and number 1 among all Asian superstars.[3]
Contents
- 1 Personal life
- 2 Playing style
- 3 Domestic career
- 4 ODI career
- 5 Test career
- 6 Captain of India
- 7 Cricket performance
- 8 Honorary Awards
- 9 Endorsements
- 10 Notes
- 11 External links
KAPIL DEV
Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj[1] (Hindi: कपिल देव) (
pronunciation (help·info)) (born 6 January 1959, Chandigarh Punjab, India), better known as Kapil Dev, is a former Indian cricketer. He captained the Indian cricket team which won the 1983 Cricket World Cup. Named by Wisden as the Indian Cricketer of the Century in 2002,[2] Kapil Dev was also India's national cricket coach for 10 months between October 1999 and August 2000.Kapil was a right-arm pace bowler noted for his graceful action and potent outswinger, and was India's main strike bowler for most of his career. He also developed a fine inswinging yorker during the 1980s, which he used very effectively against tail-enders. As a batsman, he was a natural striker of the ball who could hook and drive effectively. A naturally aggressive player, he often helped India in difficult situations by taking the attack to the opposition. Nicknamed The Haryana Hurricane, he represented the Haryana cricket team in domestic cricket.[3] He retired in 1994, holding the world record for the most number of wickets taken in Test cricket, a record subsequently broken by Courtney Walsh in 2000. At the time, he was also India's highest wicket taker in both major forms of cricket, Tests and ODIs). He is the only player in the history of cricket to have taken more than 400 wickets and scored more than 5,000 runs in Tests, making him one of the greatest all-rounders to have played the game. On 8 March 2010, Kapil Dev was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame[4]
Contents
- 1 Early life
- 2 Domestic career
- 3 International career
- 4 Post retirement
- 5 Personal life
- 6 Records
- 7 Achievements
- 8 References
- 9 External links
VINOD KAMBLI
Vinod Ganpat Kambli (Marathi: विनोद कांबळी
pronunciation (help·info) (born 18 January 1972, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) is a former Indian cricketer, who played for India as a middle order batsman, as well as for Mumbai and Boland, South Africa.He is childhood friend of ace cricketer Sachin Tendulkar. Currently he appears as cricket expert and commentator on various Television channels and also have appeared on various Reality television.Contents
- 1 Early life
- 2 School cricket and later
- 3 List of test double centuries
- 4 Personal life
- 5 Politics
- 6 Movie career
- 7 References
- 8 External links
SUNIL GAVASKAR
Sunil Manohar "Sunny" Gavaskar
pronunciation (help·info) (Marathi: सुनिल मनोहर गावसकर) (born 10 July 1949) is a former cricketer who played during the 1970s and 1980s for Bombay and India. Widely regarded as one of the greatest opening batsmen
in cricket history, Gavaskar set world records during his career for
the most Test runs and most Test centuries scored by any batsman. He
held the record of 34 Test centuries for almost two decades before it
was broken by Sachin Tendulkar in December 2005.Gavaskar was widely admired for his technique against fast bowling, with a particularly high average of 65.45 against the West Indies, who possessed a four-pronged fast bowling attack regarded as the most vicious in Test history. His captaincy of the Indian team, however, was less successful. The team at one stage went 31 Test matches without a victory. There were incidents like crowd displeasure at Eden Gardens in Calcutta leading to multiple matches being disrupted, in response to the poor performance of the Indian team. Turbulent performances of the team led to multiple exchanges of captaincy between Gavaskar and Kapil Dev, with one of Gavaskar's sackings coming just six months before Kapil led India to victory at the 1983 Cricket World Cup.
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