Playthrough - England in the 1990s... and beyond

:wi: West Indies (2) vs (0) England :eng: - Third Test at Queens Park Oval

West Indies XI
:wi: :bat: Gordon Greenidge
:wi: :bat: Desmond Haynes :c:
:wi: :bat: Richie Richardson
:wi: :bat: Carlisle Best
:wi: :bat: Gus Logie
:wi: :ar: Carl Hooper
:wi: :wk: Jeff Dujon
:wi: :bwl: Ezra Moseley
:wi: :bwl: Curtly Ambrose
:wi: :bwl: Ian Bishop
:wi: :bwl: Patrick Patterson

England XI
:eng: :bat: Graham Gooch :c:
:eng: :bat: Mike Atherton
:eng: :bat: Allan Lamb
:eng: :bat: Robin Smith
:eng: :bat: David Gower
:eng: :ar: Ian Botham
:eng: :wk: Jack Russell
:eng: :ar: Phillip DeFreitas
:eng: :bwl: Gladstone Small
:eng: :bwl: Eddie Hemmings
:eng: :bwl: Angus Fraser

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West Indies win the toss and choose to bat

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Viv Richards is clearly injured or bored or something, because he's out of the side and Desmond Haynes is the stand-in skipper. Hopefully he's out for the series (I've not bothered checking) along with Walsh (also out of the third Test) and Marshall. Not that it's especially likely to matter; we've had to drop Devon Malcolm because he keeps leaking runs and not taking wickets. This may not be unrelated to the two very long fielding stints we've had recently, but time will tell.

Fraser and Small, despite sounding like a gentlemen's outfitters, actually turned out to be a very effective new ball pairing. By the end of the fourteenth over, they had dismissed Haynes, Richardson and Best at a cost of only 24 runs. Greenidge kept fighting, but an almost perfectly round Ian Botham got through the defences of Logie to leave him the only batsman to reach double figures before lunch. The break may have disturbed his concentration though, as the Hampshire opener snicked off to DeFreitas to leave Hooper and Dujon as the last recognised batsmen. They rebuilt at a glacial pace (Dujon took over two hours to reach double figures) but rebuild they did as Hooper grafted his way past fifty for the first time this series. He would fall to the returning Small for a well-made 64 and the tail was finally exposed just in time for the second new ball. Angus Fraser made it talk, taking the last four wickets to complete his five-for and dismiss the WIndies for under 200.

This was an actual opportunity for England, who saw off a tricky ten minutes before the close without losing a wicket. With plenty of time in the game, there was no need to take undue risks - especially against a still-fearsome bowling attack. As has been the case for England all series, you are never completely "in". This made Robin Smith's five-and-a-half-hour century all the more impressive. Even though the top eight batsmen all applied themselves enough to pass 20, Smith was the only one to make more than Ian Botham's 58. Russell again ran out of partners before he could reach 50, but with his stubborn batting performances, he has answered one of the main questions that lingered about his place in the team.

At last it was England with the 200-run first innings lead, but against the West Indies you can never take anything for granted. Again it was Gladstone Small who removed Haynes before the close of the third day, an all-important contribution. Although Angus Fraser wasn't able to get a breakthrough with the first ball used in the innings, he did effect the all-important run out of Greenidge for 65 with the West Indies still 100 behind. Even with eight wickets in hand, that's a bad place to be in the game. But it was to be spin that really decided the game: Eddie Hemmings removed both Best and Logie before the part-time Atherton got Richie Richardson in the final over before the second new ball could be taken. Once it was, Small came back and polished off the tail to leave England a chase of only 50 runs.

To get things over with quicker, Botham was promoted to open the batting for the chase alongside Gooch, and they took only ten overs to get it done. England had only gone and won a Test match.

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I'm also adding a Player of the Season award in the style of the Allan Border Medal - the Barrington Medal.

Drawn or lost match
Best player - 3 points
2nd best player - 2 points
3rd best player - 1 point

Won match
Best player - 5 points
2nd best player - 3 points
3rd best player - 2 points
4th best player - 1 point

Standings
=1. Gladstone Small - 5 points (+5)
=1. Angus Fraser - 5 points (+2)
=1. Robin Smith - 5 points (+3)
4. Graham Gooch - 4 points
5. Jack Russell - 2 points
6. Phillip DeFreitas - 1 point
=6. Ian Botham - 1 point (+1)
 
:wi: West Indies (2) vs (1) England :eng: - Fourth Test at Kensington Oval

West Indies XI
:wi: :bat: Gordon Greenidge
:wi: :bat: Desmond Haynes
:wi: :bat: Richie Richardson
:wi: :bat: Carlisle Best
:wi: :bat: Viv Richards :c:
:wi: :bat: Gus Logie
:wi: :wk: Jeff Dujon
:wi: :bwl: Malcolm Marshall
:wi: :bwl: Curtly Ambrose
:wi: :bwl: Ian Bishop
:wi: :bwl: Ezra Moseley

England XI
:eng: :bat: Graham Gooch :c:
:eng: :bat: Mike Atherton
:eng: :bat: Allan Lamb
:eng: :bat: Robin Smith
:eng: :bat: David Gower
:eng: :ar: Ian Botham
:eng: :wk: Jack Russell
:eng: :ar: Chris Lewis (debut)
:eng: :bwl: Gladstone Small
:eng: :bwl: Eddie Hemmings
:eng: :bwl: Angus Fraser

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England win the toss and choose to bowl

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So Viv wasn't out for the series, and nor was Malcolm Marshall. This is definitely a problem for England, but they have something - or someone - up their sleeve to deal with the situation. And that someone is Chris Lewis, who had been selected to make his Test debut ahead of Phillip DeFreitas.

That might seem like a pretty crap secret weapon, but when he managed to pick up the important wicket of Gordon Greenidge with his very first delivery his Test career it looked like everybody's dreams had come true. It would be one of only four wickets to fall on the first day (one to each of the four main bowlers) but the West Indians were made to work very hard for their runs. By stumps, they had only just passed the 200 mark, and the game was relatively balanced. The West Indians did their best to accelarate the following morning, but Eddie Hemmings and Lewis kept picking up regular wickets to keep them on the low side of 400.

Already, the pitch was getting increasingly treacherous - especially against the bowling of Marshall and Ambrose. Robin Smith and David Gower didn't get the memo though - they put on a masterful partnership of 173, with Smith striking his second century of the series. Gower unfortunately got one that kept a little low and took his off stump ten short of his own century. Once they were gone, the English resistance was somewhat limited, but a lively 36 from the debutant hinted at him having a bright future. England though remained 18 runs behind on the first innings.

After just ten overs of the West Indian second innings, Gooch made a double bowling change to reunite the bowling leaders from the first innings: debutant Chris Lewis and spinner Eddie Hemmings. It worked, prompting a top-order collapse of five for 32 - four of them to Lewis on his fairytale debut. They did eventually need a break - at that point, Gooch turned to Gladstone Small - but early on the fifth morning, Lewis returned to put an end to the resistance of Marshall and Ambrose. Chris Lewis finished with remarkable figures of six for 70, and England faced a distinctly achievable target of 190 runs to win.

34 for one; Gooch out to Moseley. 62 for two; Atherton out to Marshall. 93 for three, Lamb out to Marshall. The game was still very much in the balance as England reached the halfway point in their chase. Could they make it and level the series? Yes, yes they could. A calm innings of 46 not out from David Gower saw his team home late on the fifth day. But despite that, there was only one hero in this game: the debutant, Chris Lewis.

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I'm also adding a Player of the Season award in the style of the Allan Border Medal - the Barrington Medal.

Drawn or lost match
Best player - 3 points
2nd best player - 2 points
3rd best player - 1 point

Won match
Best player - 5 points
2nd best player - 3 points
3rd best player - 2 points
4th best player - 1 point

Standings
1. Robin Smith - 7 points (+2)
=2. Gladstone Small - 5 points
=2. Angus Fraser - 5 points
=2. Chris Lewis - 5 points (+5)
5. Graham Gooch - 4 points
6. David Gower - 3 points (+3)
7. Jack Russell - 2 points
=8. Phillip DeFreitas - 1 point
=8. Ian Botham - 1 point
=8. Eddie Hemmings - 1 point (+1)
 
:wi: West Indies (2) vs (2) England :eng: - Fifth Test at Antigua Rec

West Indies XI
:wi: :bat: Gordon Greenidge
:wi: :bat: Desmond Haynes
:wi: :bat: Richie Richardson
:wi: :ar: Carl Hooper
:wi: :bat: Viv Richards :c:
:wi: :bat: Gus Logie
:wi: :wk: Jeff Dujon
:wi: :bwl: Eldine Baptiste
:wi: :bwl: Curtly Ambrose
:wi: :bwl: Ian Bishop
:wi: :bwl: Courtney Walsh

England XI
:eng: :bat: Graham Gooch :c:
:eng: :bat: Mike Atherton
:eng: :bat: Robin Smith
:eng: :bat: Graeme Hick (debut)
:eng: :bat: David Gower
:eng: :ar: Ian Botham
:eng: :wk: Jack Russell
:eng: :ar: Chris Lewis
:eng: :bwl: Gladstone Small
:eng: :bwl: Eddie Hemmings
:eng: :bwl: Angus Fraser

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West Indies win the toss and choose to bat

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After three Tests without a single fifty, Allan Lamb lost his place at number three to be replaced by Worcestershire's Graeme Hick. Hick, originally hailing from Zimbabwe, had been due to qualify in 1991, but the ECB opted to commute its usual seven-year residential qualification process on the basis that other countries only need four years, and Graeme Hick is really really good at cricket. So he will become England's fourth debutant of the series, and they will be hoping he can repeat the Chris Lewis magic from last week.

On the first day of the final Test of the series, Lady Luck did not favour the English. Not only did a crucial catch go down from the bat of Gordon Greenidge, but late on the first day Lewis pulled up injured. He had bowled 14 overs in the day for just 20 runs, reflective of the excellent discipline from the English attack, but his body just could not take another over, and England were left with a numerical disadvantage. Despite this, and the obvious merit of the West Indies' decision to bat first, they kept themselves in the game by conceding only 203 runs on the opening day.

With the seamers getting little help from the pitch, Gooch took the unusual step of turning almost entirely to spin on the second day. This proved successful - with Hemmings proving consistent at the other end, the part-time offerings of Hick and Atherton proved a more attacking weapon at the other. Between them, the three spinners picked up nine of the ten West Indian wickets, with the home side collapsing to 340 all out, including the last seven wickets for 104. By the end of the day, England had moved into a strong position: led by a captain's innings from Gooch, they had reached a comfortable 119 for one. After Gooch was dismissed for exactly 100, it looked like a position that the English might squander. Hick, who had looked utterly imperious gave it away on 36 as England flopped to 228 for six. But yet again it was a case of Russell to the rescue as the young keeper blocked and nudged his way to a typically eccentric half-century, and clawing England to a tiny first-innings lead.

It was at this point that the fairytale series win came somewhat off the rails; the English bowling retained its discipline, but at a crucial time couldn't find its bite. They went four hours between wickets bowling at Greenidge and Richardson as the West Indies got themselves over 200 ahead with nine wickets left. From that point, the chief quest for England would be to save the game and share the series.

The fourth innings of the match started with five hours of batting to do. Honestly it was pretty boring stuff. In each hour of play, England accumulated the following amount of runs: 22, 26 (for one wicket), 19 (for two wickets), 22 (for one wicket) and 22. Boring cricket was the order of the day though, and England could fly home with their heads held high after an admirable series draw.

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I'm also adding a Player of the Season award in the style of the Allan Border Medal - the Barrington Medal.

Drawn or lost match
Best player - 3 points
2nd best player - 2 points
3rd best player - 1 point

Won match
Best player - 5 points
2nd best player - 3 points
3rd best player - 2 points
4th best player - 1 point

Standings
1. Robin Smith - 7 points (Panel vote)
2. Graham Gooch - 7 points (+3)
=3. Gladstone Small - 5 points
=3. Angus Fraser - 5 points
=3. Chris Lewis - 5 points
6. Jack Russell - 4 points (+2)
7. David Gower - 3 points
8. Eddie Hemmings - 2 points (+1)
=9. Phillip DeFreitas - 1 point
=9. Ian Botham - 1 point

There is also a tie in the Barrington Medal classification for the 1989-90 winter season between Robin Smith and Graham Gooch. The former's two decisive centuries both came in winning causes; the latter scored two centuries while leading from the front as captain. It's an incredibly tough decision, but on the basis that Smith also made a near-faultless unbeaten 99 in addition to his two centuries, it is Robin Smith who wins the 1989-90 Barrington Medal.
 
Aislabie said:
Career Statistics

Batting
Player|Mat|Inn|NO|Runs|Avg|100s|50s|Best|Ct|St
:eng: :bat: Mike Atherton|7|13|0|314|24.15|-|-|47|4|-
:eng: :ar: Ian Botham|102|164|7|5338|34.00|14|23|208|126|-
:eng: :ar: Phillip DeFreitas|16|24|2|309|14.05|-|-|43*|4|-
:eng: :bwl: Angus Fraser|8|12|0|111|9.25|-|-|29|1|-
:eng: :bat: Graham Gooch|78|142|5|5183|37.83|10|31|196|77|-
:eng: :bat: David Gower|111|192|15|7698|43.49|15|39|215|73|-
:eng: :bwl: Eddie Hemmings|13|19|3|332|20.75|-|1|95|4|-
:eng: :bat: Graeme Hick|1|2|0|57|28.50|-|-|36|1|-
:eng: :bat: Allan Lamb|60|105|9|3224|33.58|9|12|137*|53|-
:eng: :ar: Chris Lewis|2|1|0|35|35.00|-|-|35|-|-
:eng: :bwl: Devon Malcolm|3|6|1|38|7.60|-|-|14*|-|-
:eng: :wk: Jack Russell|12|20|7|618|47.53|1|3|128*|31|5
:eng: :bwl: Gladstone Small|9|11|4|149|21.29|-|1|59|1|-
:eng: :bat: Robin Smith|13|25|3|1118|50.82|4|5|143|5|-
:eng: :bat: Alec Stewart|1|2|0|7|3.50|-|-|5|-|-
:eng: :bwl: Phil Tufnell|1|2|0|0|0.00|-|-|0|2|-

Bowling
Player|Mat|Ovr|Runs|Wkts|Avg|Econ|5WI|10WM|Best
:eng: :bat: Mike Atherton|7|40|148|8|18.50|3.7|-|-|3/32
:eng: :ar: Ian Botham|102|3623|10863|378|28.74|3.0|27|4|8/34
:eng: :ar: Phillip DeFreitas|16|548|1588|31|48.12|2.9|1|-|5/86
:eng: :bwl: Angus Fraser|8|364|889|25|35.56|2.4|1|-|5/47
:eng: :bat: Graham Gooch|73|278|667|15|44.47|2.4|-|-|2/12
:eng: :bat: David Gower|111|6|20|1|20.00|3.3|-|-|1/1
:eng: :bwl: Eddie Hemmings|13|513|1454|31|46.90|2.8|-|-|4/90
:eng: :bat: Graeme Hick|1|26|95|2|47.50|3.7|-|-|2/61
:eng: :bat: Allan Lamb|60|5|23|1|23.00|4.6|-|-|1/6
:eng: :ar: Chris Lewis|2|74|173|9|19.22|2.3|1|0|6/70
:eng: :bwl: Devon Malcolm|3|90|356|3|118.67|4.0|-|-|3/106
:eng: :wk: Jack Russell|12|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-
:eng: :bwl: Gladstone Small|9|391|996|38|26.21|2.5|3|-|5/48
:eng: :bat: Robin Smith|8|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-
:eng: :bat: Alec Stewart|1|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-
:eng: :bwl: Phil Tufnell|1|37|130|2|65.00|3.5|-|-|2/124
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For those who are interested, these are the updated Test career statistics of those who played in the West Indies series
 
New Zealand Tour of England, 1990

Itinerary
07 Jun 90 - :eng: England vs New Zealand :nzf: - First Test at Trent Bridge - Won by 65 runs
21 Jun 90 - :eng: England vs New Zealand :nzf: - Second Test at Lord's - Won by 213 runs
05 Jul 90 - :eng: England vs New Zealand :nzf: - Third Test at Edgbaston - Lost by 7 wickets

England Squad

:eng: :bat: Graham Gooch :c:

:eng: :bat: Rob Bailey
:eng: :bat: David Gower
:eng: :bat: Graeme Hick
:eng: :bat: Allan Lamb
:eng: :bat: Wayne Larkins
:eng: :bat: Robin Smith :slvo:

:eng: :wk: Paul Nixon :redo:
:eng: :wk: Jack Russell

:eng: :ar: Ian Botham
:eng: :ar: Chris Lewis

:eng: :bwl: Martin Bicknell :redo:
:eng: :ar: Phillip DeFreitas
:eng: :bwl: Angus Fraser
:eng: :bwl: Devon Malcolm
:eng: :bwl: Gladstone Small

:eng: :bwl: Eddie Hemmings
:eng: :bwl: Phil Tufnell

There have been a few changes from the touring party that did so well in the West Indies in the winter, with Mike Atherton and Alec Stewart both losing their places after underwhelming debut series. Atherton in particular may struggle after getting to play all five Tests, but still not achieving a maiden Test half-century. The response has been to call up two Northants players: Rob Bailey and Wayne Larkins will join their county teammate Allan Lamb in the England squad, with no place (yet) for David Capel, Alan Fordham or David Ripley, all of whom are making strong cases for their inclusion.

The New Zealand team, which impressed off the back of twin centuries by Mark Greatbatch in the one-day series, will be a stern challenge for an England team that hasn't yet settled on its best XI.
 
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:eng: England vs New Zealand :nzf: - First Test at Trent Bridge

England XI
:eng: :bat: Graham Gooch :c:
:eng: :bat: Wayne Larkins
:eng: :bat: Robin Smith
:eng: :bat: Graeme Hick
:eng: :bat: David Gower
:eng: :ar: Ian Botham
:eng: :wk: Jack Russell
:eng: :ar: Chris Lewis
:eng: :bwl: Gladstone Small
:eng: :bwl: Angus Fraser
:eng: :bwl: Devon Malcolm

New Zealand XI
:nzf: :bat: Trevor Franklin
:nzf: :bat: John Wright :c:
:nzf: :bat: Andrew Jones
:nzf: :bat: Martin Crowe
:nzf: :bat: Mark Greatbatch
:nzf: :ar: Mark Priest
:nzf: :ar: John Bracewell
:nzf: :ar: Richard Hadlee
:nzf: :wk: Ian Smith
:nzf: :bwl: Martin Snedden
:nzf: :bwl: Danny Morrison

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New Zealand win the toss and choose to field

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A New Zealand side that had shown its intentions to bring the fight against their hosts opted to bat field first under overcast East Midland skies. This despite the slightly odd selection of two slow bowlers (spinners might be an exaggeration) in the form of Bracewell and Priest. By comparison, England chose to field an all-seam attack, which allowed them to give another opportunity to the exciting Devon Malcolm despite his thoroughly underwhelming Test career so far.

The England batting effort was propped up yet again by a fantastic captain's innings from Graham Gooch. He batted for almost the entire opening day on his way to a memorable 127; most of his runs scored in a partnership of 154 with Robin Smith (55). After the two star batsmen were dismissed, there followed a miniature collapse of four wickets for 30. The slide was halted, as fans have come to expect, by the crablike Jack Russell, who this time had support from Chris Lewis. Throughout all of this, Richard Hadlee was the most threatening bowler but it was Danny Morrison who got the results with three of his four wickets coming in a single burst during the mini collapse.

In reply, the Kiwis struggled with the English new ball attack. Fraser and Malcolm worked the openers over, but it was first change Gladstone Small who was fortunate enough to reap the benefits - in this case the wickets of both Trevor Franklin and John Wright. Only two batsmen really got to grips with the increasingly uneven bounce: the obvious class player in Martin Crowe, and the obvious form player in Mark Greatbatch. They combined for a century partnership before Angus Fraser returned to the attack to claim both. The lower order added little in the way of resistance, especially against the pace of Devon Malcolm who was finally getting the chance to bowl with comfortable recovery time between his spells. Botham also claimed his 379th and 380th Test wickets, as he tries to drag his increasingly barrel-shaped body to the big 400.

With a first-innings lead of 111 runs, the England batsmen did their utmost to stamp their authority all over the game. Suffice to say, this didn't go completely to plan. No English batsman reached 50 on this occasion, but the two batsmen who looked most likely were Wayne Larkins and Ian Botham - much to the enjoyment of the assembled fans. Regardless, 310 was considerably more achievable than England would have been aiming to set.

The conditions were always stacked against New Zealand, but John Wright batted like the quality player he is. All he needed was support, but it wasn't readily forthcoming. Neither Trevor Franklin nor Andrew Jones could deal with the skilful bowling of Fraser and Small. Crowe played fluently, but grew complacent and hit a ball within catchable range of Graeme Hick. Greatbatch and Priest both fell to Chris Lewis within three balls of one another. At 122 for five, the game was pretty much over. Bracewell made it all the way to 40 before making a mistake, but he too bid farewell to the batting crease. In the end, the task was too great for John Wright to score alone and he was caught out on the boundary for 113. England took a 1-0 lead in the series, reigniting hope that the '90s really could be a big decade for English cricket.

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I'm also adding a Player of the Season award in the style of the Allan Border Medal - the Barrington Medal.

Drawn or lost match
Best player - 3 points
2nd best player - 2 points
3rd best player - 1 point

Won match
Best player - 5 points
2nd best player - 3 points
3rd best player - 2 points
4th best player - 1 point

Standings
1. Graham Gooch - 5 points (+5)
2. Gladstone Small - 3 points (+3)
3. Angus Fraser - 2 points (+2)
4. Chris Lewis- 1 point (+1)
 
:eng: England (1) vs (0) New Zealand :nzf: - Second Test at Lord's

England XI
:eng: :bat: Graham Gooch :c:
:eng: :bat: Wayne Larkins
:eng: :bat: Rob Bailey
:eng: :bat: Robin Smith
:eng: :bat: David Gower
:eng: :ar: Ian Botham
:eng: :wk: Jack Russell
:eng: :ar: Chris Lewis
:eng: :bwl: Gladstone Small
:eng: :bwl: Angus Fraser
:eng: :bwl: Devon Malcolm

New Zealand XI
:nzf: :bat: Trevor Franklin
:nzf: :bat: John Wright :c:
:nzf: :bat: Andrew Jones
:nzf: :bat: Martin Crowe
:nzf: :bat: Mark Greatbatch
:nzf: :bat: Ken Rutherford
:nzf: :ar: John Bracewell
:nzf: :ar: Richard Hadlee
:nzf: :wk: Ian Smith
:nzf: :bwl: Martin Snedden
:nzf: :bwl: Danny Morrison

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England win the toss and choose to bat

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There was an unexpected change to the England XI ahead of the second Test, with Rob Bailey being preferred to Graeme Hick, with captain Gooch stating that Robin Smith would be better off batting at number four. With pretty much everyone else having had a good game last time out, England choose not to change anything - including the spin attack, which would be comprised entirely of Rob Bailey's part-time off-breaks.

After winning the toss and batting, Graham Gooch would have hoped for more than a solitary run but that was all he posted before nicking off to Morrison on a very green Lord's wicket. That brought together the all-Northants pairing of Rob Bailey and Wayne Larkins, and they were immediately comfortable batting together. Larkins scored freely for 38 while Bailey took a little while to get used to the Kiwi bowlers. Once he did though, he was imperious: he simply refused to offer chances to the opposing bowlers, an attitude clearly echoed by Robin Smith. The two were at times painstaking, but they batted out the entire rest of the first day together. Smith departed for 54 early on the second morning, bringing in Gower to score a 50 of his own. After that, Bailey - well past his 100 - started losing partners. With last man Devon Malcolm at the other end, and his own personal tally sitting on 196, one cannot blame him for taking a risk to try to find the boundary. It was one of very few balls he missed in his innings, and unfortunately rearranged his stumps. What an innings though from somebody who had forced his way back into the side on the back of county runs.

The Kiwi response followed Trevor Franklin's example. The right-hander refused to take risks or give chances, putting a huge price on his wicket. He found very adhesive support in the form of Wright and Jones, and it was not until the fourth morning that the second Kiwi wicket fell. After that, England never seemed too far away from a wicket - especially when Malcolm was bowling. The big fast man took four wickets including Franklin himself, but his most telling contribution may have been in bowling a particularly vicious bouncer to Greatbatch. It didn't take his wicket, but did take several of his fingers, forcing the number five to leave the field of play. To every action there remains an equal and opposite reaction though, and in this case that reaction came from the groin of Angus Fraser, which gave up on him during his third spell.

England had a big lead, but time was now of the essence: less than four sessions remained to set a target and bowl out the Kiwis. All of the batsmen came out and looked to score quickly, but none quicker than the irrepressible Botham. His 89 came from only 60 balls and included three huge sixes. The frenetic innings left two sessions to take nine Kiwi wickets, with Greatbatch unable to bat.

With Fraser unavailable, Gooch threw the new ball to Botham. He may be a shadow of his former self, but the magic was still there. Within what felt like minutes, he and Malcolm had reduced the Kiwis to 17 for four, and their resistance hinged on the abilities of Rutherford and Bracewell. Together, they looked like they could see New Zealand to safety, but the wicket of Bracewell - LBW to Small - opened the door again. Then Hadlee went. By now, England were bowling to four slips, a gully, a leg slip and a short leg. Then Rutherford nicked off, and Ian Smith was bombed out by Malcolm. One wicket to go, but only one over left in the game. Gooch threw the ball to Botham.

Snedden on strike. Calmly blocked into the off side.

The second ball was left outside off.

The third was wildly off target, and no problem at all to leave alone.

The fourth was straight. It hit the seam, and missed Snedden's bat on the inside edge. The umpire raised his finger and England won the Test match, and the series, with only two balls to spare. *Shivers* Test cricket. Inject it into my veins.

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I'm also adding a Player of the Season award in the style of the Allan Border Medal - the Barrington Medal.

Drawn or lost match
Best player - 3 points
2nd best player - 2 points
3rd best player - 1 point

Won match
Best player - 5 points
2nd best player - 3 points
3rd best player - 2 points
4th best player - 1 point

Standings
=1. Graham Gooch - 5 points
=1. Rob Bailey - 5 points (+5)
=2. Gladstone Small - 3 points
=2. Ian Botham - 3 points (+3)
=3. Angus Fraser - 2 points
=3. Devon Malcolm - 2 points (+2)
=4. Chris Lewis - 1 point
=4. Robin Smith - 1 points (+1)
 
Dale88 said:
Had to call up Big Ned I see. Knew it was coming :lol
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Definitely. I'm hoping for an excuse to get Larkins, Bailey, Lamb and Capel in the same eleven

Speaking of Bailey - what a legend. I picked him because I saw that he averaged about 80 in the 1990 County Championship, and figured I kinda had to pick him after that. Only went and put in a 196
 
:eng: England (2) vs (0) New Zealand :nzf: - Third Test at Edgbaston

England XI
:eng: :bat: Graham Gooch :c:
:eng: :bat: Wayne Larkins
:eng: :bat: Rob Bailey
:eng: :bat: Robin Smith
:eng: :bat: David Gower
:eng: :ar: Ian Botham
:eng: :wk: Jack Russell
:eng: :ar: Chris Lewis
:eng: :bwl: Gladstone Small
:eng: :bwl: Phil Tufnell
:eng: :bwl: Devon Malcolm

New Zealand XI
:nzf: :bat: Trevor Franklin
:nzf: :bat: John Wright :c:
:nzf: :bat: Andrew Jones
:nzf: :bat: Martin Crowe
:nzf: :bat: Ken Rutherford
:nzf: :bat: Chris Kuggelijn
:nzf: :ar: John Bracewell
:nzf: :ar: Richard Hadlee
:nzf: :wk: Ian Smith
:nzf: :bwl: Martin Snedden
:nzf: :bwl: Danny Morrison

- - -

England win the toss and choose to bat

- - -

With England an unassailable two-nil up in the series, there would be changes on both teams: for England, the only semi-fit Angus Fraser was allowed to rest ahead of the upcoming series against India, while New Zealand were forced to replace the injured Greatbatch and chose to replace the out of form Ian Smith. In came Parore to keep and Christopher Mary Kuggelijn, who probably wasn't in the actual touring party, but I picked to fill out the 18-man squad.

When you win the toss and bat on a flat track, you have to expect to bat through the first day, and post a score well in excess of 300 by the end of your innings. England... didn't. By lunch, they had stumbled to a shameful 91 for 8 with only Bailey (20), Smith (18) and Gower (28) making it to double figures. Worse still, it was John Bracewell in the wickets - a non-spinning spinner took three wickets in the first session of a Test match in England. At least England bat deep. It's the 90s, so the last two batsmen offered no resistance whatsoever, and only Gladstone Small hauled England past 100.

The English bowlers responded with disciplined opening spells, and by the end of the 14th over, Franklin and Wright had combined for only 12 runs. Pressure wasn't enough though - England needed wickets. Throwing the ball to Botham worked for a couple of those, but by the end of the first day England led by only ten. Things would go from bad to worse on the second day as Ken Rutherford and the weirdly overperforming Bracewell gave New Zealand the platform to get their first innings up past 300. At least Phil Tufnell, returning to the side after his horror debut, bowled well enough to claim four wickets.

One thing England weren't lacking was time to mount a comeback in the Test; with almost three days ahead of them, there was really no reason for the top order to go for unnecessary shots early. Despite that, the top order just couldn't get themselves in the runs, and it took a trio of 69s from Gower, Botham and Russell (not out) to stage any sort of recovery. Yet again though, the excellent Jack Russell ran out of partners whilst still batting comfortably, which must be a great frustration for him. Hadlee also finished his final Test spell with the wicket of Chris Lewis, though quite why he wasn't brought back to bowl at Tufnell and Malcolm was a baffling piece of captaincy.

A target of 113 to win, and all the time in the world to do it, was not a challenge for the Kiwis. They did so with little fuss to win by seven wickets, with the main positive for England being Ian Botham's 392nd Test wicket. Although there are flashes of excellence still, one must expect that Test retirement is just around the corner for him.

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I'm also adding a Player of the Season award in the style of the Allan Border Medal - the Barrington Medal.

Drawn or lost match
Best player - 3 points
2nd best player - 2 points
3rd best player - 1 point

Won match
Best player - 5 points
2nd best player - 3 points
3rd best player - 2 points
4th best player - 1 point

Standings
=1. Graham Gooch - 5 points
=1. Rob Bailey - 5 points
=1. Ian Botham - 5 points (+2)
=4. Gladstone Small - 3 points
=4. Phil Tufnell - 3 points (+3)
=6. Angus Fraser - 2 points
=6. Devon Malcolm - 2 points
=8. Chris Lewis - 1 point
=8. Robin Smith - 1 points
=8. Jack Russell - 1 point (+1)
 
Aislabie said:
Records

Highest Innings Score
447 all out vs New Zealand, Lord's 1990

Lowest Innings Score
122 all out vs New Zealand, Edgbaston 1990

Highest Innings
196, Rob Bailey vs New Zealand, Lord's 1990

Best Innings Bowling
6 for 70, Chris Lewis vs West Indies, Kensington Oval 1990

Best Match Bowling
9 for 153, Chris Lewis vs West Indies, Kensington Oval 1990

Partnerships
1. 98 - Graham Gooch & Michael Atherton vs West Indies 1990
2. 154 - Graham Gooch & Robin Smith vs New Zealand 1990
3. 152 - Rob Bailey & Robin Smith vs New Zealand 1990
4. 173 - Robin Smith & David Gower vs West Indies 1990
5. 102 - Robin Smith & Ian Botham vs West Indies 1990
6. 81 - David Gower & Jack Russell vs New Zealand 1990
7. 81 - David Gower & Phillip DeFreitas vs West Indies 1990
8. 38 - Jack Russell & Gladstone Small vs West Indies 1990
9. 44 - Jack Russell & Angus Fraser vs West Indies 1990
10. 29 - Gladstone Small & Devon Malcolm vs New Zealand 1990

Honours Board
:bat:
:wi: vs :eng:, 1989-90
Graham Gooch - 112
Robin Smith - 101
Robin Smith - 112
Graham Gooch - 100

:eng: vs :nzf:, 1990
Graham Gooch - 127
Rob Bailey - 196

:bwl:
:wi: vs :eng:, 1989-90
Angus Fraser - 5 for 47
Gladstone Small - 5 for 72
Chris Lewis - 6 for 70

:nzf: vs :eng:, 1990
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Aislabie said:
Career Statistics

Batting & Fielding
PlayerMatInnNORunsAvg100s50sBestCtSt
:eng: :bat: Mike Atherton713031424.15--474-
:eng: :bat: Rob Bailey36028647.671-1961-
:eng: :ar: Ian Botham1051707558534.261425208130-
:eng: :ar: Phillip DeFreitas1624230914.05--43*4-
:eng: :bwl: Angus Fraser101501489.87--291-
:eng: :bat: Graham Gooch811485538737.67113119682-
:eng: :bat: David Gower11419815786542.97154121574-
:eng: :bwl: Eddie Hemmings1319333220.75-1954-
:eng: :bat: Graeme Hick24010726.75--362-
:eng: :bat: Allan Lamb601059322433.58912137*53-
:eng: :bat: Wayne Larkins917033119.47--435-
:eng: :ar: Chris Lewis57010114.43--36--
:eng: :bwl: Devon Malcolm6125628.86--14*1-
:eng: :wk: Jack Russell1526877142.8314128*425
:eng: :bwl: Gladstone Small1217521818.17-1591-
:eng: :bat: Robin Smith16313131847.07471436-
:eng: :bat: Alec Stewart12073.50--5--
:eng: :bwl: Phil Tufnell24020.50--22-

Bowling
PlayerMatOvrRunsWktsAvgEcon5WI10WMBest
:eng: :bat: Mike Atherton740148818.503.7--3/32
:eng: :bat: Rob Bailey315610-4.1---
:eng: :ar: Ian Botham10537131107739228.263.02748/34
:eng: :ar: Phillip DeFreitas1654815883148.122.91-5/86
:eng: :bwl: Angus Fraser1044810943135.292.41-5/47
:eng: :bat: Graham Gooch762786671544.472.4--2/12
:eng: :bat: David Gower114620120.003.3--1/1
:eng: :bwl: Eddie Hemmings1351314543146.902.8--4/90
:eng: :bat: Graeme Hick22695247.503.7--2/61
:eng: :bat: Allan Lamb60523123.004.6--1/6
:eng: :bat: Wayne Larkins9--------
:eng: :ar: Chris Lewis51614261430.432.61-6/70
:eng: :bwl: Devon Malcolm61956091443.503.1--4/65
:eng: :wk: Jack Russell15--------
:eng: :bwl: Gladstone Small1250712884826.832.53-5/48
:eng: :bat: Robin Smith16--------
:eng: :bat: Alec Stewart1--------
:eng: :bwl: Phil Tufnell272246735.143.4--4/87
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Stats and records have been updated for all of you who enjoy numbers. Most un-England selection policy to use only 18 players over eight matches, but the second opening slot is definitely a big problem.

Atherton and Larkins have now played 30 Test innings between them without a single fifty. That's dreadful
 
India Tour of England, 1990

Itinerary
26 Jul 90 - :eng: England vs India :ind: - First Test at Lord's - India won by 8 wickets
09 Aug 90- :eng: England vs India :ind:- Second Test at Old Trafford - India won by 2 wickets
23 Aug 90 - :eng: England vs India :ind: - Third Test at The Oval - India won by 284 runs

England Squad

:eng: :bat: Graham Gooch :c:

:eng: :bat: Rob Bailey
:eng: :bat: David Gower
:eng: :bat: Graeme Hick
:eng: :bat: Allan Lamb
:eng: :bat: Wayne Larkins
:eng: :bat: Tim Robinson
:eng: :bat: Robin Smith :slvo:

:eng: :wk: Paul Nixon :redo:
:eng: :wk: Jack Russell

:eng: :ar: Ian Botham
:eng: :ar: Chris Lewis

:eng: :bwl: Martin Bicknell :redo:
:eng: :ar: Phillip DeFreitas
:eng: :bwl: Angus Fraser
:eng: :bwl: Devon Malcolm
:eng: :bwl: Gladstone Small

:eng: :bwl: Phil Tufnell

There's only really been one big change to the English squad from the New Zealand series, and that's the inclusion of Tim Robinson as competition for Wayne Larkins at the top of the order. After a long period of not being able to find an opening partner for Graham Gooch, it's though that England may have decided to stop punting on players with questionable records if Wayne Larkins doesn't come good, and instead to go back to somebody who has clear Test pedigree from earlier in their career. Hick and Lamb still retain their places in a squad that is a little batting-heavy, but neither can really expect to regain the spot Rob Bailey made his own against the Kiwis. England will no doubt be hoping for some nice green pitches in the hope of neutralising the Indian spinners, although their openers may well disagree with that.
 
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:eng: England vs India :ind: - First Test at Lord's

England XI
:eng: :bat: Graham Gooch :c:
:eng: :bat: Wayne Larkins
:eng: :bat: Rob Bailey
:eng: :bat: Robin Smith
:eng: :bat: David Gower
:eng: :ar: Ian Botham
:eng: :wk: Jack Russell
:eng: :bwl: Gladstone Small
:eng: :bwl: Angus Fraser
:eng: :bwl: Phil Tufnell
:eng: :bwl: Devon Malcolm

India XI
:ind: :ar: Ravi Shastri
:ind: :bat: Navjot Sidhu
:ind: :bat: Sanjay Manjrekar
:ind: :bat: Dilip Vengarkar
:ind: :bat: Mohammad Azharuddin :c:
:ind: :bat: Sachin Tendulkar
:ind: :ar: Manoj Prabhakar
:ind: :ar: Kapil Dev
:ind: :wk: Kiran More
:ind: :bwl: Sanjeev Sharma
:ind: :bwl: Narendra Hirwani

- - -

England win the toss and choose to bat

- - -

With Angus Fraser back to fitness and Devon Malcolm showing real form with the ball, Chris Lewis was the man to make way for the opening Test against India. Wayne Larkins held onto his place despite the presence of the far superior Robinson in the squad, but one imagines this must be last chance saloon for him. This Indian team is an interesting one, packed to the rafters with batting talent including talented toddler Tendulkar who will bat at number six. It is currently unclear whether India have actually picked any bowlers.

After Gooch won the toss and batted, Wayne Larkins started the game as only he can out of current England players. By lunch, he had reached a fluent and exciting 81 not out having left his captain in the dust before Gooch lost his wicket to the leg-spin of Hirwani. Once he was out, snicking off for 89 of England's 126 runs to that point, things settled down considerably. Bailey and Smith put together a very mature partnership in which both scored 50s but Bailey was dismissed shortly before stumps, which England reached on 267 for three. Once the Indians got into the English tail though, the end came quickly: Gladstone Small wandering out at number eight is never a reassuring sight, but what the most impressive thing that happened all innings was Phil Tufnell starting his innings with four consecutive (mostly edged) boundaries from the bowling of Manoj Prabhakar. Regardless, England should have done better than 343.

The pitch was most definitely flattening out though. There was very little help for the English seamers, as the four of them combined to bowl 106 overs but took a mere four wickets. The pitch took a little bit of turn, but England hadn't selected match-winning spinners; instead, the MCC Members spent the better part of a session of Day Four watching Phil Tufnell bowl in tandem with Rob Bailey who took his first two Test wickets. Eventually, the Indians declared once they passed 500 because it was the only way to push for the win.

Unfortunately for them, there was a significant lack of Indian bowling talent to push for said win. As time started to run out in the game, spectators were treated to a fine display of batting from Robin Smith and Ian Botham, with the latter racing to his highest score in a decade. The more Hirwani bowled, the more he managed to find the middle of Botham's bat. His runs were flowing, but the lack of time left in the game coupled with the strength of the Indian batting meant that there was no realistic chance of forcing a result from the game. As a result, Gooch just let the team bat and bat. Botham recorded another double-century, his (I think) third in Tests.

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I'm also adding a Player of the Season award in the style of the Allan Border Medal - the Barrington Medal.

Drawn or lost match
Best player - 3 points
2nd best player - 2 points
3rd best player - 1 point

Won match
Best player - 5 points
2nd best player - 3 points
3rd best player - 2 points
4th best player - 1 point

Standings
1. Ian Botham - 8 points (+3)
=2. Graham Gooch - 5 points
=2. Rob Bailey - 5 points
=4. Gladstone Small - 3 points
=4. Phil Tufnell - 3 points
=4. Robin Smith - 3 points (+2)
=7. Angus Fraser - 2 points
=7. Devon Malcolm - 2 points
=9. Chris Lewis - 1 point
=9. Jack Russell - 1 point
=9. Wayne Larkins - 1 points (+1)

India win the toss and choose to bat

- - -

With Angus Fraser apparently back to fitness and Devon Malcolm showing real form with the ball, Chris Lewis was the man to make way for the opening Test against India. Wayne Larkins held onto his place despite the presence of the far superior Robinson in the squad, but one imagines this must be last chance saloon for him. This Indian team is an interesting one, packed to the rafters with batting talent including talented toddler Tendulkar who will bat at number six. It is currently unclear whether India have actually picked any bowlers.

The bad news for England was that Fraser's return to the side had been entirely premature; he broke down again in his tenth over of the game and although he managed to complete it, he would make no further contribution than the two wickets he'd already taken. This left the English attack under some pressure, especially given how Malcolm was comfortably hit out of the attack in his opening spell. The young Tendulkar, coming in at number six, capitalised on the situation by racing to a sublime century before finally coming undone to the extra pace of Malcolm. Graham Gooch also turned his arm over due to the lack of available bowling options, rolling back the decades with a couple of wickets.

This opened up some real problems for England, especially once Kapil Dev had run through their top four as if they weren't even there. Larkins, Bailey and Smith all fell in quick succession, leaving it up to the experienced duo of Gooch and Gower to try to fix things. Each batsman managed to reach 50, but neither had the slightest support: the third-highest score in the innings was Wayne Larkins' 11 and within 70 overs, the English were asked to bat for a second time with almost three days left in the game and seemingly no hope of escaping it in tact.

There was little to be done for England apart from just going out and having a bat, but even that didn't go to plan: Larkins and Bailey failed again before Gooch edged behind and left it up to Smith and Gower to rebuild... whatever this was. Though both batted well, they weren't able to make a huge dent in India's advantage in the game. When both fell to Dev, it became a familiar tail of "Russell and the bowlers", but with a notable plot twist: Phil Tufnell offered some support. He struck a breezy 36 against all the odds, hanging around long enough for Russell to record another fifty and for England to record the tiniest of leads.

Not that a target of 15 was anything to worry about, but a wicket each for Botham and Malcolm was more than could have been expected.

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I'm also adding a Player of the Season award in the style of the Allan Border Medal - the Barrington Medal.

Drawn or lost match
Best player - 3 points
2nd best player - 2 points
3rd best player - 1 point

Won match
Best player - 5 points
2nd best player - 3 points
3rd best player - 2 points
4th best player - 1 point

Standings
=1. Rob Bailey - 5 points
=1. Ian Botham - 5 points
=1. Graham Gooch - 5 points
=4. Angus Fraser - 3 points (+1)
=4. David Gower - 3 points (+3)
=4. Jack Russell - 3 points (+2)
=4. Gladstone Small - 3 points
=4. Phil Tufnell - 3 points
9. Devon Malcolm - 2 points
=10. Chris Lewis - 1 point
=10. Robin Smith - 1 points
 
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Both could definitely still bat in 1990, though I don't think he recorded anything like that... his bowling was fairly ropey by then
 
Career Statistics at the end of the 1990s
Includes all players who debuted before 1990 and played from that date onwards either in real life or in this universe.

Cap Numbers
Player#DebutLast Test
:eng: :bat: Graham Gooch461:eng: v :aus: (1), 1975:eng: v :wi: (5), 1995
:eng: :ar: Ian Botham474:eng: v :aus: (3), 1977:eng: v :ind: (3), 1990
:eng: :bat: Mike Gatting477:pak: v :eng: (3), 1977-78:ind: v :eng: (2), 1992-93
:eng: :bat: David Gower479:eng: v :pak: (1), 1978:eng: v :wi: (2), 1991
:eng: :ar: John Emburey480:eng: v :nzf: (3), 1978:eng: v :aus: (4), 1989
:eng: :bat: Wayne Larkins484:aus: v :eng: (3), 1979-80:eng: v :ind: (1), 1990
:eng: :bat: Allan Lamb494:eng: v :ind: (1), 1982:wi: v :eng: (4), 1989-90
:eng: :ar: Derek Pringle495:eng: v :ind: (1), 1982:eng: v :aus: (6), 1989
:eng: :bwl: Eddie Hemmings497:eng: v :pak: (1), 1982:wi: v :eng: (5), 1989-90
:eng: :bwl: Neil Foster502:eng: v :nzf: (3), 1983:eng: v :pak: (1), 1992
:eng: :bat: Tim Robinson511:ind: v :eng: (1), 1984:eng: v :wi: (5), 1991
:eng: :bwl: Gladstone Small521:eng: v :nzf: (2), 1986:eng: v :sri:, 1991
:eng: :ar: Phillip DeFreitas522:aus: v :eng: (1), 1986-87:saf: v :eng: (1), 1995-96
:eng: :bat: Neil Fairbrother525:eng: v :pak: (1), 1987:nzf: v :eng: (3), 1987-88
:eng: :ar: David Capel526:eng: v :pak: (3), 1987:eng: v :aus: (6), 1989
:eng: :bwl: Paul Jarvis527:nzf: v :eng: (1), 1987-88:eng: v :pak: (5), 1992
:eng: :bat: Robin Smith530:eng: v :wi: (4), 1988:eng: vs :aus: (5), 1997
:eng: :bat: Rob Bailey531:eng: v :wi: (5), 1988:eng: v :wi: (4), 1991
:eng: :bat: Matt Maynard532:eng: v :wi: (5), 1988only Test
:eng: :bwl: Syd Lawrence534:eng: v :sri:, 1988:eng: v :sri:, 1991
:eng: :bwl: Phil Newport535:eng: v :sri:, 1988:eng: v :aus: (1), 1989
:eng: :wk: Jack Russell536:eng: v :sri:, 1988:eng: v :saf: (5), 1998
:eng: :bwl: Angus Fraser537:eng: v :aus: (3), 1989:eng: vs :sri:,1998
:eng: :bat: Mike Atherton538:eng: v :aus: (5), 1989:saf: vs :eng: (3), 1999-00
:eng: :bwl: Devon Malcolm539:eng: v :aus: (5), 1989:eng: v :pak: (3), 1996
:eng: :bwl: Alan Igglesden540:eng: v :aus: (6), 1989only Test
- - - - - - - - - -- - -- - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - -
:eng: :bat: Alec Stewart542:wi: v :eng: (1), 1989-90:saf: vs :eng: (5), 1999-00
:eng: :bwl: Phil Tufnell543:wi: v :eng: (1), 1989-90:saf: vs :eng: (5), 1999-00
:eng: :ar: Chris Lewis544:wi: v :eng: (4), 1989-90:eng: v :pak: (3), 1996
:eng: :bat: Graeme Hick545:wi: v :eng: (5), 1989-90:saf: vs :eng: (5), 1999-00
:eng: :bwl: Martin Bicknell546:eng: v :ind: (3), 1990:nzf: v :eng: (4), 1991-92
:eng: :bwl: Steve Watkin547:eng: v :wi: (1), 1991:eng: v :wi: (2), 1991
:eng: :bwl: Peter Such548:eng: v :wi: (3), 1991:zim: v :eng: (3), 1996-97
:eng: :bwl: Ian Salisbury549:ind: v :eng: (1), 1992-93only Test
:eng: :bat: Mark Ramprakash550:ind: v :eng: (2), 1992-93:wi: vs :eng: (4), 1997-98
:eng: :ar: Dermot Reeve551:ind: v :eng: (3), 1992-93only Test
:eng: :bwl: Andy Caddick552:eng: v :aus: (2), 1993:saf: vs :eng: (4), 1999-00
:eng: :bat: Nasser Hussain553:eng: v :aus: (3), 1993:saf: vs :eng: (4), 1999-00
:eng: :bwl: Mark Ilott554:wi: v :eng: (4), 1993-94only Test
:eng: :bat: Graham Thorpe555:wi: v :eng: (4), 1993-94:saf: vs :eng: (5), 1999-00
:eng: :bwl: Darren Gough556:eng: v :nzf: (1), 1994:eng: vs :nzf: (4), 1999
:eng: :ar: Dominic Cork557:eng: v :nzf: (2), 1994:saf: vs :eng: (3), 1999-00
:eng: :wk: Richard Blakey558:eng: v :nzf: (3), 1994:zim: v :eng: (3), 1996-97
:eng: :ar: Glen Chapple559:aus: v :eng: (4), 1994-95:zim: v :eng: (1), 1996-97
:eng: :bwl: Richard Johnson560:eng: v :wi: (2), 1995only Test
:eng: :ar: Mark Alleyne561:eng: v :wi: (5), 1995:zim: v :eng: (3), 1996-97
:eng: :ar: Robert Croft562:saf: v :eng: (5), 1995-96:eng: v :saf: (4), 1998
:eng: :bat: Nick Knight563:saf: v :eng: (5), 1995-96:saf: vs :eng: (5), 1999-00
:eng: :bat: Mark Butcher564:zim: v :eng: (1), 1996-97:wi: vs :eng: (3), 1997-98
:eng: :bwl: Alan Mullally565:zim: v :eng: (1), 1996-97:saf: vs :eng: (5), 1999-00
:eng: :bat: John Crawley566:zim: v :eng: (2), 1996-97:saf: vs :eng: (5), 1999-00
:eng: :bwl: Dean Headley567:zim: v :eng: (2), 1996-97:eng: vs :nzf: (3), 1999
:eng: :ar: Craig White568:zim: v :eng: (2), 1996-97:saf: vs :eng: (5), 1999-00
:eng: :ar: Ben Hollioake569:eng: vs :aus: (3), 1997:saf: vs :eng: (5), 1999-00
:eng: :wk: Paul Nixon570:wi: vs :eng: (5), 1997-98:saf: vs :eng: (5), 1999-00
:eng: :ar: Andrew Flintoff571:eng: vs :sri:,1998:eng: vs :nzf: (2), 1999
:eng: :bat: Mal Loye572:eng: vs :sri:,1998:eng: vs :nzf: (3), 1999
:eng: :ar: Graeme Swann573:aus: vs :eng: (5),1998-99:eng: vs :nzf: (3), 1999
:eng: :bwl: Alex Tudor574:eng: vs :nzf: (3), 1999:saf: vs :eng: (5), 1999-00
:eng: :bwl: Dr Julian Thompson575:saf: vs :eng: (3), 1999-00:saf: vs :eng: (4), 1999-00


Captains
PlayerMatWTDLFirstLast
:eng: :bat: Graham Gooch552211616:eng: v :wi: (5), 1988:aus: v :eng: (5), 1994-95
:eng: :bat: Graeme Hick432101210:ind: v :eng: (2), 1992-93:aus: vs :eng: (5),1998-99
:eng: :bat: Nick Knight11000:eng: vs :sri:,1998only Test
:eng: :bat: Alec Stewart93024:eng: vs :nzf: (1), 1999:saf: vs :eng: (5), 1999-00


Batting & Fielding
PlayerMatInnNORunsAvg100s50sBestCtSt
:eng: :ar: Mark Alleyne4729519.00-156*4-
:eng: :bat: Michael Atherton :slvo:7814911562340.75112824251-
:eng: :bat: Rob Bailey1528181530.191219615-
:eng: :bwl: Martin Bicknell4406516.25--482-
:eng: :wk: Richard Blakey48216627.67-150*11-
:eng: :ar: Ian Botham (RET)1081767565633.471425208135-
:eng: :bat: Mark Butcher510017417.40-1554-
:eng: :bwl: Andy Caddick2632438213.64--37*3-
:eng: :ar: David Capel (RET)1118029316.27-2984-
:eng: :ar: Glen Chapple3517318.25--301-
:eng: :ar: Dominic Cork1926649624.80-2728-
:eng: :bat: John Crawley712034028.33-2703-
:eng: :ar: Robert Croft67019928.43-1541-
:eng: :ar: Phillip DeFreitas :slvo::slvo:3656678615.72-1827-
:eng: :ar: John Emburey (RET)608918154021.49-87533-
:eng: :bat: Neil Fairbrother44051.25--33-
:eng: :ar: Andrew Flintoff36113827.60-1893-
:eng: :bwl: Neil Foster (RET)39601260012.50--42*13-
:eng: :bwl: Angus Fraser5980116779.81--3410-
:eng: :bat: Mike Gatting (RET)7012114403737.7391920753-
:eng: :bat: Graham Gooch :slvo::slvo::slvo: (RET)131244101124248.042860294147-
:eng: :bwl: Darren Gough28391240214.89--35*4-
:eng: :bat: David Gower (RET)12421517850642.96154721575-
:eng: :bwl: Dean Headley (RET) :slvo::slvo:233792508.93--245-
:eng: :bwl: Eddie Hemmings (RET)1319333220.75-1954-
:eng: :bat: Graeme Hick :slvo:8716111598839.921629172*133-
:eng: :ar: Ben Hollioake1220239421.89-26012-
:eng: :bat: Nasser Hussain1425159224.67-37028-
:eng: :bwl: Alan Igglesden (RET)1112---2*1-
:eng: :bwl: Mark Ilott12226---25*--
:eng: :bwl: Paul Jarvis (RET)1015418917.18--35*1-
:eng: :bwl: Richard Johnson11011.00--1--
:eng: :bat: Nick Knight26501207942.4341224734-
:eng: :bat: Allan Lamb (RET)601059322433.58912137*53-
:eng: :bat: Wayne Larkins (RET)1019034818.31--435-
:eng: :bwl: Syd Lawrence (RET)22063.00--4--
:eng: :ar: Chris Lewis (RET)569012197325.2917114*61-
:eng: :bat: Mal Loye24010125.25-1921-
:eng: :bwl: Devon Malcolm3750132336.30--21*11-
:eng: :bat: Matt Maynard120136.50--10--
:eng: :bwl: Alan Mullally2836131797.79--223-
:eng: :bwl: Phil Newport (RET)2307023.33--361-
:eng: :wk: Paul Nixon1627475232.70-584452
:eng: :ar: Derek Pringle (RET)2136351215.51-2667-
:eng: :bat: Mark Ramprakash18342104732.7219100*1-
:eng: :ar: Dermot Reeve (RET)120126.00--6--
:eng: :bat: Tim Robinson (RET) :slvo:41716236236.3341217514-
:eng: :wk: Jack Russell (RET)9415635395432.68121128*24327
:eng: :bwl: Ian Salisbury1102121.00--21--
:eng: :bwl: Gladstone Small (RET)2026738220.10-2592-
:eng: :bat: Robin Smith :slvo::slvo: (RET)8215217666249.32193420420-
:eng: :bat: Alec Stewart :slvo::slvo:831638708945.741829202*18-
:eng: :bwl: Peter Such12157475.88--14*5-
:eng: :ar: Graeme Swann2305919.67--493-
:eng: :bwl: Dr Julian Thompson (RET)2305919.67-150--
:eng: :bat: Graham Thorpe :slvo::slvo:499014348045.7981911623-
:eng: :bwl: Alex Tudor46112324.60--402-
:eng: :bwl: Phil Tufnell :slvo::slvo:90116235616.03--3627-
:eng: :bwl: Steve Watkin2405513.75--27--
:eng: :ar: Craig White :slvo::slvo:305613162637.81111104*4-


Bowling
PlayerMatOvrRunsWktsAvgEcon5WI10WMBest
:eng: :ar: Mark Alleyne41093071030.702.8--2/27
:eng: :bat: Michael Atherton :slvo:781445001338.463.9--3/32
:eng: :bat: Rob Bailey1543175287.504.1--1/0
:eng: :bwl: Martin Bicknell41914691142.632.5--3/72
:eng: :wk: Richard Blakey4--------
:eng: :ar: Ian Botham (RET)10837791122340028.133.02748/34
:eng: :bat: Mark Butcher52515.002.0--1/0
:eng: :bwl: Andy Caddick26105329519132.432.8317/26
:eng: :ar: David Capel (RET)112096281252.333.0--2/13
:eng: :ar: Glen Chapple3128398666.333.1--3/99
:eng: :ar: Dominic Cork1969620385437.742.91-5/59
:eng: :bat: John Crawley7--------
:eng: :ar: Robert Croft62106641544.273.21-5/117
:eng: :ar: Phillip DeFreitas :slvo::slvo:361324353010433.942.7415/19
:eng: :ar: John Emburey (RET)602371510513836.992.16-7/78
:eng: :bat: Neil Fairbrother4290-4.5---
:eng: :ar: Andrew Flintoff3101295473.752.9--3/78
:eng: :bwl: Neil Foster (RET)391451390211533.932.7518/107
:eng: :bwl: Angus Fraser592400592917733.492.55-6/68
:eng: :bat: Mike Gatting (RET)70125317479.252.5--1/14
:eng: :bat: Graham Gooch :slvo::slvo::slvo: (RET)1313067401743.532.4--2/12
:eng: :bwl: Darren Gough28111130368037.952.72-5/50
:eng: :bat: David Gower (RET)124620120.003.3--1/1
:eng: :bwl: Dean Headley (RET) :slvo::slvo:231054283410526.992.7817/47
:eng: :bwl: Eddie Hemmings (RET)1351314543146.902.8--4/90
:eng: :bat: Graeme Hick :slvo:872659501950.003.8--3/38
:eng: :ar: Ben Hollioake1238611913435.033.12-5/53
:eng: :bat: Nasser Hussain14--------
:eng: :bwl: Alan Igglesden (RET)137146348.673.9--2/91
:eng: :bwl: Mark Ilott1381271127.003.3--1/106
:eng: :bwl: Paul Jarvis (RET)1035910692641.123.0--4/50
:eng: :bwl: Richard Johnson1441550-3.5---
:eng: :bat: Nick Knight26--------
:eng: :bat: Allan Lamb (RET)60523123.004.6--1/6
:eng: :bat: Wayne Larkins (RET)10--------
:eng: :bwl: Syd Lawrence (RET)268223455.753.3--2/74
:eng: :ar: Chris Lewis (RET)561580426612334.682.71-6/70
:eng: :bat: Mal Loye2--------
:eng: :bwl: Devon Malcolm371292419513730.623.26-7/86
:eng: :bat: Matt Maynard1--------
:eng: :bwl: Alan Mullally281059284411325.172.7616/70
:eng: :bwl: Phil Newport (RET)292339937.663.7--4/87
:eng: :wk: Paul Nixon16--------
:eng: :ar: Derek Pringle (RET)2162518074837.642.92-5/95
:eng: :bat: Mark Ramprakash18120-2.0---
:eng: :ar: Dermot Reeve (RET)114390-2.8---
:eng: :bat: Tim Robinson (RET) :slvo:41100-0.0---
:eng: :wk: Jack Russell (RET)94--------
:eng: :bwl: Ian Salisbury113760-5.9---
:eng: :bwl: Gladstone Small (RET)2078419806033.002.53-5/48
:eng: :bat: Robin Smith :slvo::slvo: (RET)82--------
:eng: :bat: Alec Stewart :slvo::slvo:83--------
:eng: :bwl: Peter Such1257216695033.382.92-8/47
:eng: :ar: Graeme Swann258169628.172.9--3/88
:eng: :bwl: Dr Julian Thompson (RET)246196449.004.2--3/91
:eng: :bat: Graham Thorpe :slvo::slvo:491236136.003.0--1/0
:eng: :bwl: Alex Tudor41164571432.643.9--4/96
:eng: :bwl: Phil Tufnell :slvo::slvo:9041711225041729.372.92758/114
:eng: :bwl: Steve Watkin264223544.603.51-5/56
:eng: :ar: Craig White :slvo::slvo:3086225106936.382.91-7/63
 
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