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| Batting style | Right-handed batsman (RHB) | |||
| Bowling style | Right Arm Medium | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Tests | ODIs | |||
| Matches | 30 | 44 | ||
| Runs scored | 695 | 425 | ||
| Batting average | 15. The England cricket team is the national cricket team which represents England and Wales. Test cricket is the longest form of the Sport of Cricket. It has long been considered the ultimate test of playing ability between cricketing nations Note Most of the information here pertains to men's cricket ODI matches are also played in Women's cricket. Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 10 | 23. 61 | ||
| 100s/50s | 0/1 | 0/0 | ||
| Top score | 63 | 49* | ||
| Overs | 881. In the sport of Cricket, an over is a set of six consecutive balls bowled in succession 1 | 396. 3 | ||
| Wickets | 70 | 44 | ||
| Bowling average | 35. In the sport of Cricket the word wicket has several distinct meanings Meanings of wicket Set of stumps Primarily the wicket Bowling average is a Statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the Sport of Cricket. 97 | 38. 11 | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | 3 | 0 | ||
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | n/a | ||
| Best bowling | 7/120 | 4/42 | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 10/0 | 11/0 | ||
Derek Raymond Pringle (born Nairobi, Kenya 18 September 1958) is an English cricket journalist and a retired cricketer. An inning, or innings, is a fixed-length segment of a game in any of a variety of Sports &ndash most notably Cricket and Baseball during For other uses see Stump (disambiguation Stump is a term used in the Sport of Cricket where has three different meanings Events 1248 - The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III the Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nairobi (naɪˈroʊbɪ is the capital and largest city of Kenya. Events 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries
He was educated at Felsted School and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. Felsted School is a public school situated in the beautiful village of Felsted, England. Fitzwilliam College (usually called 'Fitz' is a college of the University of Cambridge. He played for Essex between 1978 and 1993. Essex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic Cricket structure representing the historic county of He was a member of the successful sides of the 1980s and early 1990s alongside cricketers such as Graham Gooch, Mark Waugh, Nasser Hussain, John Lever and Neil Foster. Graham Alan Gooch, OBE (born July 23 1953) is a former Cricketer who captained Essex and England. Mark Edward Waugh, AM (born June 2 1965 in Canterbury New South Wales) is a former Australian Cricketer who represented Australia in Test matches Nasser Hussain OBE (born March 28 1968, Madras, India) is a former Essex and England Cricketer He John Kenneth Lever (born February 24, 1949, Stepney, London) is an English former Cricketer who played in 21 Tests Neil Alan Foster (born May 6, 1962, Colchester, Essex) is a former English Cricketer who played in 29 Tests Pringle as an undergraduate played for Cambridge University and was called up for England, whilst he was captain in 1982. Cambridge University Cricket Club is a First-class cricket team The England cricket team is the national cricket team which represents England and Wales. Pringle went on to play 30 Test matches until 1992, scoring 695 runs and taking 70 wickets. Test cricket is the longest form of the Sport of Cricket. It has long been considered the ultimate test of playing ability between cricketing nations He also played in 44 One Day Internationals between 1982 and 1993. Note Most of the information here pertains to men's cricket ODI matches are also played in Women's cricket. He appeared in two World Cups including England's losing 1992 final team. The Cricket World Cup is the premier international championship of men's One Day International (ODI Cricket.
A big man of 6'5" (1m 94), Pringle had eclectic tastes in fashion and music in comparison to his team mates and eventually became a cult figure late in his career. His always popular warm-up routine before coming on to bowl, involved him lying on his back and apparently wrestling with an invisible octopus. He once damaged his back when his chair collapsed, forcing him to withdraw from a Test Match, although the story usually (but wrongly) told is that he sustained the injury whilst writing a letter. 1
After his playing days he became a cricket correspondent firstly with The Independent and then The Daily Telegraph. The Independent is a British compact Newspaper published by Tony O'Reilly 's Independent News & Media. For "The Daily Telegraph" in Australia see The Daily Telegraph (Australia.
Derek's father Donald Pringle played two matches for East Africa in the 1975 World Cup. The Cricket World Cup is the premier international championship of men's One Day International (ODI Cricket. Derek also appeared as an extra in the film Chariots of Fire. An extra is a Performer in a Film, Television show, stage musical opera or ballet production who appears in a nonspeaking nonsinging or nondancing capacity For the instrumental theme see Chariots of Fire (instrumental. [1]
| Career record | First-class | List A |
| Matches | 295 | 317 |
| Runs scored | 9,243 | 4,873 |
| Batting average | 28. First-class cricket refers to the class of Cricket matches of three or more days scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players and officially adjudged first-class by NightMatchOldTraffordjpg|right|thumb|350px|A night match at Old Trafford. Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 26 | 25. 92 |
| 100s/50s | 10/48 | 0/29 |
| Top score | 128 | 81* |
| Balls bowled | 45139 | 15410 |
| Wickets | 761 | 383 |
| Bowling average | 26. A cricket ball is a hard solid Ball used to play Cricket. Manufacture Cricket balls are made from a core of cork, which is layered In the sport of Cricket the word wicket has several distinct meanings Meanings of wicket Set of stumps Primarily the wicket Bowling average is a Statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the Sport of Cricket. 58 | 27. 14 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 25 | 5 |
| 10 wickets in match | 3 | n/a |
| Best Bowling | 7/18 | 5/12 |
| Catches/Stumpings | 153/0 | 87/0 |
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External links
- Derek Pringle at Cricinfo
- Derek Pringle at Cricket Archive
- Sports Telegraph
Sources
References
In the sport of Cricket the word wicket has several distinct meanings Meanings of wicket Set of stumps Primarily the wicket An inning, or innings, is a fixed-length segment of a game in any of a variety of Sports &ndash most notably Cricket and Baseball during In the sport of Cricket the word wicket has several distinct meanings Meanings of wicket Set of stumps Primarily the wicket For other uses see Stump (disambiguation Stump is a term used in the Sport of Cricket where has three different meanings Events 1071 - Battle of Manzikert: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Army at Manzikert. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic