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Derek Randall

England
Personal information
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Career statistics
Tests ODIs
Matches 47 49
Runs scored 2470 1067
Batting average 33. 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 37 26. 67
100s/50s 7/12 -/5
Top score 174 88
Balls bowled 16 2
Wickets - 1
Bowling average - 2. A delivery or ball in Cricket is a single action of Bowling a Cricket ball towards the Batsman. 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. 00
5 wickets in innings - -
10 wickets in match - n/a
Best bowling - 1/2
Catches/stumpings 31/- 25/-

As of 1 January 2006
Source: [1]

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The 'Clown Prince' of Cricket

A player with a boyish sense of joy in an age of dull professionalism, Randall first came to note as an outstanding cover fielder. Fielding in the Sport of Cricket is what fielders do to collect the ball when it is struck by the Batsman, in such a way as to either As one day cricket forced fielding standards ever upwards, Randall led the way in redefining outfielding, as Jack Hobbs and Colin Bland had done before him. NightMatchOldTraffordjpg|right|thumb|350px|A night match at Old Trafford. Sir John Berry Hobbs ( 16 December 1882 - 21 December 1963) generally known as Jack Hobbs, played Cricket for Surrey Kenneth Colin Bland, (born April 5 1938 in Bulawayo, Rhodesia) was a Cricketer who played for South Africa. His run out of Gordon Greenidge in the Cricket World Cup final of 1979 is but one highlight and his partnership with a youthful David Gower was a feature of the successful England team of the immediate post-Packer era. For the term run out, used in equestrian sport see Refusal Run out is a method of dismissal in the Sport Cuthbert Gordon Greenidge is a former member of the West Indies cricket team, born May 1, 1951 in Black Bess St The Cricket World Cup is the premier international championship of men's One Day International (ODI Cricket. David Ivon Gower, OBE (born April 1, 1957) is a retired Cricket player and current cricket broadcaster Kerry Francis Bullmore Packer, AC (17 December 1937 &ndash 26 December 2005 son of Sir Frank Packer, was an Australian publishing media and gaming tycoon Known for his eccentric movement at the crease, Randall was actually a determined batsman, the flashing cover drives, pulls and square cuts masking a steely desire to succeed. For the goalie's crease in hockey see Goal area. In the Sport of Cricket, the crease is the area demarcated by white

Randall for England

His finest hour was the Centenary Test of 1977, and his innings of 174 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, in the teeth of an Australian attack led by Dennis Lillee, thrilled and enchanted all who saw him pull England from an impossible position to the brink of victory. Centenary Test refers to two matches of Test cricket played between the English cricket team and the Australian cricket team, the first in 1977 and the Dennis Keith Lillee, MBE (born 18 July 1949 in Subiaco, Western Australia) is a former Australian Cricketer rated as the "outstanding fast It was the manner of his innings, as much as its epic scale, which enchanted the array of former Test stars who had been invited to the ground. He famously doffed his cap to Lillee, after narrowly evading a savage bouncer, quipping "No good hitting me there mate, nothing to damage. " When finally dismissed he left the ground by the wrong gate and found himself climbing up towards the royal enclosure where the Queen was watching the day's play. "She was very nice about it," he told the BBC "She smiled. Someone else quickly put me right. "

He took the catch which clinched the Ashes in 1977 at Headingley, turning a cartwheel in celebration in typically exuberant style. Headingley is an inner suburb of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. Randall often saved his best for matches against Australia, with the next tour in 1978/79 bringing a 5-1 England Ashes win and two man of the match performances for Randall, an intensely dogged 150 in a series dominated by fast bowlers being the highlight. The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. The Ashes is a Test cricket series played between England and Australia. In Sport, a man of the match or player of the game or man of the series award is given to the outstanding player almost always the one who makes the most Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the Sport of Cricket. Randall scored centuries against New Zealand and India, even one from the unlikely position of opener against Pakistan, but he was finally blown away by the awesome West Indian attack of 1984 (when he was asked to bat at number three in the first two Test matches of the summer, a position at which the odds were stacked against his strokeplaying style in the face of aggressive fast bowling) never to return. The New Zealand cricket team, also known as the Black Caps or BLACKCAPS, played their first Test in 1929-30 against England in Christchurch The Indian cricket team is an international Cricket team representing India. The Pakistan National Cricket Team is an international Cricket team representing Pakistan. The West Indian cricket team, also known colloquially as The Windies or The West Indies, is a multi-national Cricket team representing He played 47 Test matches in all, scoring 2,470 runs with 7 centuries and took 31 catches. He appeared for England in 49 One Day Internationals, in an era where far fewer matches were played than today, an action-packed 88 in his debut against the mighty West Indians of 1976 being his best. Note Most of the information here pertains to men's cricket ODI matches are also played in Women's cricket.

Derek Randall's Test Centuries

Randall in First-Class Cricket

After learning his cricket at Retford Cricket Club, Randall made his second-team debut in 1969 and his first-class debut against Essex at the end of May 1972, scoring 78 from number 8 in the order with the next highest score being Garry Sobers' 32. Sir Garfield St Auburn Sobers, AO (born 28 July 1936 in Bridgetown, Barbados) often known as Garry Sobers (though earlier in his life he preferred He won plaudits for his quicksilver talent in the covers, won his Nottinghamshire Cap in 1973 and went on to score 28,456 runs in all first-class cricket. Randall batted brilliantly for the successful Notts team of the early eighties, winning the County Championship in a team which boasted the great Sir Richard Hadlee and Clive Rice. The County Championship is the domestic first class Cricket competition in England and Wales. Sir Richard John Hadlee, MBE, (born July 3, 1951) is a former New Zealand Cricketer He played club and provincial cricket for Clive Edward Butler Rice (born 23 July 1949 in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa) was a South African Cricketer With his team needing eighteen to win from the final over of the 1985 NatWest Trophy final, he hit sixteen from the first five balls, only to be caught in the outfield from the final delivery. He compiled 52 hundreds in all and made 209 and 146 in the same game against Middlesex in 1979. He scored 1,000 runs in a season eight times, took 361 catches and a rather more surprising 13 wickets at just over 31. His first-class bowling strike rate of 37 balls per wicket compares well to Sir Richard Hadlee's 45. He was universally popular with the crowds who found his enthusiastic fielding and comic antics as entertaining as his puckish batting. He was famous for running, rather than walking, towards the batsman in the covers as the bowler delivered the ball and was responsible for many run outs in his prime.

He retired from first-class cricket with Notts in 1993, but later turned out in Minor Counties cricket for Suffolk, playing in the NatWest Trophy at the age of 49 and a match for 'old Suffolk' in 2004. The minor counties are the Cricketing counties of England and Wales that are not afforded first class status Suffolk County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic Cricket structure representing The Friends Provident Trophy is a one day Cricket competition in the United Kingdom. He appeared for the final time in 2003 to cap a career which saw this embodiment of eternal youth play in an amazing five decades.

Retirement

In retirement he has coached numerous school and university sides, among many other projects, and is remembered still with great affection in the game. He coached Cambridge University and was coach at Bedford School when Alastair Cook came through the First XI, recommending the youngster was picked up for the ECB National Academy. Bedford School is not to be confused with Bedford Modern School or Bedford High School. Alastair Cook should not be confused with Alistair Cooke, journalist and broadcaster The National Cricket Performance Centre first came into existence in the winter of 2001-2002 and has been based at Loughborough University since 2003. The "Derek Randall Suite" at Trent Bridge cricket ground, home of Nottinghamshire CCC, is named in his honour.

His books include The young person's guide to Cricket and his autobiography The sun has got his hat on [2].

External links and sources

Derek Randall is now a player with Matlock CC

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