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| Batting style | Right hand bat | |
| Bowling type | Right arm off break | |
| Tests | First-class | |
| Matches | 46 | 450 |
| Runs scored | 676 | 7304 |
| Batting average | 14. The England cricket team is the national cricket team which represents England and Wales. Mike Powell cricketerjpg|thumb|200px| Warwickshire batsman Mike Powell]] A batsman in the sport of Cricket is depending on context Any In the sport of Cricket there are two broad categories of bowlers: pace bowlers and spin bowlers Off spin is a type of bowling in the Sport of Cricket which is bowled by an off spinner a right-handed spin bowler who 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 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 Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 08 | 16. 60 |
| 100s/50s | 0/2 | 2/18 |
| Top score | 63 | 113 |
| Balls bowled | 12027 | 101974 |
| Wickets | 193 | 1944 |
| Bowling average | 21. 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. 24 | 18. 41 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 9 | 127 |
| 10 wickets in match | 3 | 32 |
| Best bowling | 10/53 | 10/53 |
| Catches/stumpings | 12/0 | 270/0 |
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Test debut: 21 January 1948 |
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James Charles Laker (February 9, 1922 – April 23, 1986) was a cricketer who played for England in the 1950s, most famous for "Laker's match" in 1956 at Old Trafford, when he took nineteen wickets in England's victory against Australia. 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 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1258 - Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 215 BC - A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries The England cricket team is the national cricket team which represents England and Wales.
Born in Frizinghall, near Bradford, Yorkshire, he was known as an elegant off-spin bowler. Bradford ( lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a Metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. Yorkshire is a historic county of Northern England and the largest in Great Britain. Off spin is a type of bowling in the Sport of Cricket which is bowled by an off spinner a right-handed spin bowler who Muralijpg|thumb|250px|right|The world's leading off-spin bowler Muttiah Muralitharan sends down a delivery]] A bowler in the Sport of Cricket is usually He consistently performed well against Australian cricket teams, and formed a successful partnership with Tony Lock, a left-arm orthodox spinner. The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. Graham Anthony Richard Lock ( 5 July 1929 - 30 March 1995) was an English Cricketer who played primarily as a left-arm Left-arm orthodox spin is a style of bowling in the sport of Cricket. He was also part of the Surrey side that dominated the county championship with seven consecutive titles from 1952 to 1958. Surrey County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic Cricket structure representing the historic county of County cricket is the highest level of domestic Cricket in England and Wales He was selected as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1952. The Wisden Cricketers of the Year are Cricketers selected for the honour by the annual publication Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, based primarily on their
Laker was the first individual to take all 10 wickets in a Test match innings, ten for 53 in the Australians' second innings of the fourth Ashes Test at Old Trafford in 1956 (the only other bowler to take all 10 wickets is Anil Kumble of India in 1999). In the sport of Cricket the word wicket has several distinct meanings Meanings of wicket Set of stumps Primarily the wicket 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 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 The Ashes is a Test cricket series played between England and Australia. The Old Trafford Cricket Ground, usually known as simply Old Trafford, is a Cricket ground situated on Talbot Road in Old Trafford, an area of Anil Kumble (ಅನಿಲ್ ಕುಂಬ್ಳೆ (born 17 October 1970 in Bangalore, Karnataka) is an Indian Cricketer He is a right-arm The Indian cricket team is an international Cricket team representing India. Having also taken nine for 37 in the first innings, Laker's match bowling figures were nineteen for 90: no other bowler has taken more than seventeen wickets in a first-class match. 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 [1] Laker was married to an Austrian national who did not know much about cricket. Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich On the day of his achievement when he arrived home, his wife asked him, "Jim, did you do something good today?" after she had taken hundreds of congratulatory telephone calls. [2] Remarkably, Laker had also taken all ten wickets in an innings for Surrey against the same Australians earlier in the season, the first time a bowler had taken all ten against the Australians since Ted Barratt did so in 1878. Edward D'Oyley 'Ted' Barratt ( 21 April, 1844 - 27 February, 1891 was an English Cricketer who played mainly for Surrey in a first-class [2]
Laker was brought up by his aunts in Saltaire. Saltaire is the name of a Victorian era Model village in the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, by the River Aire Before the outbreak of World War Two, he was called down to the Yorkshire nets, where he impressed enough to earn approval as a batsman. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Yorkshire County Cricket Club, who represent the historic county of Yorkshire, are one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic Cricket War brought a temporary end to his cricketing plans, but reports began to emerge in about 1943 of an off-spinner in North Africa of whom greybeards said, "You can hear the ball buzz as he lets it go. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. North Africa or Northern Africa is the Northernmost Region of the African Continent, separated by the Sahara from Sub-Saharan "
After the war, Laker settled on the outskirts of London, and was recommended to Surrey. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. After Yorkshire granted permission, he was registered at the Oval. The Oval PavilionJPG|250px|right|thumb|The Members Pavilion]] The Oval is an international Cricket ground in Kennington, London He bowled with distinction in 1947, caused the West Indies trouble in 1947/48, but was severely clobbered by Don Bradman's 1948 Australians. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The West Indian cricket team, also known colloquially as The Windies or The West Indies, is a multi-national Cricket team representing Sir Donald George Bradman, AC (27 August 1908 – 25 February 2001 often referred to as The Don, was an Australian Cricketer widely Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
On England's disastrous tour of Australia in 1958-9, Laker was one of the few England players to enhance his reputation, bowling well on unhelpful pitches.
He played 46 Test matches between 1948 and 1959, taking 193 wickets with a bowling average of 21. Bowling average is a Statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the Sport of Cricket. 24; in all first-class matches he took 1,944 wickets at 18. 41.
Apart from his figures in 'Laker's match', the other bowling analysis for which he will be remembered is his 8 wickets for 2 runs in an innings in a Test Trial at Bradford in 1950, playing for England against 'The Rest'.
The publication in 1960 of his ghost-written autobiography, containing severe criticism of his Surrey and England captain Peter May, resulted in his losing honorary memberships of MCC and Surrey. Peter Barker Howard May, CBE ( 31 December, 1929 &mdash 27 December, 1994) was an English Cricketer who played Although these were both eventually restored, he never played for either Surrey or England again.
After his departure from the Surrey team, Laker played occasionally for Auckland. The Auckland Aces are one of six New Zealand First class cricket teams that make up New Zealand Cricket. He also played some matches for Essex from 1962 to 1965, but was not the force of old. 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
In later years Laker was a highly regarded cricket commentator for BBC television. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic His habit of dropping the final "g" when pronouncing words ending in "ing" attracted much affectionate mimicry. "Wry, dry, laconic, he thought about cricket with a deep intensity and a splendidly ironic point of view," wrote John Arlott. Leslie Thomas John Arlott ( February 25, 1914 &ndash December 14, 1991) was a freelance author whose main subjects were sport and wine a poet Laker died in Putney, London. Putney is a district of south-west London in the London Borough of Wandsworth. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
External links
- Cricinfo Player Profile : James Charles Laker
- Best Test match bowling figures, from Cricinfo
- Best Test innings bowling figures, from Cricinfo
- Most wickets in a first-class match, from Cricketarchive
Notes
- ^ Eighteen wickets in a match was achieved by William Lillywhite for eleven Players against sixteen Gentlemen at Lord's in 1837, and by Henry Arkwright for MCC against Kent in a 12-a-side match at Canterbury in 1861, but seventeen is the most otherwise recorded in an eleven-a-side match. Frederick William Lillywhite (born 13 June 1792 in Westhampnett Sussex; died 21 August 1854 in Islington, London) was a famous The previous best bowling in a Test match was achieved by Sydney Barnes, who took seventeen wickets for England against South Africa in December 1913. Sydney Francis Barnes ( April 19, 1873 &ndash December 26, 1967) usually known simply as S The South African cricket team, also known as The Proteas are a national Cricket team representing South Africa
- ^ David Lemmon, The History of Surrey County Cricket Club, Christopher Helm, 1989, ISBN 0-7470-2010-8, p245
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