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Full name Bruce Nicholas French
Born August 13, 1959, Warsop, Nottinghamshire
Current age 49 years 24 days
Major teams England,Nottinghamshire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
16
21
4
308
59
18.11
797
38.64
0
1
37
1
38
1
ODIs
13
8
3
34
9*
6.80
71
47.88
0
0
1
0
13
3
First-class
360
471
92
7160
123
18.89
2
25
817
100
List A
296
195
60
2026
49
15.00
0
0
275
36
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
16
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ODIs
13
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
360
90
70
1
1/37
70.00
4.66
90.0
0
0
List A
296
-
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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Career statistics
Test debut
England v India at Leeds, Jun 19-23, 1986 scorecard
Last Test
New Zealand v England at Wellington, Mar 3-7, 1988 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
India v England at Chandigarh, Jan 27, 1985 scorecard
Last ODI
New Zealand v England at Auckland, Mar 19, 1988 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1976 - 1995
List A span
1977 - 1995
Profile
A top wicketkeeper in his prime, Bruce French spent two tours as understudy to Paul Downton before being given his chance in 1986. That he kept Jack Russell out of the England team for almost two years on wicketkeeping merit alone is a tribute to his glove work, though his batting never developed as it could have done. A remarkably accident prone man, he missed matches through being bitten by a dog, contracting chicken pox from his daughter, and was once knocked over by a car while on the way to hospital to be treated for concussion, having earlier in the day been hit on the head by a ball thrown by a spectator. Bravely for one so cursed by bad luck, one of his hobbies is mountaineering.
Peter Kirk
