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Full name Mark Ravin Ramprakash
Born September 5, 1969, Bushey, Hertfordshire
Current age 38 years 250 days
Major teams England,Middlesex,Surrey
Nickname Ramps, Bloodaxe
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Height
5 ft 10 in
Education Gayton High School, Harrow Weald 6th Form College
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
52
92
6
2350
154
27.32
6495
36.18
2
12
251
7
39
0
ODIs
18
18
4
376
51
26.85
544
69.11
0
1
22
5
8
0
First-class
404
665
85
30956
301*
53.37
99
134
236
0
List A
383
371
59
12361
147*
39.61
14
81
127
0
Twenty20
34
34
7
977
85*
36.18
757
129.06
0
7
73
41
11
0
Bowling averages
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Inns
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Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
52
25
895
477
4
1/2
1/2
119.25
3.19
223.7
0
0
0
ODIs
18
5
132
108
4
3/28
3/28
27.00
4.90
33.0
0
0
0
First-class
404
4171
2196
34
3/32
64.58
3.15
122.6
0
0
List A
383
1734
1354
46
5/38
5/38
29.43
4.68
37.6
0
1
0
Twenty20
34
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Career statistics
Test debut
England v West Indies at Leeds, Jun 6-10, 1991 scorecard
Last Test
New Zealand v England at Auckland, Mar 30-Apr 3, 2002 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
England v West Indies at Manchester, May 25, 1991 scorecard
Last ODI
Zimbabwe v England at Bulawayo, Oct 13, 2001 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut
1987
Last First-class
Sussex v Surrey at Hove, Apr 30-May 3, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
1987
Last List A
Surrey v Essex at The Oval, May 11, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Surrey v Middlesex at The Oval, Jun 13, 2003 scorecard
A batsman of rare talent, combining a classically English technique
with an un-English intensity, Mark Ramprakash is nonetheless in danger
of ending up as unfulfilled as Graeme Hick, with whom he shared a Test
debut. A star for Middlesex at 17, he captained England Under-19. But
his international career became a monument to England selection
policies of the period, with five distinct phases: adhesive beginner
(1991), nervous wreck capable of shining only as a stand-in (1992-97),
solid achiever lacking only a top gear (1997-99), blatant scapegoat
(1999-2000) and seasoned spare part (2001-02). A better player abroad,
he has been selected twice as often at home. Only David Lloyd, with his
tender loving cheer, got the best out of him. Oddly, he always did well
against Australia, averaging 42. His stylish 133 against them at the
Oval in 2001, his first Test century in England, felt like a
breakthrough, but turned out to be a swansong as Nasser Hussain and
Duncan Fletcher lost patience after an indifferent tour of India and
New Zealand. All along, he has been a fielder of world class at cover
and bat-pad, and a county run-machine. When England gave up on him, he
became even more prolific for Surrey: in 2006, his 20th county season,
he was Bradmanesque, scoring 2,278 runs and averaging over 100. At the end of the season, he astonished team-mates and fans by taking part in Strictly Come Dancing, the BBC TV reality show which had been won the previous year by the much more extrovert Darren Gough. Ramprakash finally did what he hadn't done for England: he conquered his nerves, came out of his shell and rose to the big occasion, scoring a perfect 40 (10/10 from all four judges) for his salsa in the final. And he did it in a range of slinky shirts with not many buttons done up.
Tim de Lisle January 2007
