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Full name Dennis Leslie Amiss
Born April 7, 1943, Harborne, Birmingham, Warwickshire
Current age 65 years 40 days
Major teams England,Warwickshire
Nickname Sacker
Batting style Right-hand bat
Height
5 ft 11 in
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
50
88
10
3612
262*
46.30
11
11
427
3
24
0
ODIs
18
18
0
859
137
47.72
1185
72.48
4
1
94
1
2
0
First-class
658
1139
126
43423
262*
42.86
102
212
417
0
List A
404
391
34
12519
137
35.06
15
77
105
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
50
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ODIs
18
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
658
1153
718
18
3/21
39.88
3.73
64.0
0
0
List A
404
129
125
2
1/15
1/15
62.50
5.81
64.5
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
England v West Indies at The Oval, Aug 18-22, 1966 scorecard
Last Test
England v Australia at Manchester, Jul 7-12, 1977 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
England v Australia at Manchester, Aug 24, 1972 scorecard
Last ODI
England v Australia at The Oval, Jun 6, 1977 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1960 - 1987
List A span
1963 - 1987
Profile
Two great innings against West Indies, 262 not out to save the 1973-74 Kingston Test and 203 at The Oval in 1976, supplied ample evidence that Dennis Amiss lacked neither courage nor technique against fast bowling. In that Oval match Michael Holding took 16 wickets in an attack completed by Andy Roberts, Wayne Daniel and Van Holder. Strongly built, tireless and four-square at the crease, Amiss was harder to get out, once he had 40 on the board, than any batsman of his generation, including Geoff Boycott. Of Amiss's 11 Test hundreds, eight exceeded 150, a higher proportion even than that of Don Bradman. His power, timing and placement through extra cover and midwicket, his two great scoring areas, could sometimes make him uncontrollable. To the regret of his many admirers, however, Amiss's dismal record against Australia denied him acceptance as a top-ranking England batsman. Starting with a pair, at Old Trafford in 1968, and later running into Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thomson at their fastest, he made seven ducks in 21 innings against them, averaging 15.25. He did well in the early days of limited-overs internationals, scoring England's first ODI century and averaging 47. John Thicknesse
