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Full name Rikki Clarke
Born September 29, 1981, Orsett, Essex
Current age 26 years 231 days
Major teams England,Derbyshire,Marylebone Cricket Club,Surrey
Nickname Clarkey, Crouchy
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Height
6 ft 4 in
Education Broadwater, Godalming College
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
2
3
0
96
55
32.00
253
37.94
0
1
8
1
1
0
ODIs
20
13
0
144
39
11.07
232
62.06
0
0
12
1
11
0
First-class
80
129
13
4456
214
38.41
10
19
92
0
List A
113
100
13
2210
98*
25.40
0
11
51
0
Twenty20
33
31
8
510
79*
22.17
404
126.23
0
2
50
12
14
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
2
4
174
60
4
2/7
3/11
15.00
2.06
43.5
0
0
0
ODIs
20
14
469
415
11
2/28
2/28
37.72
5.30
42.6
0
0
0
First-class
80
6984
4805
117
4/21
41.06
4.12
59.6
4
0
0
List A
113
2971
2804
73
4/49
4/49
38.41
5.66
40.6
2
0
0
Twenty20
33
28
429
522
25
3/11
3/11
20.88
7.30
17.1
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Bangladesh v England at Dhaka, Oct 21-25, 2003 scorecard
Last Test
Bangladesh v England at Chittagong (MAA), Oct 29-Nov 1, 2003 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
England v Pakistan at Manchester, Jun 17, 2003 scorecard
Last ODI
England v Pakistan at Southampton, Sep 5, 2006 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut
2002
Last First-class
Derbyshire v Warwickshire at Derby, May 7-10, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
2001
Last List A
Derbyshire v Scotland at Derby, May 4, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Gloucestershire v Surrey at Nottingham, Jul 19, 2003 scorecard
Tall and well-balanced, Rikki Clarke is strong off the front foot, with a classy straight-drive. With the ball, it's like watching a video of Martin Bicknell bowl, even down to the floppy hair. But the jury is still out about his international credentials, after a rapid rise to the top came screeching to a halt in 2004. After winning a 2nd XI Championship medal with Surrey in 2001, he picked up a Division One winners' gong the following year, and within 12 months, he had been fast-tracked into the Test team, when Andrew Flintoff withdrew from the Bangladesh tour with a groin injury. Born in Essex but brought up in commuter-belt Surrey, Clarke cracked a century on first-class debut against Cambridge UCCE, and shortly afterwards added a majestic 153 not out against Somerset at Taunton. He won the Cricket Writers Club's prestigious Young Cricketer of the Year award in 2002, and was almost immediately called up for the Champions Trophy tournament in Sri Lanka. He returned to the one-day squad after the World Cup, whereupon he became the first Englishman for 31 years to take a wicket with his first delivery. However, after disappointing tours of Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the West Indies, in which he was picked in both the Test and one-day squad, he failed to impress in England's NatWest Series squad, after being called up as cover for the injured Marcus Trescothick and Flintoff. His bowling form slumped, but promising performances during the 2006 season - and England's one-day horror-show - brought him back into the reckoning. Despite a poor showing with bat and ball against Pakistan he was named in England's squad for the Champions Trophy in October. However he quickly slipped off the radar for club and country, losing his Surrey place during the 2007 season. He moved to Derbyshire and was named captain it what is shaping as a vital stage of his career.
Steven Lynch October 2007
