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Full name Wayne Larkins
Born November 22, 1953, Roxton, Bedfordshire
Current age 54 years 320 days
Major teams England,Bedfordshire,Durham,Eastern Province,Huntingdonshire,Minor Counties,Northamptonshire
Nickname Ned
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Height
5 ft 11 in
Education Bushmead, Eaton Socon, Huntingdon
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
13
25
1
493
64
20.54
1366
36.09
0
3
51
1
8
0
ODIs
25
24
0
591
124
24.62
1047
56.44
1
0
8
0
First-class
482
842
54
27142
252
34.44
59
116
306
0
List A
485
467
25
13594
172*
30.75
26
66
160
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
13
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ODIs
25
2
15
22
0
-
-
-
8.80
-
0
0
0
First-class
482
3517
1915
42
5/59
45.59
3.26
83.7
1
0
List A
485
3202
2435
77
5/32
5/32
31.62
4.56
41.5
2
1
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Australia v England at Melbourne, Feb 1-6, 1980 scorecard
Last Test
Australia v England at Sydney, Jan 4-8, 1991 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
England v New Zealand at Manchester, Jun 20, 1979 scorecard
Last ODI
Australia v England at Melbourne, Jan 10, 1991 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1972 - 1995
List A span
1972 - 2002
Profile
A sublimely natural talent, with cavalier curls and a bustling moustache, Wayne "Ned" Larkins was an exasperation to spectators, but an inspiration to his team-mates, who could only marvel at the audacity of some of his strokeplay. Larkins was the type of batsman who could happily hoist the second ball of a day's play for six over extra cover, but his attacking instincts were never fully appreciated or properly utilised during his 13-match, 11-year Test career. In hindsight, he was invariably selected when he should have been ignored, and ignored when he should have been selected, although his decision to go on the rebel tour of South Africa in 1982 meant he was unavailable for England for three prime years of his cricketing life. In keeping with his contradictory nature, Larkins proved to be a personal favourite of the austere and autocratic Graham Gooch, despite his reputation as a smoking, drinking chancer. He twice toured under Gooch's leadership, to the Caribbean in 1989-90 and Australia the following winter, but he met with limited success. Nevertheless, at Sabina Park in March 1990, he had the honour of scoring the winning runs as England beat West Indies for the first time in 16 years. In Australia, however, he was best remembered as the worst-possible room-mate for the young and impressionable larrikin-in-the-making, Phil Tufnell. Andrew Miller
