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Full name Neil Harvey Fairbrother
Born September 9, 1963, Warrington, Lancashire
Current age 46 years 73 days
Major teams England, Lancashire, Transvaal
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm medium
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 10 | 15 | 1 | 219 | 83 | 15.64 | 599 | 36.56 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| ODIs | 75 | 71 | 18 | 2092 | 113 | 39.47 | 2903 | 72.06 | 1 | 16 | 140 | 20 | 33 | 0 |
| First-class | 366 | 580 | 80 | 20612 | 366 | 41.22 | 47 | 104 | 290 | 0 | ||||
| List A | 505 | 472 | 118 | 14761 | 145 | 41.69 | 9 | 107 | 185 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 10 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.50 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ODIs | 75 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 0 | - | - | - | 9.00 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 366 | 795 | 500 | 7 | 2/91 | 71.42 | 3.77 | 113.5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| List A | 505 | 174 | 193 | 3 | 1/17 | 1/17 | 64.33 | 6.65 | 58.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Test debut | England v Pakistan at Manchester, Jun 4-9, 1987 scorecard |
| Last Test | Sri Lanka v England at Colombo (SSC), Mar 13-18, 1993 scorecard |
| Test statistics | |
| ODI debut | England v India at Sharjah, Apr 2, 1987 scorecard |
| Last ODI | England v India at Birmingham, May 29-30, 1999 scorecard |
| ODI statistics | |
| First-class span | 1982 - 2002 |
| List A span | 1982 - 2002 |
Small, tenacious and with a good eye for the sharp single, Fairbrother derived his two Christian names from another durable left-hander - and his mother's favourite cricketer - the former Australian Test batsman Neil Harvey. Fairbrother carved out a career for himself as England's leading one-day batsman in the middle order for much of the 1990s, picking the gaps with scientific precision, dabbing the ball behind square, occasionally hitting over the top on the leg side - and running like hell. He remains a livewire in the covers for Lancashire. But a largely bottom-handed technique and a weakness outside off stump cost him a longer run in the Test side, and the highlights of Fairbrother's international career were his appearances in three World Cups. He has been the architect of several one-day triumphs at Lancashire, where he was captain in 1992, and remained one of their batting linchpins at first-class level until his retirement at the end of 2002. He became a players' agent, and counts Andrew Flintoff among his clients.
Lawrence Booth
- If it ain't fixed ... (Feb 17, 2007)
- Giving one-dayers the cold shoulder (Jan 25, 2007)
- Eleven featherbed fixtures (Jan 16, 2006)
- Andrew Flintoff (Jul 20, 2005)
- Astle shines amid the showers (May 3, 2004)
2002
Neil Fairbrother
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Jul 26, 2001
Neil Fairbrother batting portrait - 2001
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Jul 25, 2001
Fairbrother whacks a six over long on at the Blackpool Stanley Park ground
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