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Full name Mark Anant Wagh

Born October 20, 1976, Birmingham, Warwickshire

Current age 32 years 259 days

Major teams Mashonaland A, Nottinghamshire, Oxford University, Warwickshire

Nickname Waggy

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Height 6 ft 2 in

Education King Edward's School, Birmingham. Oxford University

Mark Anant Wagh
Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
First-class 178 293 24 10839 315 40.29 27 53 77 0
List A 107 103 9 2609 102* 27.75 1 20 21 0
Twenty20 18 15 0 288 56 19.20 251 114.74 0 1 34 5 5 0
Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
First-class 178 8697 4611 100 7/222 46.11 3.18 86.9 2 0
List A 107 1096 862 25 4/35 4/35 34.48 4.71 43.8 1 0 0
Twenty20 18 5 75 106 5 2/16 2/16 21.20 8.48 15.0 0 0 0
Career statistics
First-class debut 1996
Last First-class Nottinghamshire v Lancashire at Nottingham, Jun 30-Jul 3, 2009 scorecard
List A debut 1996
Last List A Gloucestershire v Nottinghamshire at Bristol, Jun 16, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut Northamptonshire v Warwickshire at Northampton, Jun 24, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20 Yorkshire v Nottinghamshire at Leeds, Jul 4, 2007 scorecard
Profile

A patient, wristy opening batsman, and a useful offspinner, Mark Wagh made his debut for Warwickshire, the county of his birth, in 1998. Over the next six years he became one of the county's most consistent batsmen, twice scoring over 1000 runs in a first-class season. Wagh was banned from bowling by the ECB in 2000 after being called for throwing towards the end of the season, but came back well in 2001 after remodelling his action over the winter. He was the surprise match-winner in Warwickshire's game against Nottinghamshire at Edgbaston, taking three wickets in his first two overs to set up a 139-run victory. But it is batting that has always been his main strength, and in the same season he smashed a mammoth 315, which at the time was the second highest score (after Brian Lara's 501*) by a Warwickshire batsman. Just four days after that effort, he agreed the terms for a three-year extension to his county contract, and later in the year went on the ECB National Academy tour to Australia. In 2004 he was rewarded for his outstanding form in domestic cricket with a call-up to England's preliminary squad for the ICC Champions Trophy. But he has not pushed on from that point and has suffered a serious run of injuries, missing large chunks of cricket and preventing him from bowling. He was dropped from the first-team at the start of the 2006 season, and although he soon re-established himself he did not score the runs to suggest a turning point had been reached in his career and it was not unduly surprising when Warwickshire agreed to release him from his contact so he could move to Nottinghamshire
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NBC Denis Compton Award 1998

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May 29, 2009

<i>Pavilion to crease... and back</i> by Mark Wagh

Pavilion to crease... and back by Mark Wagh

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Aug 19, 2008

Mark Wagh's arm injury forced him to retire hurt at a vital time, Nottinghamshire v Durham, Pro40, Trent Bridge, August 19, 2008

Mark Wagh's arm injury forced him to retire hurt at a vital time

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Jul 15, 2008

Kabir Ali clean bowls Mark Wagh, Worcestershire v Nottinghamshire, New Road,  July 15, 2008

Kabir Ali clean bowls Mark Wagh

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