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Jonathan Agnew

England

Full name Jonathan Philip Agnew

Born April 4, 1960, Macclesfield, Cheshire

Current age 49 years 234 days

Major teams England, Leicestershire

Nickname Spiro, Agers

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm fast

Other Commentator

Height 6 ft 4 in

Education Uppingham School

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	3	4	3	10	5	10.00	28	35.71	0	0	0	0
ODIs	3	1	1	2	2*	-	3	66.66	0	0	0	1
First-class	218	232	49	2118	90	11.57			2			39
List A	147	61	25	335	26	9.30			0			19

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	3	6	552	373	4	2/51	2/97	93.25	4.05	138.0	0	0	0
ODIs	3	3	126	120	3	3/38	3/38	40.00	5.71	42.0	0	0	0
First-class	218		35388	19485	666	9/70		29.25	3.30	53.1		37	6
List A	147		6813	4624	158	5/30	5/30	29.26	4.07	43.1	2	2	0

Career statistics

Test debut	England v West Indies at The Oval, Aug 9-14, 1984 scorecard
Last Test	England v Australia at Manchester, Aug 1-6, 1985 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	India v England at Nagpur, Jan 23, 1985 scorecard
Last ODI	Australia v England at Melbourne, Feb 17, 1985 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span	1978 - 1990
List A span	1979 - 1992

Profile

Jonathan Agnew's career as the BBC's cricket correspondent has been so successful, it's easy to forget that he ever played the game. But, as a thrusting seam bowler in the 1980s, he played three Tests for England before taking up his position in the commentary box. Agnew embodies the authoritative, but endearingly juvenile approach of the Test Match Special team, and as a player he was always looking for the fun element of the game.

When conditions were in his favour, Agnew could be genuinely quick, although he abandoned out-and-out pace in favour of more control in 1987, and enjoyed his best season with 101 wickets for Leicestershire. The most consistent English pace bowler in county cricket in 1987 and 1988, he was ignored by selectors despite a dearth of fast bowling talent.

Agnew was drafted into the Leicestershire side in 1978 on the back of an excellent season for Uppingham (37 wickets at 8) and he took a wicket with his fourth ball in first-class cricket. In 1984 he won his first caps, against West Indies and Sri Lanka, and the following summer made his final appearance, against Australia. He struggled in all three games. In 1987 he began work as a sports producer with BBC Radio Leicester, in 1988 wrote an entertaining book on the life of a county pro - Eight Days A Week - and in 1990-91 covered England in Australia for the now defunct Today newspaper. Later that year he retired at the age of 30 on being appointed as the BBC's cricket correspondent.

He had one last day in the sun. In 1992 he answered a plea by an injury-strapped Leicestershire to appear for them in the NatWest semi-final; he took 1 for 31 in 12 parsimonious overs to help to his old side through to the final.
Martin Williamson

Notes

Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1988