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Rob Bailey

England

Full name Robert John Bailey

Born October 28, 1963, Biddulph, Staffordshire

Current age 46 years 29 days

Major teams England, Derbyshire, Northamptonshire, Staffordshire

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Other Umpire

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	4	8	0	119	43	14.87	326	36.50	0	0	8	0	0
ODIs	4	4	2	137	43*	68.50	196	69.89	0	0	6	2	1
First-class	374	628	89	21844	224*	40.52			47	111			272
List A	396	376	65	12076	153*	38.82			10	79			111

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
ODIs	4	1	36	25	0	-	-	-	4.16	-	0	0	0
First-class	374		9713	5144	121	5/54		42.51	3.17	80.2		2	0
List A	396		3092	2564	72	5/45	5/45	35.61	4.97	42.9	0	1	0

Career statistics

Test debut	England v West Indies at The Oval, Aug 4-8, 1988 scorecard
Last Test	West Indies v England at St John's, Apr 12-16, 1990 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	England v Pakistan at Sharjah, Mar 26, 1985 scorecard
Last ODI	West Indies v England at Georgetown, Mar 15, 1990 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span	1982 - 2001
List A span	1983 - 2003

Profile

Rob Bailey was an unlucky cricketer. One of the more talented batsmen of his generation, he acquitted himself well enough on debut in the final Test of 1988 against the fearsome West Indies to secure a place on that winter's tour to India, a trip that was subsequently cancelled for political reasons. He started the summer of 1989 poorly, but his form returned in time for him to win selection for the 1989-90 tour to the Caribbean. Called up for the third Test, he made a pair, and in the next Test received a shocking decision, given out caught behind off Curtly Ambrose when the ball brushed his hip. He made a dogged 42 in the fifth Test in Antigua against a barrage of fast, short bowling but never received another chance in either Tests or ODIs despite several impressive seasons for Northanptonshire in the early 1990s. Bailey was a courageous batsman who enjoyed taking on quick bowlers, and despite a short backlift he hit the ball extremely hard. He was also a useful offspinner, a solid fielder, and a loyal player - in 1989 he turned down the offer of a place on Mike Gatting's rebel tour to South Africa. At the end of 1999 Northamptonshire didn't renew his contract and he moved to Derbyshire where he continued to make a valuable contribution to a county in crisis. He retired at the end of 2001 and joined the reserve umpires list. "Bailey is generally regarded as one of the finest men to have played county cricket in the past 30 years," wrote Michael Henderson. "He was a very good batsman too, in his palmy days a most accomplished strokeplayer for Northamptonshire." He was appointed to the full list of first-class umpires for the 2006 season.
Wisden Cricinfo staff