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Martin Bicknell

England

Full name Martin Paul Bicknell

Born January 14, 1969, Guildford, Surrey

Current age 40 years 300 days

Major teams England, Surrey

Nickname Bickers

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium

Height 6 ft 4 in

Education Robert Haining County Secondary

Relation Brother - DJ Bicknell

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	4	7	0	45	15	6.42	130	34.61	0	0	6	0	2
ODIs	7	6	2	96	31*	24.00	104	92.30	0	0	7	1	2
First-class	292	358	87	6740	141	24.87			3	26			103
List A	332	174	72	1589	66*	15.57			0	2			78
Twenty20	3	2	2	11	10*	-	8	137.50	0	0	1	0	1

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	4	7	1080	543	14	4/84	6/155	38.78	3.01	77.1	1	0	0
ODIs	7	7	413	347	13	3/55	3/55	26.69	5.04	31.7	0	0	0
First-class	292		55420	26589	1061	9/45		25.06	2.87	52.2		44	4
List A	332		16167	10771	429	7/30	7/30	25.10	3.99	37.6	11	3	0
Twenty20	3	3	66	61	4	2/11	2/11	15.25	5.54	16.5	0	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	England v Australia at Leeds, Jul 22-26, 1993 scorecard
Last Test	England v South Africa at The Oval, Sep 4-8, 2003 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	England v New Zealand at Perth, Dec 7, 1990 scorecard
Last ODI	New Zealand v England at Wellington, Feb 13, 1991 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut	1986
Last First-class	Glamorgan v Surrey at Swansea, Jun 20-23, 2006 scorecard
List A span	1986 - 2005
Twenty20 debut	Surrey v Middlesex at The Oval, Jun 13, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Hampshire v Surrey at Southampton, Jun 24, 2003 scorecard

Profile

Aggressive, upright and with the ability to swing the ball both ways, Martin Bicknell is the most underrated opening bowler in England, if only by the selectors. He has a high arm-action, bowls a miserly wicket-to-wicket line, and has been the rock on which Surrey have built their domination of the County Championship in the past few seasons. Bicknell's unstinting efforts at domestic level have, in part, been borne of frustration - his England career has been less a stop-start affair, more a non-stop non-starter. He was chosen for the 1990-91 Ashes tour at 21 - too early - and had to wait until 1993 for his Test debut. He let nobody down, but against a rampant Australian team, he played just two Tests before being consigned to the crowded scrapheap of ex-England cricketers. His opportunities were subsequently limited by Angus Fraser's return to fitness, then by the emergence of Darren Gough and Andrew Caddick, although he was continually mentioned at Test-selection time without quite getting the recall. Instead, he kept himself busy by developing into a high-class county No. 8 or 9, adept at carting tired bowlers. By his own admission, he had given up on England some three years before he earned a shock recall to the Test squad in 2003, when he was 34. He duly took a wicket with his second ball at Headingley, before bowling England to a famous victory on his home ground at The Oval. He was pensioned off for good after that, and his career had rather fizzled out in injury before he called time at the end of 2006.
Lawrence Booth

Notes

Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2001