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Graham Onions

England

Full name Graham Onions

Born September 9, 1982, Gateshead

Current age 27 years 60 days

Major teams England, Durham, Durham Cricket Board, Marylebone Cricket Club

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast

Height 6 ft 2 in

Education St Thomas More RC School, Blaydon

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	5	5	2	19	17*	6.33	52	36.53	2	0	0
ODIs	4	1	0	1	1	1.00	2	50.00	0	0	1
First-class	68	88	27	747	41	12.24	1416	52.75			17
List A	52	21	5	107	19	6.68	149	71.81			8
Twenty20	19	8	3	54	31	10.80	48	112.50	6	1	4

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Tests	5	9	739	503	20	5/38	7/102	25.15	4.08	36.9	1	1
ODIs	4	4	204	185	4	2/58	2/58	46.25	5.44	51.0	0	0
First-class	68		10868	6557	222	8/101		29.53	3.61	48.9	6	9
List A	52		2149	1872	58	3/39	3/39	32.27	5.22	37.0	0	0
Twenty20	19	19	408	437	15	3/25	3/25	29.13	6.42	27.2	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	England v West Indies at Lord's, May 6-8, 2009 scorecard
Last Test	England v Australia at Leeds, Aug 7-9, 2009 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	England v Australia at Chester-le-Street, Sep 20, 2009 scorecard
Last ODI	Australia v England at Centurion, Oct 2, 2009 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut	2004
Last First-class	Durham v Somerset at Chester-le-Street, Sep 1-4, 2009 scorecard
List A debut	2003
Last List A	Australia v England at Centurion, Oct 2, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Nottinghamshire v Durham at Nottingham, Jul 2, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Lancashire v Durham at Manchester, Jun 4, 2009 scorecard

Profile

A brisk seam bowler, with a name that is a headline writer's dream, Onions first caught the eye during the 2006 season and did enough to earn a place in England's provisional 30-man squad for the Champions Trophy, but it wasn't until 2009 that he secured his Test debut.

He maintained an impressive workload for Durham and didn't just take wickets on helpful surfaces at Chester-le-Street. A useful lower-order batsman, he was called up to replace Darren Gough in England's one-day squad for the remaining three one-dayers against Pakistan in September 2006. That winter, he toured Bangladesh with England A Bangladesh, under the then-Academy director Peter Moores. The 2007 season was more of a struggle as Ottis Gibson's outstanding form often forced him out of the side, but he still spent the following winter with the England Lions where his game continued to develop.

As Durham claimed their maiden Championship title in 2008, Onions spent most of the season laid up with a string of injuries, and when he was fit couldn't force his way back into a strong line-up. No honours followed that winter, but hard work on fitness paid off at the start of the following season when strong form was rewarded with a call-up to the squad to face West Indies. Then, as if making up for lost time, he hurtled onto the honours board with debut figures of 5 for 38, including a sensational spell of four wickets in seven balls.
Andrew McGlashan May 2009

Notes

NBC Denis Compton Award 2007