Graeme Hick
England
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Born
May 23, 1966 (59 years)
Birth Place
Salisbury (now Harare), Rhodesia
Nickname
Hick
Height
6 ft 3 in
Role
Batsman
Batting Style
Right Handed Bat
Bowling Style
Right-arm offbreak
RECENT FORM
BATTING
OPPN.
Score
Format
Date
SL
46(114)
ODI
27 Mar 01
SL
11(30)
ODI
25 Mar 01
SL
2(10)
ODI
23 Mar 01
SL
0(11) & 16(34)
Test
07 Mar 01
SL
5(22) & 6(35)
Test
22 Feb 01
BOWLING
OPPN.
Wickets
Format
Date
SL
0-6
ODI
23 Mar 01
SL
0-8 & DNB
Test
22 Feb 01
PAK
1-42 & DNB
Test
15 Nov 00
PAK
0-9
ODI
30 Oct 00
PAK
0-14
ODI
27 Oct 00
TEAMS
England, Zimbabwe, Chandigarh Lions
ICC RANKINGS
| FORMAT | CURRENT RANK | BEST RANK |
|---|---|---|
| Test | -- | 7 |
| ODI | -- | 2 |
| T20I | -- | -- |
Profile
Hick remains one of those perennial underachievers ever in the game of cricket. Born in Zimbabwe, Hick scored heavily in domestic FC cricket in England and looked to be the greatest English hope.
He scored more than 40,000 first-class runs, mostly from number three in the order, and he is one of only three players to have passed 20,000 runs in List A cricket (Graham Gooch and Sachin Tendulkar are the others) and is one of only twenty-five players to have scored 100 centuries in first-class cricket. He is the only cricketer who has scored first-class triple hundreds in three different decades (1988, 1997 and 2002). Despite these achievements, he is commonly held to have underachieved in international cricket, a view based on comparison of Hick's overall first-class batting average of 52.23 vis-à-vis his Test average of 31.32.
Despite being a heavy scorer at the domestic level, Hick could not quite convert his domestic form for England. He did look to be a part of the team for a brief period where he scored a career best 178 against India in 1993. He was harshly referred to be a flat track bully while a few others felt that he could be easily psyched out by the bowlers. Hick struggled in his Test career, but was one of England's better batsmen in ODI cricket playing a prominent role in helping them reach the 1992 WC finals.
An often under-used off-break bowler, Hick was also a superb slip fielder. Ray Illingworth was never a fan of Hick and that seemed to have had an impact as well. Hick was famously denied his first Ashes hundred during the 1994-95 season when Atherton declared the innings closed with Hick stranded on 98.
Hick ended a rather unfulfilling career after tallying more than 64,000 Test runs and 136 FC centuries in 2008. He was placed 8th on the all-time list. He was then appointed the high performance coach at Cricket Australia's excellence in 2014.
Hick had his fair share of admirers all across the globe. Allan Donald wrote that Hick was "highly rated by the South African guys". Warne called him "purely and simply a quality player". Steve Waugh said that Hick "had as much talent as any player he had ever came across".
By Pradeep Krishnamurthy
He scored more than 40,000 first-class runs, mostly from number three in the order, and he is one of only three players to have passed 20,000 runs in List A cricket (Graham Gooch and Sachin Tendulkar are the others) and is one of only twenty-five players to have scored 100 centuries in first-class cricket. He is the only cricketer who has scored first-class triple hundreds in three different decades (1988, 1997 and 2002). Despite these achievements, he is commonly held to have underachieved in international cricket, a view based on comparison of Hick's overall first-class batting average of 52.23 vis-à-vis his Test average of 31.32.
Despite being a heavy scorer at the domestic level, Hick could not quite convert his domestic form for England. He did look to be a part of the team for a brief period where he scored a career best 178 against India in 1993. He was harshly referred to be a flat track bully while a few others felt that he could be easily psyched out by the bowlers. Hick struggled in his Test career, but was one of England's better batsmen in ODI cricket playing a prominent role in helping them reach the 1992 WC finals.
An often under-used off-break bowler, Hick was also a superb slip fielder. Ray Illingworth was never a fan of Hick and that seemed to have had an impact as well. Hick was famously denied his first Ashes hundred during the 1994-95 season when Atherton declared the innings closed with Hick stranded on 98.
Hick ended a rather unfulfilling career after tallying more than 64,000 Test runs and 136 FC centuries in 2008. He was placed 8th on the all-time list. He was then appointed the high performance coach at Cricket Australia's excellence in 2014.
Hick had his fair share of admirers all across the globe. Allan Donald wrote that Hick was "highly rated by the South African guys". Warne called him "purely and simply a quality player". Steve Waugh said that Hick "had as much talent as any player he had ever came across".
By Pradeep Krishnamurthy
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Born
May 23, 1966 (59 years)
Birth Place
Salisbury (now Harare), Rhodesia
Nickname
Hick
Height
6 ft 3 in
Role
Batsman
Batting Style
Right Handed Bat
Bowling Style
Right-arm offbreak
Bio
Batting
Bowling
Career
News
Profile
Hick remains one of those perennial underachievers ever in the game of cricket. Born in Zimbabwe, Hick scored heavily in domestic FC cricket in England and looked to be the greatest English hope.
He scored more than 40,000 first-class runs, mostly from number three in the order, and he is one of only three players to have passed 20,000 runs in List A cricket (Graham Gooch and Sachin Tendulkar are the others) and is one of only twenty-five players to have scored 100 centuries in first-class cricket. He is the only cricketer who has scored first-class triple hundreds in three different decades (1988, 1997 and 2002). Despite these achievements, he is commonly held to have underachieved in international cricket, a view based on comparison of Hick's overall first-class batting average of 52.23 vis-à-vis his Test average of 31.32.
Despite being a heavy scorer at the domestic level, Hick could not quite convert his domestic form for England. He did look to be a part of the team for a brief period where he scored a career best 178 against India in 1993. He was harshly referred to be a flat track bully while a few others felt that he could be easily psyched out by the bowlers. Hick struggled in his Test career, but was one of England's better batsmen in ODI cricket playing a prominent role in helping them reach the 1992 WC finals.
An often under-used off-break bowler, Hick was also a superb slip fielder. Ray Illingworth was never a fan of Hick and that seemed to have had an impact as well. Hick was famously denied his first Ashes hundred during the 1994-95 season when Atherton declared the innings closed with Hick stranded on 98.
Hick ended a rather unfulfilling career after tallying more than 64,000 Test runs and 136 FC centuries in 2008. He was placed 8th on the all-time list. He was then appointed the high performance coach at Cricket Australia's excellence in 2014.
Hick had his fair share of admirers all across the globe. Allan Donald wrote that Hick was "highly rated by the South African guys". Warne called him "purely and simply a quality player". Steve Waugh said that Hick "had as much talent as any player he had ever came across".
By Pradeep Krishnamurthy
He scored more than 40,000 first-class runs, mostly from number three in the order, and he is one of only three players to have passed 20,000 runs in List A cricket (Graham Gooch and Sachin Tendulkar are the others) and is one of only twenty-five players to have scored 100 centuries in first-class cricket. He is the only cricketer who has scored first-class triple hundreds in three different decades (1988, 1997 and 2002). Despite these achievements, he is commonly held to have underachieved in international cricket, a view based on comparison of Hick's overall first-class batting average of 52.23 vis-à-vis his Test average of 31.32.
Despite being a heavy scorer at the domestic level, Hick could not quite convert his domestic form for England. He did look to be a part of the team for a brief period where he scored a career best 178 against India in 1993. He was harshly referred to be a flat track bully while a few others felt that he could be easily psyched out by the bowlers. Hick struggled in his Test career, but was one of England's better batsmen in ODI cricket playing a prominent role in helping them reach the 1992 WC finals.
An often under-used off-break bowler, Hick was also a superb slip fielder. Ray Illingworth was never a fan of Hick and that seemed to have had an impact as well. Hick was famously denied his first Ashes hundred during the 1994-95 season when Atherton declared the innings closed with Hick stranded on 98.
Hick ended a rather unfulfilling career after tallying more than 64,000 Test runs and 136 FC centuries in 2008. He was placed 8th on the all-time list. He was then appointed the high performance coach at Cricket Australia's excellence in 2014.
Hick had his fair share of admirers all across the globe. Allan Donald wrote that Hick was "highly rated by the South African guys". Warne called him "purely and simply a quality player". Steve Waugh said that Hick "had as much talent as any player he had ever came across".
By Pradeep Krishnamurthy
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Born
May 23, 1966 (59 years)
Birth Place
Salisbury (now Harare), Rhodesia
Nickname
Hick
Height
6 ft 3 in
Role
Batsman
Batting Style
Right Handed Bat
Bowling Style
Right-arm offbreak
RECENT FORM
Batting Form
OPPN.
Score
Format
Date
SL
46(114)
ODI
27 Mar 01
SL
11(30)
ODI
25 Mar 01
SL
2(10)
ODI
23 Mar 01
SL
0(11) & 16(34)
Test
07 Mar 01
SL
5(22) & 6(35)
Test
22 Feb 01
Bowling Form
OPPN.
Wickets
Format
Date
SL
0-6
ODI
23 Mar 01
SL
0-8 & DNB
Test
22 Feb 01
PAK
1-42 & DNB
Test
15 Nov 00
PAK
0-9
ODI
30 Oct 00
PAK
0-14
ODI
27 Oct 00
Batting Career Summary
| Test | ODI | T20 | IPL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 65 | 120 | 0 | 0 |
| Innings | 114 | 118 | 0 | 0 |
| Runs | 3383 | 3846 | 0 | 0 |
| Balls | 6920 | 5191 | 0 | 0 |
| Highest | 178 | 126 | 0 | 0 |
| Average | 31.32 | 37.34 | 0 | 0 |
| SR | 48.89 | 74.09 | 0 | 0 |
| Not Out | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Fours | 450 | 278 | 0 | 0 |
| Sixes | 22 | 41 | 0 | 0 |
| Ducks | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 50s | 18 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 100s | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 200s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 300s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 400s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling Career Summary
| Test | ODI | T20 | IPL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 65 | 120 | 0 | 0 |
| Innings | 58 | 47 | 0 | 0 |
| Balls | 3057 | 1236 | 0 | 0 |
| Runs | 1306 | 1026 | 0 | 0 |
| Maidens | 128 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Wickets | 23 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| Avg | 56.78 | 34.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Eco | 2.56 | 4.98 | 0 | 0 |
| SR | 132.91 | 41.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| BBI | 4/126 | 5/33 | -/- | -/- |
| BBM | 5/28 | 5/33 | -/- | -/- |
| 4w | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5w | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10w | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Career Information
test
Debut
vs West Indies, 1991-06-06, Headingley
Last Played
vs Sri Lanka, 2001-03-07, Asgiriya Stadium
odi
Debut
vs West Indies, 1991-05-23, Edgbaston
Last Played
vs Sri Lanka, 2001-03-27, Sinhalese Sports Club
Profile
Hick remains one of those perennial underachievers ever in the game of cricket. Born in Zimbabwe, Hick scored heavily in domestic FC cricket in England and looked to be the greatest English hope.
He scored more than 40,000 first-class runs, mostly from number three in the order, and he is one of only three players to have passed 20,000 runs in List A cricket (Graham Gooch and Sachin Tendulkar are the others) and is one of only twenty-five players to have scored 100 centuries in first-class cricket. He is the only cricketer who has scored first-class triple hundreds in three different decades (1988, 1997 and 2002). Despite these achievements, he is commonly held to have underachieved in international cricket, a view based on comparison of Hick's overall first-class batting average of 52.23 vis-à-vis his Test average of 31.32.
Despite being a heavy scorer at the domestic level, Hick could not quite convert his domestic form for England. He did look to be a part of the team for a brief period where he scored a career best 178 against India in 1993. He was harshly referred to be a flat track bully while a few others felt that he could be easily psyched out by the bowlers. Hick struggled in his Test career, but was one of England's better batsmen in ODI cricket playing a prominent role in helping them reach the 1992 WC finals.
An often under-used off-break bowler, Hick was also a superb slip fielder. Ray Illingworth was never a fan of Hick and that seemed to have had an impact as well. Hick was famously denied his first Ashes hundred during the 1994-95 season when Atherton declared the innings closed with Hick stranded on 98.
Hick ended a rather unfulfilling career after tallying more than 64,000 Test runs and 136 FC centuries in 2008. He was placed 8th on the all-time list. He was then appointed the high performance coach at Cricket Australia's excellence in 2014.
Hick had his fair share of admirers all across the globe. Allan Donald wrote that Hick was "highly rated by the South African guys". Warne called him "purely and simply a quality player". Steve Waugh said that Hick "had as much talent as any player he had ever came across".
By Pradeep Krishnamurthy
He scored more than 40,000 first-class runs, mostly from number three in the order, and he is one of only three players to have passed 20,000 runs in List A cricket (Graham Gooch and Sachin Tendulkar are the others) and is one of only twenty-five players to have scored 100 centuries in first-class cricket. He is the only cricketer who has scored first-class triple hundreds in three different decades (1988, 1997 and 2002). Despite these achievements, he is commonly held to have underachieved in international cricket, a view based on comparison of Hick's overall first-class batting average of 52.23 vis-à-vis his Test average of 31.32.
Despite being a heavy scorer at the domestic level, Hick could not quite convert his domestic form for England. He did look to be a part of the team for a brief period where he scored a career best 178 against India in 1993. He was harshly referred to be a flat track bully while a few others felt that he could be easily psyched out by the bowlers. Hick struggled in his Test career, but was one of England's better batsmen in ODI cricket playing a prominent role in helping them reach the 1992 WC finals.
An often under-used off-break bowler, Hick was also a superb slip fielder. Ray Illingworth was never a fan of Hick and that seemed to have had an impact as well. Hick was famously denied his first Ashes hundred during the 1994-95 season when Atherton declared the innings closed with Hick stranded on 98.
Hick ended a rather unfulfilling career after tallying more than 64,000 Test runs and 136 FC centuries in 2008. He was placed 8th on the all-time list. He was then appointed the high performance coach at Cricket Australia's excellence in 2014.
Hick had his fair share of admirers all across the globe. Allan Donald wrote that Hick was "highly rated by the South African guys". Warne called him "purely and simply a quality player". Steve Waugh said that Hick "had as much talent as any player he had ever came across".
By Pradeep Krishnamurthy