- Vic Marks
Infobox Cricketer
nationality = English
country = England
country abbrev = ENG
name = Vic Marks
picture = Cricket_no_pic.png
bowling style = Right-arm offbreak
balls = true
tests = 6
test runs = 249
test bat avg = 27.66
test 100s/50s = -/3
test top score = 83
test overs = 1082
test wickets = 11
test bowl avg = 44.00
test 5s = -
test 10s = -
test best bowling = 3/78
test catches/stumpings = -/-
ODIs = 34
ODI runs = 285
ODI bat avg = 13.57
ODI 100s/50s = -/-
ODI top score = 44
ODI overs = 1838
ODI wickets = 44
ODI bowl avg = 25.79
ODI 5s = 2
ODI 10s = -
ODI best bowling = 5/20
ODI catches/stumpings = 8/-
date = 1 January
year = 2006
source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/16899.htmlVictor James Marks (born
June 25 1955 inMiddle Chinnock ,Somerset ) is a formerSomerset CCC and England internationalcricket er at both Test andOne Day International level.Career
He was a good all-round cricketer, mainly a right-arm
off-spin bowler but also an effective right-handedbatsman in the middle or lower batting order.Marks made his first-class debut in the 1975 English domestic season, and five years later made his ODI debut against the West Indies. His Test debut was in 1982 against Pakistan.
He went on to play only six Test matches but was an important member of the ODI squad for a number of years, appearing 34 times and taking 44
wicket s at the goodbowling average of 25.79. His five for 20 for England against New Zealand in 1984 was for some years England's best in one-day internationals. [cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/England/Odis/Best_Innings_Bowling_England.html|title="Five or More Wickets in an Innings for England in ODI Cricket|publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2007-05-29]Marks had a distinguished first-class career between 1975 and 1989 for Somerset. He also played a season for Western Australia playing in the 1986-87
Sheffield Shield winning team. In 342 first-class matches he took 859 wickets at 33.28, and scored 12,419 runs at abatting average of 30.29.As a cricketer he was popular and well-liked;
Wisden editorMatthew Engel labeled him "a mild, nervy, self-deprecating farm boy with an Oxford degree and no enemies".After Retirement
After retiring as a professional cricketer, he turned his hand to journalism and broadcasting, and is now a regular summariser on "
Test Match Special ". He writes regularly about cricket for "The Observer " newspaper. [ [http://browse.guardian.co.uk/search?search=%26quot%3BVic+Marks%26quot%3B&N=4294962814 List of Vic Marks articles] :The Observer . Retrieved 31 July 2006.]He is currently Chairman of Cricket at
Somerset CCC .References
ee also
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NAME=Marks, Victor James
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Vic
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Cricketer
DATE OF BIRTH=June 25 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH=Middle Chinnock ,Somerset
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=
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