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Full name Martin Paul Bicknell
Born January 14, 1969, Guildford, Surrey
Current age 39 years 235 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
Relations Brother - DJ Bicknell
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
4
7
0
45
15
6.42
130
34.61
0
0
6
0
2
0
ODIs
7
6
2
96
31*
24.00
104
92.30
0
0
7
1
2
0
First-class
292
358
87
6740
141
24.87
3
26
103
0
List A
332
174
72
1589
66*
15.57
0
2
78
0
Twenty20
3
2
2
11
10*
-
8
137.50
0
0
1
0
1
0
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
