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Full name Graeme Ashley Hick
Born May 23, 1966, Salisbury (now Harare), Rhodesia
Current age 41 years 359 days
Major teams England,Zimbabwe,Northern Districts,Queensland,Worcestershire
Nickname Hicky, Ash
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Height
6 ft 3 in
Education Prince Edward Boys' High School, Zimbabwe
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
65
114
6
3383
178
31.32
6920
48.88
6
18
450
22
90
0
ODIs
120
118
15
3846
126*
37.33
5191
74.08
5
27
278
41
64
0
First-class
516
855
81
40534
405*
52.36
135
156
690
0
List A
641
620
95
21881
172*
41.67
40
139
281
0
Twenty20
28
27
2
929
116*
37.16
563
165.00
2
7
96
47
8
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
65
58
3057
1306
23
4/126
5/28
56.78
2.56
132.9
1
0
0
ODIs
120
47
1236
1026
30
5/33
5/33
34.20
4.98
41.2
0
1
0
First-class
516
20889
10308
232
5/18
44.43
2.96
90.0
5
1
List A
641
8604
6649
225
5/19
5/19
29.55
4.63
38.2
6
4
0
Twenty20
28
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Career statistics
Test debut
England v West Indies at Leeds, Jun 6-10, 1991 scorecard
Last Test
Sri Lanka v England at Kandy, Mar 7-11, 2001 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
England v West Indies at Birmingham, May 23, 1991 scorecard
Last ODI
Sri Lanka v England at Colombo (SSC), Mar 27, 2001 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut
1983/84
Last First-class
Warwickshire v Worcestershire at Birmingham, Apr 16-19, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
1983/84
Last List A
Warwickshire v Worcestershire at Birmingham, Sep 16, 2007 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Worcestershire v Gloucestershire at Worcester, Jul 2, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Gloucestershire v Worcestershire at Bristol, Jul 17, 2007 scorecard
Profile
Few players divided opinion like Graeme Hick. With 57 first-class hundreds under his belt he arrived on the international scene in 1991 as England's Great White Hope, was dropped four tortuous Tests later, and was in and out for the next decade, until dropped for good at the end of England's triumphant tour to Pakistan and Sri Lanka in 2000-01. All the while he remained a colossus at county level, where he continued to churn out the centuries for Worcestershire in his sleep. John Bracewell called Hick a flat-track bully, and though that may be harsh, he has rarely dominated the best attacks and can be psyched out, as Merv Hughes will testify. He was a gentle giant who murdered medium pace and occasionally savaged the spinners. From his breakthrough century in India in 1992-93 to England's tour of South Africa three years later, Hick averaged in excess of 45, and was beginning to look the part at Test level. But England's new chairman of selectors, Ray Illingworth, was less convinced. Hick was also an under-used offbreak bowler and a second-slip fielder of flawed brilliance. Many would have quitely retired once their international career ended, but Hick's appetite for runs remained undiminished and he scored heavily at county level, chipping away at the records as he went. After a - by his standards - poor 2005 and an uncertain start to 2006, in June some started preparing his cricketing obituary. He bounced back with a hundred, went on to score 1000 runs in an English summer for the 19th time, and signed a new contract with Worcestershire as if to underline that there was still life in the old dog. Cricinfo staff October 2006
