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Full name Richard John Blakey
Born January 15, 1967, Huddersfield, Yorkshire
Current age 41 years 123 days
Major teams England,Yorkshire
Nickname Dick
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Height
5 ft 10 in
Education Rastrick Grammar School
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
2
4
0
7
6
1.75
42
16.66
0
0
1
0
2
0
ODIs
3
2
0
25
25
12.50
50
50.00
0
0
3
0
2
1
First-class
348
554
87
14674
223*
31.42
13
86
778
57
List A
384
329
83
7657
130*
31.12
3
37
375
61
Twenty20
7
5
1
119
32
29.75
117
101.70
0
0
7
2
5
1
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ODIs
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
348
63
68
1
1/68
68.00
6.47
63.0
0
0
List A
384
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-
-
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Twenty20
7
-
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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-
Career statistics
Test debut
India v England at Chennai, Feb 11-15, 1993 scorecard
Last Test
India v England at Mumbai, Feb 19-23, 1993 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
England v Pakistan at Lord's, Aug 22, 1992 scorecard
Yorkshire v Derbyshire at Leeds, Jun 14, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Durham v Yorkshire at Chester-le-Street, Jul 15, 2004 scorecard
Profile
Blakey began life as a batting wunderkind: he blossomed in county cricket and hit 221 for England A in Zimbabwe in 1989-90, but the following summer Yorkshire, desperate to replace David Bairstow, decided to turn him into a wicketkeeper as well. For a while the change worked, but Blakey's form with the bat soon suffered, and he dropped down to No. 7. England picked him for two one-day internationals against Pakistan in 1992, and then, controversially, ahead of Jack Russell for the winter tours of India and Sri Lanka. He didn't concede a bye in India's mammoth 560-6 at Madras, but his handling of Anil Kumble - about as convincing as Phil Tufnell against Patrick Patterson - cost him his place for ever. Blakey was a Yorkshire regular until 2000, when he attracted more headlines for the cheeky title of his autobiography - Taking it from Behind - than for his cricket. In fact, after failing to make runs from No. 3, he was dropped for the first time in his 15-year county career, in favour of Simon Guy. He has not appeared for the first-team in the last few seasons and was released after the 2006 summer. Lawrence Booth September 2006
