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Full name Richard Mark Ellison
Born September 21, 1959, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent
Current age 49 years 15 days
Major teams England,Kent,Tasmania
Nickname Elly
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
Height
6 ft 3 in
Education Tonbridge School, Exeter University
Relations Grandfather - HRN Ellison,Brother - CC Ellison
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
11
16
1
202
41
13.46
718
28.13
0
0
23
0
2
0
ODIs
14
12
4
86
24
10.75
110
78.18
0
0
3
1
2
0
First-class
207
284
72
5046
108
23.80
1
21
86
0
List A
175
136
56
1967
84
24.58
0
4
27
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
11
20
2264
1048
35
6/77
10/104
29.94
2.77
64.6
2
3
1
ODIs
14
14
696
510
12
3/42
3/42
42.50
4.39
58.0
0
0
0
First-class
207
30046
13773
475
7/33
28.99
2.75
63.2
18
2
List A
175
7920
5320
188
4/19
4/19
28.29
4.03
42.1
6
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
England v West Indies at The Oval, Aug 9-14, 1984 scorecard
Last Test
England v India at Lord's, Jun 5-10, 1986 scorecard
England v New Zealand at Leeds, Jul 16, 1986 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1981 - 1993
List A span
1981 - 1992
Profile
A solidly built swing bowler who had been a fine schoolboy player, Richard Ellison made his Test debut (alongside Jonathan Agnew) in the 1984 Oval Test. He took five wickets, but couldn't stop West Indies pulling off their historic 5-0 "blackwash". The following year Ellison was recalled for the fifth Ashes Test against Australia, at Edgbaston, and this time it was a different story: curly mop bobbing as he jinked in, he claimed ten wickets in the match, three of them on a delirious fourth evening as Australia crumbled to 37 for 5. The key wicket was Allan Border, who stretched forward but was befuddled by Ellison's late breakback. The ball just clipped the bails, and the danger man was gone. But Ellison lacked the pace to be as dangerous overseas, and also lacked the fitness to be as effective in England again. He missed the whole of the 1987 season with injury, but bounced back with 71 county wickets for Kent in 1988. However, England never called again, and Ellison drifted into retirement at the early age of 33.
Steven Lynch
