Full name Dominic Gerald Cork
Born August 7, 1971, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire
Current age 49 years 202 days
Major teams England, Derbyshire, Hampshire, Lancashire
Nickname Corky
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Other Commentator
Height 6 ft 2 in
Education St Joseph's College, Stoke-on-Trent; Newcastle College
Relation Son - GTG Cork
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 37 | 56 | 8 | 864 | 59 | 18.00 | 2092 | 41.30 | 0 | 3 | 111 | 4 | 18 | 0 |
ODIs | 32 | 21 | 3 | 180 | 31* | 10.00 | 271 | 66.42 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
First-class | 321 | 465 | 61 | 10114 | 200* | 25.03 | 8 | 54 | 237 | 0 | ||||
List A | 314 | 240 | 40 | 4184 | 93 | 20.92 | 0 | 19 | 113 | 0 | ||||
T20s | 82 | 51 | 16 | 445 | 28 | 12.71 | 370 | 120.27 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 37 | 62 | 7678 | 3906 | 131 | 7/43 | 9/162 | 29.81 | 3.05 | 58.6 | 9 | 5 | 0 |
ODIs | 32 | 32 | 1772 | 1368 | 41 | 3/27 | 3/27 | 33.36 | 4.63 | 43.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First-class | 321 | 54314 | 26439 | 989 | 9/43 | 26.73 | 2.92 | 54.9 | 36 | 5 | |||
List A | 314 | 14675 | 10601 | 382 | 6/21 | 6/21 | 27.75 | 4.33 | 38.4 | 13 | 4 | 0 | |
T20s | 82 | 74 | 1466 | 1733 | 73 | 4/16 | 4/16 | 23.73 | 7.09 | 20.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Test debut | England v West Indies at Lord's, Jun 22-26, 1995 scorecard |
Last Test | England v India at The Oval, Sep 5-9, 2002 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
ODI debut | England v Pakistan at Manchester, Aug 24, 1992 scorecard |
Last ODI | England v India at Colombo (RPS), Sep 22, 2002 scorecard |
ODI statistics | |
First-class debut | 1990 |
Last First-class | Hampshire v Worcestershire at Southampton, Aug 23-26, 2011 scorecard |
List A debut | 1991 |
Last List A | Hampshire v Durham at Southampton, Jul 19, 2011 scorecard |
T20s debut | Yorkshire v Derbyshire at Leeds, Jun 14, 2003 scorecard |
Last T20s | Hampshire v Somerset at Birmingham, Aug 27, 2011 scorecard |
Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
32, 0/13 | PCA XI | v ACA Masters | London | 25 Jul 2013 | Other T20 |
1/22 | Hampshire | v Somerset | Birmingham | 27 Aug 2011 | T20 |
22, 0/11 | Hampshire | v Worcs | Southampton | 23 Aug 2011 | FC |
1*, 0/22 | Hampshire | v Durham | Southampton | 7 Aug 2011 | T20 |
0/57 | Hampshire | v Yorkshire | Southampton | 2 Aug 2011 | FC |
10 | Hampshire | v Durham | Southampton | 19 Jul 2011 | LA |
- | Hampshire | v Leics | Leicester | 17 Jul 2011 | LA |
- | Hampshire | v Middlesex | Southampton | 15 Jul 2011 | T20 |
25*, 2/40, 25, 2/52 | Hampshire | v Sussex | Hove | 11 Jul 2011 | FC |
1/11 | Hampshire | v Sussex | Hove | 10 Jul 2011 | T20 |
Dominic Cork, desperate to keep up with his two elder cricket-playing brothers, grew up to be a showman. The bigger the stage, the better he has performed - provided the stage is in England, for he has had little success abroad except in South Africa in 1995-96. Since then he has lost the sting in his outswinger and become a seam-and-swing bowler for English conditions, bowling wicket to wicket, and launching into well-choreographed appeals for LBW. On the biggest stage in England, at Lord's, Cork took his best Test bowling figures of 7 for 43 in 1995, and played his most famous innings, in 2000, on both occasions against West Indies. His strength was his ability to move the ball late, although he suffered when he tried to bowl too fast, while his batting always promised more than it delivered.
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1996