Full Name

Norman Gifford

Born

March 30, 1940, Ulverston, Lancashire

Age

83y 355d

Batting Style

Left hand Bat

Bowling Style

Slow Left arm Orthodox

Other

Coach

Norman Gifford came along as a left-arm spinner at an unfortunate time. When he started, Tony Lock's international career still had seven years to run, while Derek Underwood, five years Gifford's junior, was soon to stake an irresistible challenge of his own. Underwood and Gifford were sufficiently dissimilar - Gifford was much slower and more low-slung - for them to play two Tests side by side, on the subcontinent in 1972-73, but Underwood's artistry restricted Gifford, a good-natured apple-cheeked Lancastrian, to 15 Tests, most of them while Ray Illingworth was captain. Gifford captained England in a one-day series in Sharjah in 1985 at the age of 44.
John Thicknesse

Norman Gifford Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests1520917925*16.27--0016080
ODIs210000.0080.00000010
FC71080526370488913.00--03--3190
List A3972188514783811.11--00--960

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests152130841026335/558/12731.091.9993.4210
ODIs221205044/234/2312.502.5030.0100
FC710-1284124873120688/28-23.562.2762.0-9314
List A397-17601115254436/86/826.013.9239.71150
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Norman Gifford and Lou Ferrigno, aka the Incredible Hulk, at the Pasedena Rose Bowl
Norman Gifford gets a champagne shampoo after Worcestershire are confirmed as 1974 County Champions
Bob Massie bowls John Snow on his way to 16 for 137
Norman Gifford
Left-arm spinner Norman Gifford bowls