Full name Frank Charles Hayes
Born December 6, 1946, Preston, Lancashire
Current age 74 years 48 days
Major teams England, Lancashire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Education De La Salle College, Salford; Sheffield University
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 9 | 17 | 1 | 244 | 106* | 15.25 | 878 | 27.79 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
ODIs | 6 | 6 | 1 | 128 | 52 | 25.60 | 235 | 54.46 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
First-class | 272 | 421 | 58 | 13018 | 187 | 35.86 | 23 | 67 | 176 | 0 | ||||
List A | 232 | 222 | 35 | 4857 | 102 | 25.97 | 1 | 24 | 57 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
ODIs | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
First-class | 272 | 50 | 15 | 0 | - | - | - | 1.80 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
List A | 232 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Test debut | England v West Indies at The Oval, Jul 26-31, 1973 scorecard |
Last Test | England v West Indies at Leeds, Jul 22-27, 1976 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
ODI debut | England v New Zealand at Swansea, Jul 18, 1973 scorecard |
Last ODI | England v Australia at Leeds, Jun 18, 1975 scorecard |
ODI statistics | |
First-class span | 1970 - 1984 |
List A span | 1970 - 1983 |
An elegant, stylish batsman who promised much when he announced his arrival in the England team with 106 against the West Indies at The Oval in 1973, Frank Hayes was ultimately unable to live up to the expectations raised by his undoubted talent. He played eight more Tests, but apart from his debut century, aggregated only 138 runs from his other 16 innings. Though unafraid of pace, he was unfortunate to play all his nine Tests against a powerful West Indies side, and remained at county level a player of obvious class. He came to prominence on debut with Lancashire, making 94 and 99 in his first two matches, and impressed in the 1973 Test trial, leading to his debut at the Oval. He toured the West Indies in 1973-74, and was recalled to the Test side to face the West Indies in 1976, but his England career suffered from selection politics. A strong back-foot player, he also drove well, and could score rapidly. In 1977 he hit the hapless Malcolm Nash (who had already conceded six sixes to Garry Sobers) for 6-4-6-6-6-6 in a single over. He captained Lancashire from 1978 to 1980, and scored more than 15,000 runs for the club.
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