Mike Hendrick

England

Full name Michael Hendrick

Born October 22, 1948, Darley Dale, Derbyshire

Current age 72 years 90 days

Major teams England, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire

Nickname Hendo

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium

Other Umpire, Coach

Height 6 ft 3 in

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	30	35	15	128	15	6.40	429	29.83	17	0	25
ODIs	22	10	5	6	2*	1.20	22	27.27	0	0	5
First-class	267	267	109	1601	46	10.13					176
List A	226	99	45	503	32	9.31					51

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	30	54	6208	2248	87	4/28	8/95	25.83	2.17	71.3	5	0	0
ODIs	22	22	1248	681	35	5/31	5/31	19.45	3.27	35.6	2	1	0
First-class	267		42378	15785	770	8/45		20.50	2.23	55.0		30	3
List A	226		11385	5821	297	6/7	6/7	19.59	3.06	38.3	10	5	0

Career statistics

Test debut	England v India at Manchester, Jun 6-11, 1974 scorecard
Last Test	England v Australia at The Oval, Aug 27-Sep 1, 1981 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	England v West Indies at Leeds, Sep 5, 1973 scorecard
Last ODI	England v Australia at Leeds, Jun 8, 1981 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span	1969 - 1984
List A span	1969 - 1983

Profile

Mike Hendrick was a much under-rated seamer - his average of 25.83 is lower than those of Larwood, Snow, Botham, Fraser or Gough, but he achieved nowhere near the fame of that quintet. That owed much to his penchant for the inconspicuous contribution: in 30 Tests Hendrick didn't once take a five-for, and his best figures were 4 for 28 against India at Edgbaston in 1974. But he was a very fine bowler, unstinting in his accuracy and capable of appreciable bounce and seam movement. His finest hour came at Headingley in 1977, when a brace of four-fors helped England regain the Ashes. Appropriately, Hendrick was overshadowed by Geoff Boycott, who made his 100th first-class hundred on his home ground.
Martin Williamson

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