Full name John Sidney Ernest Price
Born July 22, 1937, Harrow, Middlesex
Current age 83 years 181 days
Major teams England, Middlesex
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 15 | 15 | 6 | 66 | 32 | 7.33 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
First-class | 279 | 223 | 91 | 1108 | 53* | 8.39 | 0 | 1 | 103 | 0 | ||
List A | 124 | 67 | 38 | 240 | 14 | 8.27 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 15 | 27 | 2724 | 1401 | 40 | 5/73 | 5/104 | 35.02 | 3.08 | 68.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
First-class | 279 | 42295 | 19221 | 817 | 8/48 | 23.52 | 2.72 | 51.7 | 26 | 4 | |||
List A | 124 | 6266 | 3582 | 192 | 6/34 | 6/34 | 18.65 | 3.42 | 32.6 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Test debut | India v England at Mumbai (BS), Jan 21-26, 1964 scorecard |
Last Test | England v Australia at Lord's, Jun 22-26, 1972 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
First-class span | 1961 - 1975 |
List A span | 1963 - 1975 |
John Price was a solidly-built right-arm fast bowler with a distinctive angled approach to the wicket and an exceptionally long run-up. On his day he was dangerous, with pace generated by his powerful upper body, and the ability to swing the ball away from the right-hander, but he was too prone to injury to make him an England regular. His fielding in the deep was superb, his batting at No. 11 less so. He played 242 matches for Middlesex taking 734 wickets.
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