Ramps v Hick
Mark Ramprakash has joined the elite list of players with hundred hundreds and Simon Hattenstone, in the Guardian , compares and contrasts Ramprakash's records with Graeme Hick
Kanishkaa Balachandran
25-Feb-2013
Mark Ramprakash has joined the elite list of players with hundred hundreds and Simon Hattenstone, in the Guardian, compares and contrasts Ramprakash's records with Graeme Hick. Here's the statistical story of two England underachievers, despite being domestic giants.
What makes Ramprakash and Hick different is that despite their outrageous success, they both failed at the highest level. Amazingly, they made their England debut in the same Test, against West Indies at Headingley in 1991. Sure enough, both blew it. Ramprakash scored 27 in both innings, and maybe my memory is playing tricks but he seemed to score 27 in virtually every Test innings he played. After 52 Tests he finished with an average of, yes, 27. Hick had an even worse time of it on debut, with a pair of sixes. He went on to average 31 in 65 Tests. Of their 235 centuries, only eight were for England.
Kanishkaa Balachandran is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo