Dennis Amiss

Personal information

Full name

Dennis Leslie Amiss

Born

7 April 1943 (age 73)
Harborne, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, UK

Nickname

Sacker

Height

5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)

Batting style

Right-handed

Bowling style

Left arm medium
Slow left arm orthodox

International information

National side

England

Test debut (cap 434)

18 August 1966 v West Indies

Last Test

12 July 1977 v Australia

ODI debut (cap 12)

24 August 1972 v Australia

Last ODI

6 June 1977 v Australia

Domestic team information

Years

Team

1960–1987

Warwickshire

Career statistics

Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	50	18	658	404
Runs scored	3,612	859	43,423	12,519
Batting average	46.30	47.72	42.86	35.06
100s/50s	11/11	4/1	102/212	15/77
Top score	262*	137	262*	137
Balls bowled	0	0	1,153	129
Wickets	–	–	18	2
Bowling average	–	–	39.88	62.50
5 wickets in innings	–	–	0	–
10 wickets in match	–	n/a	0	n/a
Best bowling	–	–	3/21	1/15
Catches/stumpings	24/–	2/–	417/–	105/–

Source: Cricinfo, 28 October 2009

Dennis Leslie Amiss MBE (born 7 April 1943, Harborne, Birmingham, Warwickshire) is a former English cricketer and cricket administrator. He played for both Warwickshire and England. A right-handed batsman, Amiss was a stroke maker particularly through extra cover and midwicket – his two favourite areas to score runs. He was an accomplished batsman in all forms of the game. He averaged 42.86 in first-class, 35.06 in List-A, 46.30 in Tests and 47.72 in One Day Internationals. In first-class cricket he scored 102 centuries, and his England record amassed over 50 Tests ranks him with the best England has produced.

After retiring as a player in 1987, he served Warwickshire as Chairman of the Cricket Committee, and he followed David Heath as chief executive from 1994 until 2006. In 1992 he was selected as an England selector. In November 2007 he became the deputy chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board; in August 2011, The Daily Telegraph described his role on the board as providing "cricketing knowledge and expertise [that] complemented Clarke’s business skills."

Amiss suffered a serious back injury whilst playing football in his teenage years, which entailed him starting each day of his sporting life undergoing stretching routines to loosen up.

Amiss made his Test debut for England in the fifth Test of the 1966 series with West Indies, and he proved an accomplished Test match batsman. He was one of the first batsmen to use a protective helmet. In scoring 3,612 Test runs, Amiss made eleven half-centuries and eleven centuries, including two double centuries against the West Indies. His highest Test match score, also his highest first-class score, was 262 not out against the West Indies in the 1973–74 Kingston Test, an innings that saved the Test match for England after they conceded a first innings lead of 230. The next highest score in England's innings was 38. After being dropped by England in 1975, he made a successful return against the West Indies at the Oval in the final Test of 1976, although his 203 in the first innings did not prevent England losing the match. Amiss's last Test came in 1977 when he was left out to make way for Geoff Boycott's return from self-imposed exile.

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