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Derek Pringle

Derek Pringle
Personal information
Full name Derek Raymond Pringle
Born (1958-09-18) 18 September 1958 (age 58)
Nairobi, Kenya
Nickname Mr Derek
Height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Batting style Right-hand batsman
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Role Bowler
Relations DJ Pringle (father)
International information
National side
Test debut 10 June 1982 v India
Last Test 6 August 1992 v Pakistan
ODI debut 17 July 1982 v Pakistan
Last ODI 21 May 1993 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years Team
1978–1993 Essex
1982 MCC
1979–1982 Cambridge University
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC List A
Matches 30 44 295 317
Runs scored 695 425 9243 4873
Batting average 15.10 23.61 28.26 25.92
100s/50s –/1 –/– 10/48 –/29
Top score 63 49* 128 81*
Balls bowled 5287 2379 45139 15410
Wickets 70 44 761 383
Bowling average 35.97 38.11 28.26 27.14
5 wickets in innings 3 25 5
10 wickets in match n/a 3 n/a
Best bowling 5/95 4/42 7/18 5/12
Catches/stumpings 10/– 11/– 154/– 87/–
Source: CricketArchive, 7 September 2008

Derek Raymond Pringle (born 18 September 1958, Nairobi, Kenya) is an English former Test and ODI cricketer for England, and is now a cricket journalist.

He was educated at Felsted School and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.

Pringle played for Essex between 1978 and 1993. He was a member of the successful sides of the 1980s and early 1990s alongside cricketers such as Graham Gooch, Mark Waugh, Nasser Hussain, John Lever and Neil Foster. In that period Essex won the County Championship six times. Pringle as an undergraduate played for Cambridge University and was called up for England, whilst he was captain in 1982. Pringle went on to play 30 Tests until 1992, scoring 695 runs and taking 70 wickets. He also played in 44 One Day Internationals between 1982 and 1993. He appeared in two World Cups including England's 1992 Cup Final team. Pringle's first-class batting average exactly matched his bowling average, indicating that he cancelled himself out perfectly.

Derek Pringle's career can probably be best summed up in phases.

Phase 1 – Early days in Botham's shadow

Picked for the first time in 1982, he played several test matches that summer with Ian Botham in the same side. The selectors feeling that faster bowling was more likely to trouble the 1982 tourists (India and Pakistan) than spin. Pringle toured Australia in 1982–83 but failed to hold his place in 1983.


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