Mike Hendrick

Personal information

Full name

Michael Hendrick

Born

22 October 1948 (age 68)
Darley Dale, Derbyshire, England

Nickname

Hendo

Height

6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)

Batting style

Right-handed

Bowling style

Right arm fast-medium

International information

National side

England

Test debut (cap 459)

6 June 1974 v India

Last Test

1 September 1981 v Australia

ODI debut (cap 22)

5 September 1973 v West Indies

Last ODI

8 June 1981 v Australia

Domestic team information

Years

Team

1982–1984

Nottinghamshire

1969–1981

Derbyshire

Career statistics

Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	30	22	267	226
Runs scored	128	6	1,601	503
Batting average	6.40	1.20	10.13	9.31
100s/50s	–/–	–/–	–/–	–/–
Top score	15	2*	46	32
Balls bowled	6,208	1,248	42,378	11,385
Wickets	87	35	770	297
Bowling average	25.83	19.45	20.50	19.59
5 wickets in innings	–	1	30	5
10 wickets in match	–	n/a	3	n/a
Best bowling	4/28	5/31	8/45	6/7
Catches/stumpings	25/–	5/–	176/–	51/–

Source: Cricinfo, 4 May 2009

Michael Hendrick (b. 22 October 1948) is a former English cricketer, who played in thirty Tests and twenty two ODIs for England from 1973 to 1981. He played for Derbyshire from 1969 to 1981, and for Nottinghamshire from 1982 to 1984.

Cricket correspondent Colin Bateman remarked, "Hendrick was a lively fast-medium seam bowler who could produce plenty of bounce to trouble county batsmen. His 770 first-class wickets came at an impressive cost of just 20 apiece". Bateman added, "he loved to pin batsmen down with his accuracy and force errors, and to do so he bowled negatively and slightly short – too short to take wickets consistently at the top level". Which is a rather odd thing to say of a player who took 87 test wickets at 25 runs apiece.

Born in Darley Dale, Derbyshire, England, Hendrick first played for Derbyshire Juniors in 1965 and progressed to the Second XI in 1966, playing regularly over the next three years. In June 1969 he made his first class debut for Derbyshire against Oxford University when he took a wicket in each innings, but did not have a chance to bat. He played one County Championship match in the season, and also took part in the Player's County League. In 1970, he played five first-class games. From 1971, he became a more regular first team player, and in 1973 played in a One Day International against the West Indies. He was Cricket Writers' Club Young Cricketer of the Year in 1973. In 1974 Hendrick played in three Test matches against India and two against Pakistan.

In the winter of 1974/75, Hendrick toured with the MCC to Australia and New Zealand, playing in three Test matches. He played for England in two matches against the West Indies in 1976 and, in 1977, played in the third, fourth and fifth Test against the Australians. In February 1978, he played one match against New Zealand in New Zealand, and later in the summer played two Test matches against the New Zealanders in England. He was Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1978. He toured Australia in the winter of 1978/79, and played in five Ashes Test matches, taking nineteen wickets in the series. In the summer of 1979, he played for England against India in four matches and, in 1980, against the West Indies and a single match against Australia. He played his last Test matches against Australia in 1981, and in the same season, helped Derbyshire win the National Westminster Bank Trophy. He left Derbyshire at the end of the season, and moved to Nottinghamshire, where he played until 1984. He also elected to go on the first rebel tour to South Africa, which incurred a three-year ban from Test cricket and effectively ended his international participation.

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