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Rikki Clarke

Rikki Clarke
Personal information
Full name Rikki Clarke
Born (1981-09-29) 29 September 1981 (age 35)
Orsett, England
Nickname Clarkey, Crouchy
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 620) 21 October 2003 v Bangladesh
Last Test 1 November 2003 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 174) 17 June 2003 v Pakistan
Last ODI 5 September 2006 v Pakistan
ODI shirt no. 20
Domestic team information
Years Team
2002–2007 Surrey (squad no. 9)
2008 Derbyshire
2009–present Warwickshire
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 2 20 214 213
Runs scored 96 144 9,558 3,762
Batting average 32.00 11.07 33.30 24.91
100s/50s 0/1 0/0 16/49 0/19
Top score 55 39 214 98*
Balls bowled 174 469 22,070 5,480
Wickets 4 11 380 129
Bowling average 15.00 37.72 33.22 38.13
5 wickets in innings 0 0 3 1
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 2/7 2/28 6/63 5/26
Catches/stumpings 1/– 11/– 327/– 98/–
Source: Cricinfo, 24 April 2017

Rikki Clarke (born 29 September 1981 in Orsett, Essex) is an English cricketer, currently playing for Warwickshire. He was educated at Broadwater School and then Godalming College. Clarke began his career as a professional cricketer with Surrey in 2000, making his list A debut in 2001 and First Class debut in 2002, and the following year made his One Day International debut for England; later in 2003 he played his first Test match. Between 2003 and 2006 he played two Tests, both against Bangladesh and 20 ODIs. At the end of 2007 Clarke left Surrey to become Derbyshire's club captain after feeling a change was needed, hoping he could impress the England selectors with his leadership. Before the end of the 2008 season he stepped down as captain because the job was negatively affecting his own performance, and after a single year at the club he left to join Warwickshire for the start of the 2009 season.

After some fine performances in Surrey's championship-winning Second XI team in 2001, Clarke quickly established himself in the first team the following season. He made an unbeaten 107 against Cambridge UCCE in his debut first-class innings and also scored 153 not out against Somerset, ending the season 711 runs at an average of over 50. He was awarded the Cricket Writers' Club's Young Cricketer of the Year award and the NBC Denis Compton Award for his achievements in 2002.


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