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Full name Edward Ernest Hemmings
Born February 20, 1949, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Current age 59 years 137 days
Major teams England,Nottinghamshire,Sussex,Warwickshire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Height
5 ft 10 in
Education Campion School, Lemmington Spa
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
16
21
4
383
95
22.52
939
40.78
0
2
35
1
5
0
ODIs
33
12
6
30
8*
5.00
61
49.18
0
0
1
0
5
0
First-class
518
683
169
9533
127*
18.54
1
27
212
0
List A
455
274
91
2473
61*
13.51
0
1
122
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
16
28
4437
1825
43
6/58
7/101
42.44
2.46
103.1
0
1
0
ODIs
33
32
1752
1294
37
4/52
4/52
34.97
4.43
47.3
1
0
0
First-class
518
101688
44403
1515
10/175
29.30
2.61
67.1
70
15
List A
455
21492
14447
453
5/22
5/22
31.89
4.03
47.4
10
4
0
Career statistics
Test debut
England v Pakistan at Birmingham, Jul 29-Aug 1, 1982 scorecard
Last Test
Australia v England at Sydney, Jan 4-8, 1991 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
England v Pakistan at Nottingham, Jul 17, 1982 scorecard
Last ODI
New Zealand v England at Christchurch, Feb 9, 1991 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1966 - 1995
List A span
1969 - 1995
Profile
International recognition came late to Eddie Hemmings - he was 33 when he made his debut - but he lingered on the fringes of the England side for the best part of a decade, making his final appearance a few weeks before his 41st birthday. Small and stout, Hemmings was a unlikely looking professional cricketer but he made up for that with wily offspin and durable lower-order batting. He was a slightly surprising choice for the 1982-83 Ashes tour, and his 95 as nightwatchman at Sydney was coupled with six wickets in the game. Hr returned on the infamous tour of Pakistan in 1987-88, and thereafter his England career seemed over until John Emburey's three-year ban for touring South Africa brought Hemmings back into the mix. His Test career ended in Australia in 1990-91, but he carried on in first-class cricket until he was 46. In the 1989 NatWest Trophy final between Nottinghamshire and Essex, Hemmings needed to hit the last ball of the match, bowled by John Lever, for four - and did just that.
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