Famous Cricketers No 85 - Derek Underwood

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 5 9 0 40 31 4.44 - - 3 Championship 12 18 5 113 17 8.69 - - 7 Other Kent matches 2 1 0 3 3 3.00 - - - Other match 1 1 1 7 7* - - - 1 Season 20 29 6 163 31 7.08 - - 11 Career 398 436 112 2936 80 9.06 - 1 168 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Test matches 224 59 631 17 5/39 37.11 1 - Championship 530.3 209 1319 48 7/56 27.47 2 - Other Kent matches 65.5 31 129 6 5/23 21.50 1 - Other match 39 20 60 7 4/10 8.57 - - Season 859.2 319 2139 78 7/56 27.42 4 - Career (6-ball) 13314 5417 } 30686 1534 9/28 20.00 99 30 (8-ball) 834.3 213 1976/77 - MCC in India, Sri Lanka and Australia The tour arranged for India and Sri Lanka was followed by two matches in Australia including the Centenary Test at Melbourne, which Australia won by precisely the same margin as they had won the very first Test match – 45 runs. In India Underwood showed a previously dormant mastery of conditions in the sub-continent. He was the leading wicket-taker in the Test matches, including nine wickets in the final match, and ended with 44 wickets in total. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 399. MCC v Central Zone, Jaipur, December 3, 4, 5 (Match drawn) did not bat - 260-3d 23 13 23 2 Hanumant Singh c A.P.E.Knott 169-8d 1 Gulrez Ali c G.Miller did not bat - 155-1d 10 4 17 0 120-5 400. MCC v Board President’s XI, Ahmedabad, December 7, 8, 9 (Match drawn) did not bat - 289-5d 21 9 36 1 B.P.Patel c C.M.Old 213-5d did not bat - 127-4d 10 2 39 2 B.P.Patel lbw 144-6 1 B.Reddy c and b 401. ENGLAND v INDIA, New Delhi, December 17 18, 19, 21, 22 (England won by an innings and 25 runs) not out 7 381 9 3 19 1 P.Sharma c R.G.D.Willis 122 44 15 78 4 S.M.Gavaskar c R.A.Woolmer 234 1 M.Amarnath c sub B.P.Patel c and b P.Sharma c K.W.R.Fletcher 402. ENGLAND v INDIA, Calcutta, January 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 (England won by ten wickets) c S.M.Gavaskar b B.S.Bedi 4 321 13 5 24 1 G.R.Viswanath c R.W.Tolchard 155 did not bat - 16-0 32.5 18 50 3 S.M.Gavaskar b 181 E.A.S.Prasanna c J.M.Brearley B.S.Bedi b 403. ENGLAND v INDIA, Madras, January 14, 15, 16, 18, 19 (England won by 200 runs) b E.A.S.Prasanna 23 262 17 9 16 2 B.P.Patel b 164 2 E.A.S.Prasanna c and b st S.M.H.Kirmani b B.S.Chandrasekhar 8 185-9d 14 7 28 4 S.M.Gavaskar c R.A.Woolmer 83 M.Amarnath c R.A.Woolmer G.R.Viswanath c J.M.Brearley E.A.S.Prasanna c J.M.Brearley 53