Famous Cricketers No 85 - Derek Underwood

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Championship 21 21 10 162 50 14.72 - 1 10 Other Kent matches 2 - - - - - - - - Season 23 21 10 162 50 14.72 - 1 10 Career 520 551 146 3773 80 9.31 - 2 227 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Championship 694.4 242 1633 70 7/93 23.32 5 1 Other Kent matches 79.5 40 155 8 4/51 19.37 - - Season 774.3 282 1788 78 7/93 22.92 5 1 Career (6-ball) 17314.3 6976 } 39307 2004 9/28 19.61 131 40 (8-ball) 883.1 228 1981/82 - England in India and Sri Lanka This turned out to be Underwood’s last overseas tour and, by joining a rebel tour to South Africa and incurring a three-year ban from playing for England, he effectively put an end to his Test career. His eight wickets against Sri Lanka was a fitting end to a great career but, sadly, left him three wickets short of 300, a figure which at the time had been attained only by Trueman, Lillee and Gibbs. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 521. England XI v Board of Control President’s XI, Nagpur, November 17, 18, 19 (England XI won by five wickets) not out 22 243 21.1 7 64 6 K.Srikkanth c C.J.Tavaré 202 Arun Lal b Yashpal Sharma c K.W.R.Fletcher D.Chopra c R.W.Taylor G.Sharma c R.W.Taylor Randhir Singh b did not bat - 136-5 29.4 7 72 5 K.Srikkanth b 176 Kirti Azad c G.A.Gooch G.Sharma c I.T.Botham Z. Parkar c M.W.Gatting Randhir Singh lbw 522. England XI v West Zone, Baroda, November 21, 22, 23 (Match drawn) did not bat - 278-4d 4.5 0 16 1 U.C.Joshi b 179 did not bat - 171-2d 13 5 25 1 A.S.Gaekwad c D.I.Gower 197-4 523. ENGLAND v INDIA, Wankhede Stadium, Bombay, November 27, 28, 29, December 1 (India won by 138 runs) c S.M.H.Kirmani b Kapil Dev8 166 4 2 12 1 Kirti Azad c sub 179 not out 13 102 11 4 14 0 227 524. ENGLAND v INDIA, Bangalore, December 9, 10, 12, 13, 14 (Match drawn) not out 2 400 43 21 88 3 S.M.Gavaskar c and b 428 1 Kirti Azad c K.W.R.Fletcher D.R.Doshi c G.Boycott did not bat - 174-3d 525. ENGLAND v INDIA, New Delhi, December 23, 24, 26, 27, 28 (Match drawn) not out 2 476-9d 48 18 97 2 D.B.Vengsarkar c K.W.R.Fletcher 487 Kirti Azad st R.W.Taylor did not bat - 68-0d 526. ENGLAND v INDIA, Calcutta, January 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 (Match drawn) c S.M.Patil b Kapil Dev 13 248 29 13 45 3 S.M.Gavaskar b 208 K.Srikkanth b Kapil Dev c C.J.Tavaré did not bat - 265-5d 31 18 38 0 170-3 527. ENGLAND v INDIA, Madras, January 13, 14, 15, 17, 18 (Match drawn) c S.M.H.Kirmani b Kapil Dev0 328 22 7 59 0 481-4d 67