Famous Cricketers No 93 - Keith Fletcher O.B.E.

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test match 1 2 1 23 23* 23.00 - - - Championship 23 41 6 1515 228* 43.28 2 10 25 Other Essex match 1 2 0 8 6 4.00 - - 1 Other matches 5 9 1 344 113 43.00 2 - 6 Season 30 54 8 1890 228* 41.08 4 10 32 Career 211 371 43 10602 228* 32.32 13 59 207 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i Championship 0.2 0 4 0 - - - Other matches 16 0 104 1 1-60 104.00 - Season 16.2 0 108 1 1-60 108.00 - Career 76 11 340 7 4-50 48.57 - 1968/69 - MCC in Ceylon and Pakistan A tour to India and Pakistan was arranged to replace the original plan to tour South Africa. However this tour was also effected by political and financial strife as India withdrew and eventually the opportunity was taken to spend more quality time in Ceylon, as opposed to the normal stop-over. Four matches were played in Ceylon, one of which was first-class. Pakistan was a nightmare at times, rioting in Lahore and the withdrawal of police and the military in Dacca left an environment little suited to cricket. Fletcher came through the tour with great credit and played in three Test matches. At Lahore, in what was only his second Test, he shared the task of hauling England back into the match in the second innings, as they collapsed to 58-5, with a lead of only 155. He and Alan Knott put on 78 together and Fletcher was out eventually for 83, but more importantly he had occupied the crease for four hours. The tour ended at Karachi when the third Test was brought to an end on the third day, by rioting. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 212.$ MCC v Ceylon, Colombo, January 30, 31, February 1 (Match drawn) c H.I.K.Fernando b D.Sahabandu 81 406-4d - - - - 283-9d 1 8 0 47 0 118-0 213. MCC v Board of Control XI, Bahawalpur, February 5, 6, 7 (Match drawn) b Majid Khan 9 218-8d - - - - 262-7d not out 48 126-4† 3 0 10 0 173-8d 1 214. MCC v Central Zone, Faisalabad, February 8, 9, 10, (Match drawn) c Hanif Mohammad b Nasim-ul-Ghani 3 198-6d - - - - 198-7d 1 did not bat - 61-0 2 0 14 1 Kamran Rashid st J.T.Murray170-8d 1 215. ENGLAND v PAKISTAN, Lahore, February 21. 22, 23, 24 (Match drawn) c Intikhab Alam b Saeed Ahmed 20 306 - - - - 209 1 b Majid Khan 83 225-9d† 8 2 31 0 203-5 1 216. ENGLAND v PAKISTAN, Dacca, February 28, March 1, 2, 3 (Match drawn) c Hanif Mohammad b Saeed Amhed 16 274 246 did not bat - 33-0 195-6d 217. ENGLAND v PAKISTAN, Karachi, March 6, 7, 8 (Match drawn) b Mushtaq Mohammad 38 502-7 22