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

340.$ ENGLAND v PAKISTAN, Hyderabad, March 16, 17, 18, 20, 21 (Match drawn) c Zaheer Abbas b Intikhab Alam 78 487 3 0 22 0 569-9d 1 c Asif Iqbal b Intikhab Alam 21 218-6 341.$ ENGLAND v PAKISTAN, Karachi, March 24, 25, 27, 28, 29 (Match drawn) c Talat Ali b Intikhab Alam 54 386 445-6d not out 1 30-1 199 1 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches v India 5 8 1 312 113 44.57 1 2 6 Test matches v Pakistan 3 6 1 221 78 44.20 - 3 2 Other matches 6 8 3 348 120* 69.60 2 1 7 Tour 14 22 5 881 120* 51.82 3 6 15 Career 341 583 79 18637 228* 36.97 30 106 330 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i Test matches v Pakistan 3 0 22 0 - - - Other matches 26 4 103 2 1-12 51.50 - Tour 29 4 125 2 1-12 62.50 - Career (6b) 209.5 32 } 1099 21 4-50 52.33 - (8b) 40.3 2 1973 With only ten appearances in the County Championship Fletcher’s summer was built around six Test appearances in which he averaged 63.88. He saved his best for Lord’s on two occasions. In the second Test against New Zealand, England required 298 in their second innings to avoid an innings defeat. After Geoffrey Boycott and Dennis Amiss had got the innings off to a good start Fletcher played a well balanced innings realising that runs as well as time were of importance. He batted for six and a quarter hours but also attacked when he saw the opportunity to take his side to safety. Against the West Indies he played another excellent innings but failed to stave off defeat as he was left not out on 86. He showed how to deal with short pitched bowling, where others failed, England slumping to 63-5. Derek Underwood stayed to add 47 for the last wicket before falling for 14. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 342. MCC v Warwickshire, Lord’s, April 25, 26, 27 (MCC won by 133 runs) not out 71 262-3d 264-8d lbw b D.J.Brown 2 250-3d 115 343. Essex v Somerset, Taunton, May 2, 3, 4 (Match drawn) c D.J.S.Taylor b D.Breakwell 67 336 157 229-9 344. Essex v Surrey, Kennington Oval, May 9, 10 (Essex won by seven wickets) b G.G.Arnold 52 243 157 1 not out 10 43-3 125 345. Essex v Derbyshire, Chelmsford, May 16, 17 (Essex won by an innings and 28 runs) b M.Hendrick 49 337-7d 119 1 190 1 346. MCC v New Zealanders, Lord’s, May 19, 21, (22) (Match drawn) c M.G.Burgess b B.R.Taylor 14 146-2d 259-1d did not bat - 37-2 63-4d 347.$ Essex v Middlesex, Lord’s, May (23), 24, 25 (Essex won by seven wickets) b M.W.W.Selvey 113 247-3† 244-3d 1 348. Essex v Worcestershire, Worcester, May 26, (28), (29) (Match drawn) * c G.R.Cass b B.L.d’Oliveira 26 98† 132-2 33