Lives in Cricket No 10 - John Shepherd

1976 Eng 169 18 602 24 4-30 25.08 1 1977 Eng 116.1 7 427 13 2-23 32.84 - 1978 Eng 157.3 25 473 34 4-17 13.91 3 1979 Eng 143.1 24 436 27 4-32 16.14 1 1980 Eng 109.1 10 425 20 3-26 21.25 - 1981 Eng 128.1 15 442 19 3-24 23.26 - 1982 Eng 166 13 734 26 3-16 28.23 - 1983 Eng 155.4 11 668 36 6-52 18.55 1 1984 Eng 161.4 14 659 25 4-20 26.36 2 1985 Eng 82 4 391 10 2-42 39.10 - 1987 Eng 12 1 60 2 2-20 30.00 - Totals 2580 292 9429 436 6-52 21.62 14 Notes: Overs were of six balls throughout Shepherd’s limited-overs career. The figures for the ‘England’ season of 1983 include the Benson and Hedges Cup match Scotland v Gloucestershire, played in Glasgow on 17 May. He took his wickets at the rate of one per 35.50 balls and conceded runs at the rate of 3.65 per over. Of his 436 wickets, 290 (67%) were caught; 110 (25%) were bowled; 33 (8%) were lbw, two were stumped and one hit wicket. He dismissed S.Turner seven times; no other batsman more than five times. List A limited-overs cricket: Fifties (14) Score For Opponent Venue Season 77 Kent Sussex Canterbury 1967 52* Kent Northamptonshire Northampton 1971 65 Kent Surrey The Oval 1971 53 Kent Middlesex Canterbury 1971 96 Kent Middlesex Lord’s 1975 58 Kent Derbyshire Folkestone 1976 51* Kent Lancashire Old Trafford 1976 101 Kent Middlesex Canterbury 1977 55 Kent Gloucestershire Lord’s 1977 52* Kent Warwickshire Edgbaston 1978 94 Kent Hampshire Southampton 1978 63 Kent Gloucestershire Gloucester (Tuffley) 1979 55* Kent Lancashire Maidstone 1979 52* Gloucestershire Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge 1984 Notes: Shepherd’s 55 against Gloucestershire in 1977 was in the Benson and Hedges Cup final. List A limited-overs cricket: Four wickets or more in an innings (14) Bowling For Opponent Venue Season 10.2-0-26-4 Kent Yorkshire Canterbury 1971 8-2-20-4 Kent Somerset Canterbury 1971 8-1-27-4 Kent Hampshire Maidstone 1971 8-0-18-4 Kent Hampshire Portsmouth 1972 12-5-23-4 Kent Essex Leyton 1972 12-3-43-4 Kent Hampshire Canterbury 1973 6-0-30-4 Kent Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge 1976 6.2-0-17-4 Kent Middlesex Lord’s 1978 12-1-38-4 Kent Northamptonshire Northampton 1978 11-2-25-4 Kent Derbyshire Lord’s 1978 11-4-32-4 Kent Middlesex Canterbury 1979 8-0-52-6 Gloucestershire Kent Bristol 1983 Career Statistics 127