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Mark Wagh
England
Player profile
Full name Mark Anant Wagh
Born October 20, 1976, Birmingham, Warwickshire
Current age 31 years 323 days
Major teams Mashonaland A, Oxford University, Warwickshire
Nickname Waggy
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Height
6 ft 2 in
Education King Edward's School, Birmingham. Oxford University
Batting and fielding averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
BF |
SR |
100 |
50 |
4s |
6s |
Ct |
St |
| First-class |
170 |
281 |
24 |
10250 |
315 |
39.88 |
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24 |
53 |
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76 |
0 |
| List A |
95 |
91 |
8 |
2325 |
102* |
28.01 |
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1 |
17 |
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19 |
0 |
| Twenty20 |
18 |
15 |
0 |
288 |
56 |
19.20 |
251 |
114.74 |
0 |
1 |
34 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
Bowling averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4w |
5w |
10 |
| First-class |
170 |
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8697 |
4611 |
100 |
7/222 |
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46.11 |
3.18 |
86.9 |
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2 |
0 |
| List A |
95 |
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1096 |
862 |
25 |
4/35 |
4/35 |
34.48 |
4.71 |
43.8 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Twenty20 |
18 |
5 |
75 |
106 |
5 |
2/16 |
2/16 |
21.20 |
8.48 |
15.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Career statistics
| First-class debut |
1996 |
| Last First-class |
Nottinghamshire v Somerset at Nottingham, Sep 3-6, 2008 scorecard |
| List A debut |
1996 |
| Last List A |
Nottinghamshire v Durham at Nottingham, Aug 19, 2008 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut |
Northamptonshire v Warwickshire at Northampton, Jun 24, 2003 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 |
Yorkshire v Nottinghamshire at Leeds, Jul 4, 2007 scorecard |
A patient, wristy opening batsman, and a useful offspinner, Mark Wagh made his debut for Warwickshire, the county of his birth, in 1998. Over the next six years he became one of the county's most consistent batsmen, twice scoring over 1000 runs in a first-class season. Wagh was banned from bowling by the ECB in 2000 after being called for throwing towards the end of the season, but came back well in 2001 after remodelling his action over the winter. He was the surprise match-winner in Warwickshire's game against Nottinghamshire at Edgbaston, taking three wickets in his first two overs to set up a 139-run victory. But it is batting that has always been his main strength, and in the same season he smashed a mammoth 315, which at the time was the second highest score (after Brian Lara's 501*) by a Warwickshire batsman. Just four days after that effort, he agreed the terms for a three-year extension to his county contract, and later in the year went on the ECB National Academy tour to Australia. In 2004 he was rewarded for his outstanding form in domestic cricket with a call-up to England's preliminary squad for the ICC Champions Trophy. But he has not pushed on from that point and has suffered a serious run of injuries, missing large chunks of cricket and preventing him from bowling. He was dropped from the first-team at the start of the 2006 season, and although he soon re-established himself he did not score the runs to suggest a turning point had been reached in his career and it was not unduly surprising when Warwickshire agreed to release him from his contact so he could move to Nottinghamshire
CricInfo staff
NBC Denis Compton Award 1998
Aug 19, 2008 |
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Mark Wagh's arm injury forced him to retire hurt at a vital time
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Jul 15, 2008 |
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Kabir Ali clean bowls Mark Wagh
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Aug 29, 2007 |
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Mark Wagh sweeps as Nottinghamshire make a solid start at Lord's
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