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Neil Saker

England

Player profile

Full name Neil Clifford Saker
Born September 20, 1984, St George's Hospital, Tooting, London
Current age 24 years 17 days
Major teams Surrey, Surrey 2nd XI
Also known as Sakes, Bulbus
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Height 6 ft 4 in
Education Raynes Park High

Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
First-class 18 23 4 272 58* 14.31 736 36.95 0 1 5 0
List A 23 11 4 74 22 10.57 119 62.18 0 0 2 0
Twenty20 2 1 0 0 0 0.00 4 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0

Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
First-class 18 2159 1578 31 5/76 50.90 4.38 69.6 2 1 0
List A 23 933 942 18 4/43 4/43 52.33 6.05 51.8 1 0 0
Twenty20 2 2 30 44 1 1/28 1/28 44.00 8.80 30.0 0 0 0

Career statistics
First-class debut 2003
Last First-class Surrey v Worcestershire at Guildford, Jul 25-28, 2007 scorecard
List A debut 2005
Last List A Essex v Surrey at Chelmsford, May 25, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut Sussex v Surrey at Hove, Jun 29, 2007 scorecard
Last Twenty20 Surrey v Kent at The Oval, Jul 6, 2007 scorecard

 Profile

Coming through the ranks at Surrey, Neil Saker is a tall fast bowler and was the first Surrey Academy player to be award a professional contract. In 2005 he was a regular feature in the one-day side and took 11 wickets in as many games, while he claimed 29 victims in the seconds, becoming Surrey's top wicket-taker. Saker featured in seven County Championship matches in 2006 and showed potential as he claimed 14 wickets. He also showed form with the bat by scoring a half century against Essex. Like many other Surrey players Saker has played grade cricket in Australia. In 2004-05 he played for Randwick Petersham in Sydney, while in 2005-06 he featured for Blacktown.
Ben Horne January 2007

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Jul 8, 2007

Neil Saker pleads for the wicket of Dale Benkenstein
Neil Saker pleads for the wicket of Dale Benkenstein
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Aug 8, 2006

Neil Saker
Neil Saker
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