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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 23 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 |
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5 |
0 |
| List A |
23 |
11 |
4 |
74 |
22 |
10.57 |
119 |
62.18 |
0 |
0 |
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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 |
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2159 |
1578 |
31 |
5/76 |
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50.90 |
4.38 |
69.6 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
| List A |
23 |
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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 |
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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