Angus Fraser
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| Angus Fraser | ||||
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| Personal information | ||||
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| Full name | Angus Robert Charles Fraser | |||
| Nickname | Gus, Gnat | |||
| Born | 8 August 1965 | |||
| Billinge, Lancashire, England | ||||
| Height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | |||
| Role | Bowler, commentator | |||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right arm fast-medium | |||
| International information | ||||
| Test debut (cap 537) | 6 July 1989: v Australia | |||
| Last Test | 26 December 1998: v Australia | |||
| ODI debut (cap 103) | 15 October 1989: v Sri Lanka | |||
| Last ODI | 29 May 1999: v India | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1984 – 2002 | Middlesex | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Tests | ODI | FC | LA | |
| Matches | 46 | 42 | 290 | 336 |
| Runs scored | 388 | 141 | 2934 | 865 |
| Batting average | 7.46 | 12.81 | 11.19 | 11.68 |
| 100s/50s | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/0 |
| Top score | 32 | 38* | 92 | 38* |
| Balls bowled | 10876 | 2392 | 56281 | 17112 |
| Wickets | 177 | 47 | 886 | 392 |
| Bowling average | 27.32 | 30.04 | 27.40 | 26.49 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 13 | 0 | 36 | 1 |
| 10 wickets in match | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Best bowling | 8/53 | 4/22 | 8/53 | 5/32 |
| Catches/stumpings | 9/– | 5/– | 54/– | 56/– |
Angus Robert Charles Fraser born 8 August 1965, in Billinge Higher End, Wigan, Lancashire, is a former English cricketer who attended the John Lyon School in Harrow, Middlesex.
Perhaps his finest hour came in the Barbados Test match of the 1993/94 West Indies tour, when Fraser took 8-75 in the first innings to help set up a famous victory, West Indies' first defeat at Bridgetown for more than half a century. His career-best first-class cricket figures, 8-53, were also taken in a Test against the same opposition, this time at Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago in 1997/98. Despite taking eight wickets in an innings, he did not win the Man of the Match award, which went to Carl Hooper from the winning West Indies side.
His ODI high score of 38 not out, scored late in the innings at No. 10 and including a massive six off Steve Waugh, almost brought England back from the brink of defeat against Australia during the 1990/91 tour (Australia won by three runs). Another fine moment with the bat was in a last-wicket second-innings stand with Robert Croft to save the third Test at Old Trafford against South Africa in 1998.
Despite his Lancashire birthplace, Fraser played all of his county cricket for Middlesex, in a first-class career running from 1984 to 2002. He served as the county captain from 2001 until his retirement in 2002, when he was appointed as the cricket correspondent of The Independent newspaper. He is also a regular contributor to the BBC's Test Match Special.
In the 1996 edition of Wisden, he was one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year
He currently now resides in Stanmore with his wife and two children, Alexander and Bethan.
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