Vic Marks

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Vic Marks

England
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Right-arm offbreak
Career statistics
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	6	34
Runs scored	249	285
Batting average	27.66	13.57
100s/50s	-/3	-/-
Top score	83	44

Balls bowled	1082	1838
Wickets	11	44
Bowling average	44.00	25.79
5 wickets in innings	-	2
10 wickets in match	-	n/a
Best bowling	3/78	5/20
Catches/stumpings	-/-	8/-
As of 1 January 2006 Source: [1]

Victor James Marks (born June 25, 1955 in Middle Chinnock, Somerset) was a Somerset CCC and England international cricketer at both Test and One Day International level.

1 Career
- 1.1 After Retirement
2 References
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Career

He was a good all-round cricketer, mainly a right-arm off-spin bowler but also an effective right-handed batsman in the middle or lower batting order.

Marks made his first-class debut in the 1975 English domestic season, and five years later made his ODI debut against the West Indies. His Test debut was in 1982 against Pakistan.

He went on to play only six Test matches but was an important member of the ODI squad for a number of years, appearing 34 times and taking 44 wickets at the good bowling average of 25.79. His five for 20 for England against New Zealand in 1984 was for some years England's best in one-day internationals.^[1]

Marks had a distinguished first-class career between 1975 and 1989 for Somerset. He also played a season for Western Australia in the Australian Sheffield Shield in 1986-87. In 342 first-class matches he took 859 wickets at 33.28, and scored 12,419 runs at a batting average of 30.29.

As a cricketer he was popular and well-liked; Wisden editor Matthew Engel labeled him "a mild, nervy, self-deprecating farm boy with an Oxford degree and no enemies".

His nickname 'Skid' is believed to make reference to his rather erratic style of motoring.

[edit] After Retirement

After retiring as a professional cricketer, he turned his hand to journalism and broadcasting, and is now a regular summariser on Test Match Special. He writes regularly about cricket for The Observer newspaper.^[2]

He is currently Chairman of Cricket at Somerset CCC.

[edit] References

^ "Five or More Wickets in an Innings for England in ODI Cricket. CricketArchive. Retrieved on 2007-05-29.
^ List of Vic Marks articles: The Observer. Retrieved 31 July 2006.

[edit] See also

Somerset CCC

[edit] External links

v • d • e England squad - 1983 Cricket World Cup

1 Willis (c) • 2 Allott • 3 Botham • 4 Cowans • 5 Dilley • 6 Fowler • 7 Gatting • 8 Gould • 9 Gower • 10 Jesty • 11 Lamb • 12 Marks • 13 Tavaré

Persondata
NAME	Marks, Victor James
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Vic
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Cricketer
DATE OF BIRTH	June 25, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH	Middle Chinnock, Somerset
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH