Wayne Larkins
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| Wayne Larkins | ||||
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| Personal information | ||||
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| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Tests | ODIs | |||
| Matches | 13 | 25 | ||
| Runs scored | 493 | 591 | ||
| Batting average | 20.54 | 24.62 | ||
| 100s/50s | -/3 | 1/- | ||
| Top score | 64 | 124 | ||
| Balls bowled | - | 15 | ||
| Wickets | - | - | ||
| Bowling average | - | - | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | - | - | ||
| 10 wickets in match | - | n/a | ||
| Best bowling | - | - | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 8/- | 8/- | ||
Wayne 'Ned' Larkins (November 22, 1953 - ) was a former cricketer who represented Northamptonshire and Durham as opening batsman throughout his long career. He was selected to play for England as Graham Gooch's opening partner on tours of Australia and the West Indies.
Born in 1953, in Roxton, Bedfordshire, Larkins played cricket for Northamptonshire from 1972 - 1991 as part of a batting line up which boasted Peter Willey, Allan Lamb and opening partner Geoff Cook. Larkins moved to first class newcomers Durham in 1992, retiring from the first class game in 1995.
He scored 27,142 first class runs in 482 matches with 59 centuries and a highest score of 252. He also snared 42 wickets with his canny medium pace. Larkins appeared in 13 Test matches for England, scoring 3 fifties, and in 25 one day internationals. He was a dominant force in domestic one day cricket, playing 485 matches and scoring 13,594 runs with 26 hundreds.[1]
Although a talented player, Larkins is considered by many good judges as something of an underachiever in statistical terms. He was able to destroy the finest of attacks on his day, and unafraid to hit his first ball for six over cover. County bowlers such as Jon Agnew spoke of being "Nedded" when he performed well against them. Instantly recognisable from his mop of curly hair, Larkins was never less than a thrilling presence at the crease.
Outside cricket, he was a keen footballer. In his youth he had been on the books of Notts County. He played non league football for Buckingham Town F.C., although he missed part of the 1985 season after gashing his leg during a match.[citation needed]
In October 2006 he pleaded guilty to attempting to illegally obtain a mortgage secured against the house of his partner's sick father. With his partner, he bought a home in France.[2] On April 20, 2007 he was given a given a 12 month suspended sentence and was ordered to repay money from the sale of the property.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Wayne Larkins - Cricket Archive Statistics (HTML) (2003). Retrieved on 20 January 2007.
- ^ Larkins pleads guilty to deception (HTML) (2006). Retrieved on 2 November 2006.
- ^ Loan scam cricketer spared jail (HTML) (2007). Retrieved on 20 April 2007.
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