Derek Randall

Derek Randall
Randall in 1990
Personal information
Full name
Derek William Randall
Born (1951-02-24) 24 February 1951 (age 73)
Retford, Nottinghamshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 472)1 January 1977 v India
Last Test14 June 1984 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 37)28 August 1976 v West Indies
Last ODI24 March 1985 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1971–1993Nottinghamshire
1994–2000Suffolk
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 47 49 488 467
Runs scored 2,470 1,067 28,456 12,300
Batting average 33.37 26.67 38.14 32.28
100s/50s 7/12 0/5 52/161 6/75
Top score 174 88 237 149*
Balls bowled 16 2 489 36
Wickets 0 1 13 1
Bowling average 2.00 31.76 39.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/2 3/15 1/2
Catches/stumpings 31/– 25/– 361/– 156/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  England
ICC Cricket World Cup
Runner-up 1979 England
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 23 August 2020

Derek William Randall (born 24 February 1951)[1] is an English former cricketer, who played first-class cricket for Nottinghamshire, and Tests and ODIs for England in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He was a part of the English squad that finished as runners-up at the 1979 Cricket World Cup.

Known to cricketing colleagues and fans as "Arkle" after the racehorse, but always "Rags" to himself,[2] he was one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1980.[1] The cricket writer Colin Bateman said, "The Retford imp was, and still is, one of the most fondly admired figures in the game ... the rolling gait and big sad eyes make him Chaplinesque – and like all clowns, there is pathos behind the public image ... At times, genius sat on Randall's shoulders – the only trouble was it would not stop fidgeting".[1] Randall played 47 Tests and 49 One Day International matches for England as a right-handed batsman before retiring to become a coach and cricket writer.

  1. ^ a b c Bateman, Colin (1993). If The Cap Fits. Tony Williams Publications. pp. 138–139. ISBN 1-869833-21-X.
  2. ^ Barrett, Michael (6 November 2005). "Heroes and villains: Derek Randall". The Observer. London. Retrieved 19 August 2011.