Graham Onions

Graham Onions
Onions playing for England in 2009
Personal information
Born (1982-09-09) 9 September 1982 (age 42)
Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England
NicknameBunny[1]
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 644)6 May 2009 v West Indies
Last Test7 June 2012 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 212)20 September 2009 v Australia
Last ODI2 October 2009 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2003–2017Durham (squad no. 9)
2003Durham Cricket Board
2007–2016Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)
2013Dolphins
2018–2020Lancashire (squad no. 99)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 9 4 192 99
Runs scored 30 1 2,100 185
Batting average 10.00 1.00 12.96 8.04
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0
Top score 17* 1 65 30*
Balls bowled 1,606 204 33,474 4,218
Wickets 32 4 723 113
Bowling average 29.90 46.25 25.70 32.37
5 wickets in innings 1 0 31 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 3 0
Best bowling 5/38 2/58 9/67 4/45
Catches/stumpings 0/– 1/– 35/– 13/–
Source: CricketArchive, 30 September 2019

Graham Onions (born 9 September 1982) is an English former cricketer. He played for Durham, Lancashire and England as a right arm fast-medium bowler and a right-hand tail-end batsman. After a successful start to the 2009 cricket season, Onions was selected to face the West Indies in Test cricket, and following success in the series, was retained for the 2009 Ashes series. In April 2010, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack named him as one of its five cricketers of the year for 2009. A back injury in March 2010 prevented Onions from playing cricket until 2011. He returned to competitive cricket that season, taking 50 wickets in the County Championship, and towards the end of the year was called up to England's Test squad. However, in September 2020, Onions announced his retirement from cricket after his back injury returned.[2]

  1. ^ McGlashan, Andrew (7 January 2010). "'Bunny' proves he's anything but". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  2. ^ "England seamer Graham Onions forced into retirement by back injury". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 September 2020.