Vic Marks

Vic Marks
Personal information
Full name
Victor James Marks
Born (1955-06-25) 25 June 1955 (age 69)
Middle Chinnock, Somerset, England
NicknameSkid, Speedy[1]
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleAll-rounder
RelationsJoseph Eckland (nephew)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 499)26 August 1982 v Pakistan
Last Test19 March 1984 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 55)30 May 1980 v West Indies
Last ODI4 September 1988 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1975–1978Oxford University
1975–1989Somerset
1986-87Western Australia
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 6 34 342 304
Runs scored 249 285 12,419 4,175
Batting average 27.66 13.57 30.29 22.56
100s/50s 0/3 0/0 5/73 0/14
Top score 83 44 134 81*
Balls bowled 1,082 1,838 63,052 13,039
Wickets 11 44 859 286
Bowling average 44.00 25.79 33.28 27.85
5 wickets in innings 0 2 40 3
10 wickets in match 0 0 5 0
Best bowling 3/78 5/20 8/17 5/20
Catches/stumpings 0/– 8/– 145/– 75/–
Source: CricInfo, 21 December 2008

Victor James Marks (born 25 June 1955)[2] is an English sports journalist and former professional cricketer.

An off spin bowler, Marks played in six Test matches and thirty four One Day Internationals for England. His entire county cricket career was spent with Somerset, spanning the period between 1975 and 1989. Marks also played for Oxford University whilst a student and had one season playing in Western Australia, winning the Sheffield Shield 1986–87.

After retiring as a player, Marks became a cricket journalist. He writes match reports and opinion pieces for The Guardian and The Observer newspapers, and frequently appears on BBC Radio's Test Match Special as a summariser.

  1. ^ "Vic Marks". ESPNCricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  2. ^ Bateman, Colin (1993). If The Cap Fits. Tony Williams Publications. p. 116. ISBN 1-869833-21-X.