Vic Marks
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| Full name | Victor James Marks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 June 1955 Middle Chinnock, Somerset, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Skid, Speedy[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 499) | 26 August 1982 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 19 March 1984 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 55) | 30 May 1980 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 4 September 1988 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1975–1978 | Western Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Victor James Marks (born 25 June 1955)
An
After retiring as a player, Marks became a cricket journalist. He writes match reports and opinion pieces for
Playing career
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Marks was born on 25 June 1955 in
Marks made his
Marks had made his debut for the national team in 1980, in an ODI against the West Indies. His Test debut was in 1982 against Pakistan. In a series decider, Marks made two crucial interventions at tense stages, dismissing Sikander Bakht and joining Bob Taylor in the partnership that clinched victory.[5] However, the dismissal of Sikander was contested, and inadvertently helped to trigger a sequence which led to the stand off between Shakoor Rana and Mike Gatting five years later.[6]
He went on to play six Test matches,
Marks had a distinguished first-class career between 1975 and 1989 for Somerset. He also played a season for
As a cricketer he was popular and well-liked; , which resulted in Somerset (under the influence from Roebuck and new club Secretary Tony Brown) opting not to renew Richards' and Garner's contracts in 1986, and Botham leaving the club in protest.
The cricket correspondent Colin Bateman noted that "in typical self-deprecating style, Vic Marks entitled one of his books, Marks Out of XI. He was probably out of the England XI slightly too often. While he was never a fashionable cricketer, he was a determined and highly effective off-spinner-cum-batsman whose Test figures stand comparison with those often picked ahead of him, such as Geoff Miller and Eddie Hemmings".[2]
Journalism
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 and occasionally rugby union for The Observer newspaper as their Cricket Correspondent, and also for The Guardian.[8]
As of December 2022, Marks was serving as a director at Somerset CCC, having previously held the position of Chairman of the Cricket Committee.
References
- ^ "Vic Marks". ESPNCricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- ^ ISBN 1-869833-21-X.
- ^ "Nottinghamshire v Somerset at Lord's". ESPN. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "NatWest Bank Trophy Final, 1983". ESPN. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "Full Scorecard of Pakistan vs England, 3rd Test". ESPN. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "India's constant problem". ESPN. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "Five or More Wickets in an Innings for England in ODI Cricket". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 29 May 2007.
- ^ List of Vic Marks articles: The Observer. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
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