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England squad: Pen sketches

February 28, 2006 20:13 IST

Michael Vaughan (Captain)
Full name: Michael Paul Vaughan
Born: October 29, 1974, Manchester, Lancashire
County: Yorkshire
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Off Break Bowler
Test Debut: v South Africa, Johannesburg,1999-00
ODI Cebut: v Sri Lanka, Dambulla, 2000-01

Ian Bell
Full Name: Ian Ronald Bell
Born: April 11, 1982, Walsgrave, Coventry
County: Warwickshire
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Medium Bowler
Test Debut: v West Indies,The Oval, 2004
ODI Debut: v Zimbabwe, Harare,2004-05

Ian Blackwell
Full Name: Ian David Blackwell
Born: June 10, 1978, Chesterfield, Derbyshire
County: Somerset
Other Teams: Derbyshire
Type: Left Hand Batsman & Slow Left Arm Orthodox Bowler
Test Debut: Yet to be made
ODI Debut: v Zimbabwe, Colombo,2002

Paul Collingwood
Full Name: Paul David Collingwood
Born: May 26, 1976, Shotley Bridge, County Durham
County: Durham
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Medium Fast Bowler
Test Debut: v Sri Lanka, Galle, 2003-04
ODI Debut: v Pakistan, Birmingham, 2001

Andrew Flintoff
Full Name: Andrew Flintoff
Born: December 6, 1977, Preston, Lancashire
County: Lancashire
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Fast Medium Bowler
Test Debut: v South Africa, Nottingham,1998
ODI Debut: v Pakistan, Sharjah,1998-99

Steve Harmison
Full Name: Stephen James Harmison
Born: October 23, 1978, Ashington, Northumberland
County: Durham
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Fast Bowler
Test debut: v India, Nottingham, 2002
ODI debut: v Sri Lanka, Brisbane,2002-03

Matthew Hoggard
Full Name: Matthew James Hoggard
Born: December 31, 1976, Leeds, Yorkshire
County: Yorkshire
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Fast Medium Bowler
Test Debut: v West Indies,Lord's, 2000
ODI Debut: v Zimbabwe, Harare,2001-02

Geraint Jones
Full name: Geraint Owen Jones
Born: July 14, 1976, Kundiawa, Papua New Guinea
County: Kent
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Wicket-keeper
Test Debut: v West Indies, St.John's,2003-04
ODI Debut: v West Indies, Nottingham,2004

Simon Jones
Full Name: Simon Phillip Jones
Born: December 25, 1978, Swansea, Glamorgan
County: Glamorgan
Type: Left Hand Batsman & Right Arm Fast Bowler
Test Debut: v India, Lord's,2002
ODI Debut: v Zimbabwe, Bulawayo,2004-05

Monty Panesar
Full Name: Mudhsuden Singh Panesar
Born: April 25, 1982, Luton
County: Northamptonshire
Type: Left Hand Batsman & Slow Left Arm Orthodox Bowler
Test Debut: Yet to be made
ODI Debut: Yet to be made

Kevin Pietersen
Full Name: Kevin Peter Pietersen
Born: June 27, 1980, Pietermaritzburg, Natal
County: Hampshire
Other Teams: Nottinghamshire
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Off Break Bowler
Test Debut: v Australia,Lord's, 2005
ODI Debut: v Zimbabwe, Harare,2004-05

Liam Plunkett
Full Name: Liam Edward Plunkett
Born: April 6, 1985, Middlesbrough
County: Durham
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Fast Bowler
Test Debut: v Pakistan,Lahore, 2005-06
ODI Debut: v Pakistan, Rawalpindi,2005-06

Matt Prior
Full Name: Matthew James Prior
Born: February 26, 1982, Johannesburg
County: Sussex
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Wicket-keeper
Test Debut: Yet to be made
ODI Debut: v Zimbabwe,Bulawayo, 2004-05

Andrew Strauss
Full Name: Andrew John Strauss
Born: March 2, 1977, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
County: Middlesex
Type: Left Hand Batsman & Left Arm Medium Bowler
Test Debut: v New Zealand, Lord's,2004
ODI Debut: v Sri Lanka, Dambulla,2003-04

Marcus Trescothick
Full name: Marcus Edward Trescothick
Born: December 25, 1975, Keynsham, Somerset
County: Somerset
Type: Left Hand Batsman,Right Arm Medium Bowler & Occasional Wicket-keeper
Test Debut: v West Indies, Manchester,2000
ODI Debut: v Zimbabwe, The Oval,2000

Shaun Udal
Full Name: Shaun David Udal
Born: March 18, 1969, Farnborough
County: Hampshire
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Off Break Bowler
Test Debut: v Pakistan, Multan,2005-06
ODI Debut: v New Zealand, Birmingham,1994

Test Career Records
Batting & Fielding:
Player Mts Inns NO Runs Hs Avg 100s 50s 0s 90s Ct St
Ian BELL 11 19 2 781 162* 45.94 2 6 3 1 14 0
Ian BLACKWELL Yet to make debut
Paul COLLINGWOOD 5 10 0 295 96 29.50 0 2 0 1 7 0
Andrew FLINTOFF 56 90 3 2816 167 32.37 5 18 13 2 37 0
Steve HARMISON 39 52 15 377 42 10.19 0 0 14 0 5 0
Matthew HOGGARD 48 64 24 323 38 8.07 0 0 13 0 18 0
Geraint JONES 23 35 3 952 100 29.75 1 5 0 0 82 3
Simon JONES 18 18 5 205 44 15.77 0 0 3 0 4 0
Monty PANESAR Yet to make debut
Kevin PIETERSEN 8 16 1 674 158 44.93 2 3 1 0 3 0
Liam PLUNKETT 1 2 0 9 9 4.50 0 0 1 0 1 0
Matt PRIOR Yet to make debut
Andrew STRAUSS 21 40 2 1760 147 46.32 7 5 4 2 26 0
Marcus TRESCOTHICK 69 131 10 5502 219 45.47 13 28 11 2 81 0
Shaun UDAL 3 5 1 86 33* 21.50 0 0 1 0 1 0
Michael VAUGHAN 64 115 8 4595 197 42.94 15 14 7 0 37 0

Bowling:

Player Balls Mdns Runs Wkts Best 5WI 10WM Avg SR RpO
Ian BELL 96 3 62 1 1-33 0 0 62.00 96.00 3.88
Paul COLLINGWOOD 180 4 91 0 0-12 0 0 - - 3.03
Andrew FLINTOFF 10337 360 5137 163 5-58 2 0 31.52 63.42 2.98
Steve HARMISON 8499 286 4422 154 7-12 6 0 28.71 55.19 3.12
Matthew HOGGARD 9883 344 5533 184 7-61 5 1 30.07 53.71 3.36
Simon JONES 2821 78 1666 59 6-53 3 0 28.24 47.81 3.54
Liam PLUNKETT 170 1 125 2 2-125 0 0 62.50 85.00 4.41
Marcus TRESCOTHICK 300 6 155 1 1-34 0 0 155.00 300.00 3.10
Shaun UDAL 444 8 277 3 1-31 0 0 92.33 148.00 3.74
Michael VAUGHAN 936 21 537 6 2-71 0 0 89.50 156.00 3.44

Performance against India
Batting & Fielding:

Player Mts Inns NO Runs Hs Avg 100s 50s 0s 90s Ct St
Andrew FLINTOFF 6 10 0 125 59 12.50 0 1 4 0 4 0
Steve HARMISON 1 1 0 3 3 3.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matthew HOGGARD 7 10 4 49 32 8.17 0 0 3 0 2 0
Simon JONES 1 1 0 44 44 44.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marcus TRESCOTHICK 4 8 2 355 99 59.17 0 4 0 1 2 0
Michael VAUGHAN 6 10 2 721 197 90.13 3 2 1 0 4 0

Bowling:

Player Balls Mdns Runs Wkts Best 5WI 10WM Avg SR RpO
Andrew FLINTOFF 1224 56 546 11 4-50 0 0 49.64 111.27 2.68
Steve HARMISON 294 12 120 5 3-57 0 0 24.00 58.80 2.45
Matthew HOGGARD 1571 64 814 23 4-80 0 0 35.39 68.30 3.11
Simon JONES 228 3 129 4 2-61 0 0 32.25 57.00 3.39
Michael VAUGHAN 240 8 120 4 2-71 0 0 30.00 60.00 3.00

Also check the Indian squad

Rajneesh Gupta