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[3] [4] The first Young Wisden Cricketer of the Year was named in 2008, in the 144th edition of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, in an effort to "help raise the profile of schools cricket, especially at state schools." [1] The first winner was Jonny Bairstow of St Peter's School, York. [1] The first eight winners of the award were all batsman.
Thilan played school cricket for Ananda College and emerged as a prolific batsman in inter-school competitions. He initially was a frontline spinner at school level. He spearheaded the bowling attack of Ananda capturing 72 wickets in 1984 and 64 wickets in 1985 season. He amassed 1000 runs in 1994 and 1995 seasons.
Shaw played for Middle Income Group (MIG) Cricket Club in Mumbai and was the captain of Rizvi Springfield High School and the Mumbai under-16 team. [17] In November 2013, he had set the highest score by any batsman in any organised form of cricket since 1901 when he hit 546 in a Harris Shield elite division match. [18]
In one day cricket, Buttler quickly established a reputation as an aggressive batsman who could take control of a game at the end of an innings. [ 217 ] [ 218 ] [ 85 ] By the end of his first full-season he was producing "innings of huge promise" [ 219 ] which were being described as "breathtaking" [ 36 ] and "swashbuckling" [ 219 ] and ...
Jayasuriya was picked as the 'Observer Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year' in the Outstation Segment in 1988. He also received the awards for the 'Best Batsman' and 'Best All-rounder' in the Outstation Segment at the Observer School Cricket Awards ceremony in the same year. [14]
He was in the school cricket first XI for three years, and the captain in his last, also playing for the school racquets first pair. He represented Cambridge University as a left-handed batsman in 35 first-class matches between 1980 and 1983. [1] He was awarded four blues.
Abell enjoyed a prolific cricket record while at Taunton School, where in 2012 he accumulated seven centuries and passed 50 in every innings he played at an average of 193, and he was named 2013 Young Wisden Schools Cricketer of the Year. He made his Somerset first-class debut against Warwickshire in August 2014, scoring 95 in his first innings ...
Records for early cricket matches are incomplete and often non-existent, especially for very minor matches, but cricket historians have still attempted to trace the history of the "highest single innings score by a batsman in any class of cricket". [1] John Minshull scored the first recorded century in 1769, scoring 107 runs.