Born 9 February 1922 at Frizinghall, Bradford, Yorkshire, England Died 23 April 1986 at Putney, London, EnglandJim Laker was an off-spinner who generated great turn and bowled with relentless accuracy. He was most famous for his extraordinary world record match figures of 19-90 (9-37 and 10-53) in the Test against Australia at Manchester in 1956. Tony Lock took the other wicket in the match. Laker and left-arm spinner Lock formed one of the best spin-bowling combinations in English cricket history. They played for years together for both England and a highly successful Surrey team. In that 1956 series he took 46 wickets at an average of 9.60. In all first-class cricket he took nearly 2 000 wickets. He was also a useful lower-order batsman who scored two first-class centuries and became a popular TV commentator.
M Runs HS Avg 100 Ct Wkts Avg BB 5I
Tests 46 676 63 14.08 0 12 193 21.24 10-53 9
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