Graeme Hick

[Tooj 17]

Graeme Hick is to miss his own farewell to English cricket through injury.

 

The 42-year-old Worcestershire legend was due to bow out of county cricket following Sunday's final game, the Pro40 play-off against Glamorgan.

 

But he aggravated the elbow injury that has plagued him all season in Sunday's defeat to Middlesex at Kidderminster.

 

And he has now pulled out of his side's final Championship clash this week, also with Middlesex, to bring his glittering county career to an end.

 

The Zimbabwe-born batsman scored 136 first-class hundreds, accumulating more than 64,000 runs in all forms of the game.

 

In 11 Championship games this season he averages just under 46, to leave Worcestershire eight points from promotion to Division One with just this week's one game against Middlesex remaining.

 

Hick told Setanta Sports News: "Unfortunately with my elbow not being right, I didn't really enjoy the fielding side of it.

 

"I don't feel like I did my job properly on Sunday [when he scored 14 from 26 balls].

 

"I'm not 100%. I made my decision as if it were mid-season and whether or not I felt I would do myself, and the rest of the guys, justice on the field.

 

"The decision was made without the added emotion of it being my last game."

Hick was always one of my favourite cricketers, shame he never done it for England unfortunately and I've always held something against Atherton for that declaration.

[paddy 17]

shame he is missing last game, but i heard he is going to the IPL for megabucks, seems to be the way cricket is going nowadays

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Aye, he hasn't ruled out the IPL, although who would blame him? Nice little retirement payday.

 

Did anyone here Darren Gough's reitrement dinner on Five Live last week? It was brilliant, especially when they brought Dominic Cork out. Funny as fuck it was.

[Walliver 0]

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I'm sure I've seen a smiley like this before. Anyone?

[luckyluke 2]

Graeme Hick is to miss his own farewell to English cricket through injury.

 

The 42-year-old Worcestershire legend was due to bow out of county cricket following Sunday's final game, the Pro40 play-off against Glamorgan.

 

But he aggravated the elbow injury that has plagued him all season in Sunday's defeat to Middlesex at Kidderminster.

 

And he has now pulled out of his side's final Championship clash this week, also with Middlesex, to bring his glittering county career to an end.

 

The Zimbabwe-born batsman scored 136 first-class hundreds, accumulating more than 64,000 runs in all forms of the game.

 

In 11 Championship games this season he averages just under 46, to leave Worcestershire eight points from promotion to Division One with just this week's one game against Middlesex remaining.

 

Hick told Setanta Sports News: "Unfortunately with my elbow not being right, I didn't really enjoy the fielding side of it.

 

"I don't feel like I did my job properly on Sunday [when he scored 14 from 26 balls].

 

"I'm not 100%. I made my decision as if it were mid-season and whether or not I felt I would do myself, and the rest of the guys, justice on the field.

 

"The decision was made without the added emotion of it being my last game."

Hick was always one of my favourite cricketers, shame he never done it for England unfortunately and I've always held something against Atherton for that declaration.

 

Atherton gave him plenty of time to get to 100, it was Hick's fault for being too slow. Flat track bully fwiw (Hick, not Athers).

[Tooj 17]

Graeme Hick is to miss his own farewell to English cricket through injury.

 

The 42-year-old Worcestershire legend was due to bow out of county cricket following Sunday's final game, the Pro40 play-off against Glamorgan.

 

But he aggravated the elbow injury that has plagued him all season in Sunday's defeat to Middlesex at Kidderminster.

 

And he has now pulled out of his side's final Championship clash this week, also with Middlesex, to bring his glittering county career to an end.

 

The Zimbabwe-born batsman scored 136 first-class hundreds, accumulating more than 64,000 runs in all forms of the game.

 

In 11 Championship games this season he averages just under 46, to leave Worcestershire eight points from promotion to Division One with just this week's one game against Middlesex remaining.

 

Hick told Setanta Sports News: "Unfortunately with my elbow not being right, I didn't really enjoy the fielding side of it.

 

"I don't feel like I did my job properly on Sunday [when he scored 14 from 26 balls].

 

"I'm not 100%. I made my decision as if it were mid-season and whether or not I felt I would do myself, and the rest of the guys, justice on the field.

 

"The decision was made without the added emotion of it being my last game."

Hick was always one of my favourite cricketers, shame he never done it for England unfortunately and I've always held something against Atherton for that declaration.

 

Atherton gave him plenty of time to get to 100, it was Hick's fault for being too slow. Flat track bully fwiw (Hick, not Athers).

Still a poor decision in my eyes. Agree about him being a flat track bully though.

[luckyluke 2]

Graeme Hick is to miss his own farewell to English cricket through injury.

 

The 42-year-old Worcestershire legend was due to bow out of county cricket following Sunday's final game, the Pro40 play-off against Glamorgan.

 

But he aggravated the elbow injury that has plagued him all season in Sunday's defeat to Middlesex at Kidderminster.

 

And he has now pulled out of his side's final Championship clash this week, also with Middlesex, to bring his glittering county career to an end.

 

The Zimbabwe-born batsman scored 136 first-class hundreds, accumulating more than 64,000 runs in all forms of the game.

 

In 11 Championship games this season he averages just under 46, to leave Worcestershire eight points from promotion to Division One with just this week's one game against Middlesex remaining.

 

Hick told Setanta Sports News: "Unfortunately with my elbow not being right, I didn't really enjoy the fielding side of it.

 

"I don't feel like I did my job properly on Sunday [when he scored 14 from 26 balls].

 

"I'm not 100%. I made my decision as if it were mid-season and whether or not I felt I would do myself, and the rest of the guys, justice on the field.

 

"The decision was made without the added emotion of it being my last game."

Hick was always one of my favourite cricketers, shame he never done it for England unfortunately and I've always held something against Atherton for that declaration.

 

Atherton gave him plenty of time to get to 100, it was Hick's fault for being too slow. Flat track bully fwiw (Hick, not Athers).

Still a poor decision in my eyes. Agree about him being a flat track bully though.

 

If the team are hoping for a declaration and a batsman is approaching a landmark, it's fair enough to give them a chance to achieve it. But you must also take the team's interests into account. The right thing to do (and what Atherton did) is to give the batsman a (reasonable) deadline, in terms of time or overs, to get there. Hick dawdled along for ages, and when it came to the set time or number of overs he still hadn't made 100, and the interests of the team mattered more than one man's personal glory, so off they came. Hick had no-one to blame but himself.

[Tooj 17]

Graeme Hick is to miss his own farewell to English cricket through injury.

 

The 42-year-old Worcestershire legend was due to bow out of county cricket following Sunday's final game, the Pro40 play-off against Glamorgan.

 

But he aggravated the elbow injury that has plagued him all season in Sunday's defeat to Middlesex at Kidderminster.

 

And he has now pulled out of his side's final Championship clash this week, also with Middlesex, to bring his glittering county career to an end.

 

The Zimbabwe-born batsman scored 136 first-class hundreds, accumulating more than 64,000 runs in all forms of the game.

 

In 11 Championship games this season he averages just under 46, to leave Worcestershire eight points from promotion to Division One with just this week's one game against Middlesex remaining.

 

Hick told Setanta Sports News: "Unfortunately with my elbow not being right, I didn't really enjoy the fielding side of it.

 

"I don't feel like I did my job properly on Sunday [when he scored 14 from 26 balls].

 

"I'm not 100%. I made my decision as if it were mid-season and whether or not I felt I would do myself, and the rest of the guys, justice on the field.

 

"The decision was made without the added emotion of it being my last game."

Hick was always one of my favourite cricketers, shame he never done it for England unfortunately and I've always held something against Atherton for that declaration.

 

Atherton gave him plenty of time to get to 100, it was Hick's fault for being too slow. Flat track bully fwiw (Hick, not Athers).

Still a poor decision in my eyes. Agree about him being a flat track bully though.

 

If the team are hoping for a declaration and a batsman is approaching a landmark, it's fair enough to give them a chance to achieve it. But you must also take the team's interests into account. The right thing to do (and what Atherton did) is to give the batsman a (reasonable) deadline, in terms of time or overs, to get there. Hick dawdled along for ages, and when it came to the set time or number of overs he still hadn't made 100, and the interests of the team mattered more than one man's personal glory, so off they came. Hick had no-one to blame but himself.