Graeme Hick passes significant mark

Graeme Hick has joined Sir Jack Hobbs and Graham Gooch in becoming only the third player in history to register 60,000 runs in all forms of cricket.

The Worcestershire and former England batsman reached that milestone during the Liverpool Victoria County Championship game with Gloucestershire at Bristol. Hick, who celebrated his 40th birthday last month, scored 38,591 first class, 20,972 one-day and 437 Twenty-20 runs to achieve the landmark.

Zimbabwe-born Hick needs two more centuries to become only the eighth player to score 100 first class tons for one county. The most recent player to achieve that was Geoff Boycott, who hit 103 centuries for Yorkshire.

Quite a record,98 first class centuries is astonishing should become the 9th player this year to score 100 first class tons.

There was a chink in his armour and it was exploited in the test arena. The West Indians were first , finding him vulnerable to the short ball and it never , ever was forgotten.

   I think Hick had class. I saw his ton at Centurion against a fired up Donald and the debutant, Pollock , back in 1995. Shots all around the ground , he looked fantastic , but it wasn't sustained throughout the series.

   At the highest level , his weaknesses were mercilessly exploited and his confidence wasn't helped by the number of times he was dropped.

I guess Hick and Ramprakash just have to go down in history as England's greatest underachievers.

I am speechless just a stupendous achievement

wow thats amazing

yup its a shame big shame ,but i think he played

Just to look at him playing at ease, he is one of the most talented batsmen, really aggressive , but could not sustain himself at the highest level.

He was given plenty of opportunities, as was Ramprakash - the trouble was that both men were invariably made to feel like they were on their last chance and the pressure got to them.

Cricinfo on Hick -

"His mental frailties are undeniable, but even Ray Illingworth would struggle to get over some of the treatment Hick has had: dropped just three Tests after his maiden Test century, that mighty 178 at Bombay in 1992-93; dismissed publicly by Illingworth, who came into Hick's life at the wrong time and never trusted him. Then there was Mike Atherton's infamous Sydney declaration, when Hick was on 98 not out and on the brink of his first Ashes hundred. He never did get one. There was one summer in particular that did for Hick: in 30 Tests from 1993-1995 - 23 of them against Australia, West Indies and South Africa - he averaged 46.61."

That shows he was more than capable of holding his own at the highest level

somehow he is unlucky as people like me only remmember him never at his best in test matches or ODI's, I remmember him scoring heavily in side games but sorry dont remmember a worth while innings of him in tests. How many hundred he made in tests and ODI ?

Originally posted by wiseguy somehow he is unlucky as people like me only remmember him never at his best in test matches or ODI's, I remmember him scoring heavily in side games but sorry dont remmember a worth while innings of him in tests. How many hundred he made in tests and ODI ?

Right then - he had 6 Test centuries plus a 98 not out (the infamous Atherton declaration) and a pair of 96's against the West Indies, and 5 ODI hundreds

yup exactly

Warwickshire at Edgbaston,C & G

Oh, 11th June and he scored 34

So am I,could be anytime soon

Originally posted by dips_december not too bad i am eagerly waiting for the 100th 100

You shouldn't have to wait too much longer lad - he's 93* , so needs just another 7 runs to achieve the target.

   Hope he does it , great effort!!