Hugh Morris (cricketer)

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Hugh Morris
Personal information
Full name
Hugh Morris
Born (1963-10-05) 5 October 1963 (age 61)
Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
International information
National side
Test debut25 July 1991 v  West Indies
Last Test22 August 1991 v  Sri Lanka
Career statistics
Competition Tests FC LA
Matches3314274
Runs scored11519,7858,606
Batting average 19.1640.2935.85
100s/50s0/053/9814/49
Top score44233* 159*
Balls bowled–34830
Wickets –21
Bowling average –190.0027.00
5 wickets in innings –00
10 wickets in match–00
Best bowling–1/61/14
Catches/stumpings 3/–197/–94/–
Source: CricInfo, 11 March 2019

Hugh Morris MBE (born 5 October 1963 [1] ) is a Welsh former cricketer, who played in three Tests for England in 1991. He played county cricket for Glamorgan, captaining the county, and after several senior roles for the England and Wales Cricket Board he returned to Glamorgan as chief executive and director of cricket in August 2013. [2]

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The cricket correspondent, Colin Bateman, described Morris as "a talented, easy-going cricketer". [1]

Life and career

Morris was born in Cardiff, Wales. While at Blundell's School, he set several public school batting records. He also played rugby union for Aberavon. [1]

A left-handed opening batsman, Morris was Glamorgan's youngest captain at the age of 22 when appointed in 1986, and stood down from the role three years later to concentrate on his batting. He captained an England A tour of Pakistan and Sri Lanka in 1990-1 (the Pakistan leg being curtailed due to the Gulf War). [3] Just before this, he was briefly called in as a "reinforcement" to the England cricket tour of Australia after captain Graham Gooch was injured, and although he only played in two minor matches (in which he scored 33 and 50), Wisden suggested that "Morris ... but for Gooch's faith in Larkins must have been among the original sixteen". [4] He did however play three Tests in 1991, two against the then-formidable West Indies, and one against Sri Lanka. He found the West Indies' pace attack difficult to handle, and in his three Tests scored 115 runs at an average of 19.16, [1] although he did share England's best partnership of the series (112) with Gooch in his second Test, [5] helping England to a rare and series-levelling victory against the West Indies. [6] That winter he again captained England A on tour of the West Indies. [7] He was reinstated as Glamorgan captain in 1993, and remained on the fringe of further Test selection for a number of years, without ever being selected again. [1]

He captained Glamorgan to victory in the Sunday League that year, a first major trophy since 1969. [8] In 1997 he was part of the Glamorgan side that won the County Championship, scoring 1207 runs at an average of 54.86. [9] Morris equalled Alan Jones' club record for first-class centuries in the deciding fixture against Somerset that year. [10]

He worked for several years for the England and Wales Cricket Board, where he was technical coaching director, acting chief executive and deputy chief executive before being appointed to chief executive. In August 2013 he returned to his native Glamorgan as chief executive and director of cricket. [2]

Morris was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to cricket and charity. [11]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Bateman, Colin (1993). If The Cap Fits. Tony Williams Publications. p.  121. ISBN   1-869833-21-X.
  2. 1 2 "Hugh Morris". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "England A in Sri Lanka: Jan/Mar 1991". ESPNCricinfo . Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  4. ↑ "England in Australia and New Zealand, 1990-91". Wisden. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  5. ↑ "Records/The Wisden Trophy, 1991/Highest Partnerships by Runs". ESPNCricinfo . Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  6. ↑ "Full Scorecard of England vs West Indies 5th Test 1991". ESPNCricinfo . Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  7. ↑ "England 'A' in West Indies : Mar 1992". ESPNCricinfo . Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  8. ↑ "Sunday League 1993 - Final Points Table". ESPNCricinfo . Retrieved 14 May 2022.
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  10. ↑ "Late assault gives Glamorgan edge". ESPNCricinfo . Retrieved 14 May 2022.
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