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Let's start a thread on our best gen players...
Here's one of mine who's about to retire.
Mark Deakin finishes an outstanding career ending an 18 year career which leaves him as the highest scoring test run maker of all time. Cracking 20,000 runs in test cricket, 10,000 in ODI and scoring 126 first class hundreds he can truly be considered one of the all time greats of the game.
Batting at number 4 for the majority of his career he was known for his explosive and expansive game. Having no batting preferences meant he scored all around the ground and bowlers often struggled to find any weaknesses in his armour. He excelled in all formats of the game and was a devastating batsmen in T20 cricket, scoring six centuries and finishing with a strike rate of 157. An expert at batting with the tail, a hallmark of his game was the ability to score hundreds when others around him failed and then to go on scoring. One of his online games Vs Jamesy he was the only man to pass 50 with a brutal 157 in testing conditions.
One of his career highs was scoring 306* Vs India and then with some records in his sight, declaring in order to maximise England's chances of victory. He captained England for many years to success all over the world and lifted the world cup once, where he made a crucial fifty in the final.
In keeping with his career he signed off from cricket with a brilliant 160 in his final appearance at his beloved Old Trafford and then with 69 in his final FC innings. He's going to be missed!
Here's one of mine who's about to retire.
Mark Deakin finishes an outstanding career ending an 18 year career which leaves him as the highest scoring test run maker of all time. Cracking 20,000 runs in test cricket, 10,000 in ODI and scoring 126 first class hundreds he can truly be considered one of the all time greats of the game.
Batting at number 4 for the majority of his career he was known for his explosive and expansive game. Having no batting preferences meant he scored all around the ground and bowlers often struggled to find any weaknesses in his armour. He excelled in all formats of the game and was a devastating batsmen in T20 cricket, scoring six centuries and finishing with a strike rate of 157. An expert at batting with the tail, a hallmark of his game was the ability to score hundreds when others around him failed and then to go on scoring. One of his online games Vs Jamesy he was the only man to pass 50 with a brutal 157 in testing conditions.
One of his career highs was scoring 306* Vs India and then with some records in his sight, declaring in order to maximise England's chances of victory. He captained England for many years to success all over the world and lifted the world cup once, where he made a crucial fifty in the final.
In keeping with his career he signed off from cricket with a brilliant 160 in his final appearance at his beloved Old Trafford and then with 69 in his final FC innings. He's going to be missed!
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