(1943-04-07) 7 April 1943 (age 81) Harborne, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Nickname
Sacker
Height
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Batting
Right-handed
Bowling
Left arm medium Slow left arm orthodox
International information
National side
England
Test debut (cap 434)
18 August 1966 v West Indies
Last Test
12 July 1977 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 12)
24 August 1972 v Australia
Last ODI
6 June 1977 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years
Team
1960–1987
Warwickshire
Career statistics
Competition
Test
ODI
FC
LA
Matches
50
18
658
404
Runs scored
3,612
859
43,423
12,519
Batting average
46.30
47.72
42.86
35.06
100s/50s
11/11
4/1
102/212
15/77
Top score
262*
137
262*
137
Balls bowled
–
–
1,153
129
Wickets
–
–
18
2
Bowling average
–
–
39.88
62.50
5 wickets in innings
–
–
0
0
10 wickets in match
–
–
0
0
Best bowling
–
–
3/21
1/15
Catches/stumpings
24/–
2/–
417/–
105/–
Source: Cricinfo, 28 October 2009
Dennis Leslie AmissMBE (born 7 April 1943)[1] is a former English cricketer and cricket administrator. He played for both Warwickshire and England. Amiss is known for scoring the first ever century in ODI history, which was also his debut match. A right-handed batsman, he was a stroke maker particularly through extra cover and midwicket – his two favourite areas to score runs. He was an accomplished batsman in all forms of the game. He averaged 42.86 in first-class, 35.06 in List-A, 46.30 in Tests and 47.72 in One Day Internationals. In first-class cricket he scored 102 centuries, and his England record amassed over 50 Tests ranks him with the best England has produced.[1]
After retiring as a player in 1987, he served Warwickshire as Chairman of the Cricket Committee, and he followed David Heath as chief executive from 1994 until 2006.[2] In 1992 he was selected as an England selector.[1] In November 2007 he became the deputy chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board; in August 2011, The Daily Telegraph described his role on the board as providing "cricketing knowledge and expertise [that] complemented Clarke’s business skills."[3]
^ abcBateman, Colin (1993). If The Cap Fits. Tony Williams Publications. pp. 12–13. ISBN 1-869833-21-X.
^Cite error: The named reference UofB2007 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Bolton, Paul (11 August 2011). "Dennis Amiss set to stand down as ECB deputy chairman and retire from cricket administration". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 26 November 2014. Amiss narrowly beat former Lancashire chairman Jack Simmons in a ballot in November 2007 to become right-hand man to ECB chairman Giles Clarke but he was re-elected unopposed in January last year.
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field. East Africa won the toss, and elected to field. Mike Denness (c) DennisAmiss Geoff Arnold Keith Fletcher Tony Greig Frank Hayes John Jameson (wk)...
both debut and last match played, the only other being English batsman DennisAmiss. Haynes, when facing Australia in the bitter 1990–91 series, clashed...
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players for the side have been Eric Hollies, M.J.K. Smith, Bob Willis, DennisAmiss, Jonathan Trott, Ian Bell, Moeen Ali and Chris Woakes. Overseas players...
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