Graeme Hick set for a record appearance

Current age 42 years 27 days

Tests : 65 Matches : 3383 Runs (HS : 178) and 23 Wickets
ODIs : 120 Matches : 3846 Runs (HS : 126) and 30 Wickets
First Class : 519 Matches : 40685 Runs (HS : 405) and 232 Wickets
List A : 645 Matches : 21912 Matches (HS : 172) and 225 Wickets
20-20 : 31 Matches : 1035 Runs (HS : 116)

Major teams : England, Zimbabwe, Northern Districts, Queensland, Worcestershire

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When Graeme Hick takes to the field in Worcestershire’s Twenty20 Cup match against Somerset at New Road, he will set a record for the most games played in senior cricket.
It will be Hick’s 1196th match - taking into account all county, representative and international appearances - and that takes him past Graham Gooch’s career aggregate.
“It’s not really that meaningful to me, apart from the fact that I have had a long ride and a very enjoyable one,” Hick told the BBC. “If nobody had mentioned it, I wouldn’t have even realised as it’s not the sort of milestone you go out to set. I’d rather just get it out of the way so that people stop asking the question.”
Asked for his most special memory, Hick, in his 24th season at Worcestershire, said: “I think maybe my hundred against the West Indies, which brought up my thousand runs, in May in 1988, was my personal favourite. But there have been some important knocks along the way that have been quite influential in the results of games and they are always the ones that you enjoy the most.”
Although he is 42. Hick’s appetite for the game remains undiminished and he is only 1386 runs shy of 65,000 in his career, and 13 catches short of 1000.
© Cricinfo

Re: Graeme Hick set for a record appearance

I enjoyed watching him and Graham Thorpe bat in the 90's, they held England's middle order together. A very good batsman.

Correction: A good one-day but an average test batsman who could not quite live upto his county hype and failed to impress in the test arena. It was largely due to his inadequacy against fast inswinging yorkers that the English tabloids started using the term 'Waqared' every time Waqar bowled someone. Once Waqar really got his reverse swing going (1992 and 1996 series) you knew Hick's end was nigh; that it won't be long before Waqar would have him plumb LBW or clean bowled. Hick was usu. clueless against his toe-crushers. He was also a bit suspect against lifting deliveries.

Exactly!!!!!!!!

Hick and Mark Ramparakash were misearable failures against Waqar and Wasim..

Waqar used to bowled/lbw both of them without much difficulty :)