testdebutagainst deliveries death_date testcap catches/stumpings year birth_date bowling tenfor country death_place club heightft fivefor batting image name lasttestyear caption fullname birth_place column international nickname role testdebutdate lasttestagainst source date runs testdebutyear wickets lasttestdate s/s matches heightinch article_title
india 15,178 99,701 986 1 july 2006 369 64 / -- 439 / -- 5 / -- 1949 -- 68 1972 1952 6 february 1931 right-arm fast -lrb- rf -rrb- 3 25 n/a england steeton with eastburn , west yorkshire , england yorkshire derbyshire 5 17 126 1 right-handed -lrb- rhb -rrb- fred trueman 02.jpg fred trueman 1965 statue of trueman in skipton by graham ibbeson frederick sewards trueman obe scotch , england springs , stainton , west riding of yorkshire test fc la true fiery fred bowler 5 june new zealand http://www.cricketarchive.com/archive/players/0/927/927.html '' cricketarchive '' 1931 2 6 yes 981 9,231 156 1952 307 2,304 28 17 june 0/0 3/26 0/0 67 603 18 10 fred trueman

fred trueman

frederick sewards trueman , obe -lrb- 6 february 19311 july 2006 -rrb- was an english cricketer , mainly active from 1948 to 1968 , who played for yorkshire and england .
he had professional status and later became an author and broadcaster .
he was born in stainton , west riding of yorkshire , and died in steeton with eastburn , west yorkshire .
he appeared in 603 first-class matches as a righthanded batsman who bowled right arm fast .
he scored 9,231 runs with a highest score of 104 and held 439 catches .
he took 2,304 wickets with a best analysis of eight for 28 .
in 67 test appearances , he scored 981 runs with a highest score of 39 * and held 64 catches .
he took a then world record 307 test wickets with a best analysis of eight for 31 .
trueman is generally acknowledged to have been one of the greatest bowlers in cricket 's history .
bowling at a genuinely fast pace and widely known as `` fiery fred '' , he was the first bowler to take 300 wickets in a test career .
trueman and brian statham opened the england bowling together for many years and formed one of the most famous bowling partnerships in test cricket history .
he was an outstanding fielder , especially at leg slip , and a useful late order batsman who made three first-class centuries .
trueman was awarded his yorkshire county cap in 1951 and in 1952 was elected `` young cricketer of the year '' by the cricket writers ' club .
for his performances in the 1952 season , he was named one of the wisden cricketers of the year in the 1953 edition of `` wisden cricketers ' almanack '' .
he was awarded the obe in the 1989 queen 's birthday honours for services to cricket .
his talent , skill and popularity were such that british prime minister harold wilson jokingly described him as the `` greatest living yorkshireman '' .
however , trueman was omitted from numerous england teams because he was frequently in conflict with the cricket establishment which he often criticised for its perceived `` snobbishness '' and hypocrisy .
after he retired from playing , trueman became a media personality through his work in television and as an outspoken radio commentator and summariser for the bbc , mainly working on `` test match special '' .
